Category Archives: Johnston Street Tower

What a shocker! Coming to a shopping strip near you….

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

It feels like ages since we, at CARA Central, have had the opportunity to sit down and actually post a blog. This is going to be short as we’ve been run off our feet with planning issues, amongst them this … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Johnston Street Tower, VCAT | 7 Comments

Johnston Street – imagining the future?

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

There was something in the air last Thursday night when 10 or 11 of us met to contemplate the 17 storey Tower proposed for little Crispin House on Johnston Street. To anyone who sees the image provided by the proponent, … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Johnston Street Tower, VCAT | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Council IDAC meeting rejects the Johnston Street Tower recommendation from our city planners

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

At the IDAC meeting, on Wednesday, 27 July, Councillors’ unanimously decided to reject the Planners’ recommendation to support the proposal for a 16 storey tower on Johnston Street. Whilst our planners recommended to reduce the height by one storey and … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Johnston Street Tower, VCAT | 1 Comment

Have your say: should we advocate at VCAT for an alternative to the Johnston Street Tower?

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

City of Yarra planners have moved at a glacial pace to recommend the go-ahead of the tower on Johnston Street with only superficial changes (one less storey and some  increased setback on one part of south side). You can view … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Johnston Street Tower, VCAT | 1 Comment

Add your name to the CARA Objection to the Johnston Street Tower

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

Here is our submission to VCAT. Please read it and consider whether you would like to add your signature to it – to send a strong message to VCAT about its detrimental effect on the liveability of our suburb. If … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Johnston Street Tower, Uncategorized, VCAT | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Johnston Street Tower: Council delays, developer off to VCAT!

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Can you believe it?! Council officers are still deliberating over their recommendation to Council on this travesty of a tower – that’s despite the number of objections received and Council’s maximum height limit of six storeys for local activity centres … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Johnston Street Tower, VCAT | 3 Comments

Johnston Street Tower: Council ‘consults’ its constituents

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

A goodly number of local Abbotsford residents (35?) could barely contain their anger and contempt with the proposed 17 storey tower for 247 Johnston Street backing onto Stafford Street when they attended Richmond Town Hall last week for a planning … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Johnston Street Tower | Leave a comment

Building castles in the sky – Dimmeys off to VCAT, what’s next?

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

You can’t help seeing the parallels between the two proposals – totally unsympathetic to, and working against, the local neighbourhood character. There are other similarities – the deadline for objection to Johnston Street Tower has passed and we’re expecting to … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Heritage Victoria, Johnston Street Tower, Uncategorized, VCAT | 1 Comment

Johnston Street Tower(ing Inferno) – 17 storeys coming to a street near you!

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

You might have missed the information evening held 24 February, but don’t let that stop you having a say about this dreadful proposal. Just on height grounds it’s appallingly out of character with the low rise fine grain built form … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Johnston Street Tower | 3 Comments