Thursday, 20 September 2018

Mr GIDLEY: Today in the Parliament I again call on the Andrews Labor government to reverse its terrible planning changes that are causing massive overdevelopment in quiet residential streets in Glen Waverley and Mount Waverley. Over the last 12 months the Andrews Labor government has changed state planning laws to increase the maximum building height of residential buildings to 11 meters and remove any limit on the number of dwellings that can be built on a property. These and other changes to residential planning zones introduced by the state Labor government are delivering significant overdevelopment in Glen Waverley and Mount Waverley. I have campaigned against these changes, as so many quiet residential streets in Glen Waverley and Mount Waverley were simply not designed to have so many houses crammed into them as these are under these laws. I am pleased that the Victorian Liberal-Nationals have committed to reversing these horrible planning changes if we are given the privilege of being elected to government at the November 2018 state election.