2 thought provoking letters

 

Two very thought provoking and well written letters in the Subiaco Post on 19 February.  It does seem as though the developers are now resurgent in the Western Suburbs.  

Thank you to all who made submissions by 18th February to the Heritage Council of WA opposing the Council's proposal to ask the Minister for Heritage to suspend the community agreed plan for the Swanbourne Hospital Conservation Area - incorporated into the City of Nedlands Town Planning Scheme Number 2.  

We now wait to get news of the recommendation the Heritage Council makes to the Minister for Heritage after they have reviewed all the submissions they have received.  In the meantime - watch the press, talk to your neighbors, and stay alert!

Communication from the owner of Old Swanbourne Hospital

I found this brochure in my letter box this evening.  Again - good to see some communication from the owners.  You can read the message in the brochure on a new website too:  www.oldswanbournehospital.com .  Read it and make up your own mind.  You may also want to check out the website for the developer mentioned in the brochure :  www.watersunproperty.com.au . It has details of the proposed development (which involves the 14 residential lots and either 52 or 34 apartments).

Just one little point of clarification - I haven't seen any communication from the City of Nedlands on this matter since the meeting between the Heritage Council of WA and the City of Nedlands just before Christmas.  You can read all about that remarkable meeting in an earlier post. So I don't think it is correct for the brochure to refer to "misrepresentation by the City of Nedlands".

Please make sure you have made your submission to the Heritage Council of WA by the  18th February.  If you want to retain the community agreed plan - which is expressed in the City of Nedlands Town Planning Scheme No 2 - then oppose the proposal by the Heritage Council to transfer planning authority to the WA Planning Commission.

Scaremongers?

I have been traveling and missed this letter from the Old Swanbourne Hospital owners published by the Subiaco Post on 5th February.  Great to see the views of the owners.  Read it carefully and make up your own mind.  

If you want to see the community agreed plan implemented - please write to the Heritage Council by 18th February and object to the proposal to transfer planning control over the Old Swanbourne Hospital to the WA Planning Commission.