The meeting on 16th considered proposals by
- the Anglican church for eight ‘supportive housing’ units on St Luke’s Church site, Newdegate Street (Block 1 Section 30 Deakin)
- Provectus for a 90 bed residential aged care accommodation, 12 assisted living units, plus 40 seniors respite places on the Art Gallery site, 38 Grey Street (Block 13 Section 49 Deakin)
The meeting was attended by 83 people. Most were Deakin residents.
In general, there was support for the St Luke’s development, although there were concerns about the possible sub lease arrangements.
On the other hand, there was angst about the Grey Street development. Questions were asked about increased traffic, pedestrian safety, off site parking, underestimation of parking impact, increased noise (especially for those in the Ambassador apartments), building design, local shadowing, over-scale and inappropriate development for the site.
Resolving traffic, parking and congestion issues are key requirements for progressing the Provectus proposal. Quality data and professional credible modelling are the foundation of solutions.
A questionaire circulated at the meeting proposed that individual proposals in the suburb should not to be considered in isolation but be part of a strategic assessment that integrated with other developments. There was strong support that the accumulated impact should be assessed of the Anglican and Provectus developments and those by the Federal Golf Club, the Telstra site on Kent St, Equinox_2, light rail park and ride and overflow parking from West Deakin offices and Parliament.
Follow this link for further information on the St Lukes re-development, with answers to questions raised by the Deakin community, including by the DRA Committee.
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Follow this link to see answers (dated 28 July) from Purdon Planning to questions about the planned Grey Street site/Provectus development.
For more information: 0427975500.