Southern Metropolitan Region
Mr HAYES (Southern Metropolitan) (12:46): (1599) My constituency question is to the Minister for Planning. Minister, I have been contacted by many Stonnington residents who are outraged by your Christmas Eve present: a dubious 26-metre-high development at 196 High Street, Windsor, rejected both by Stonnington council and by VCAT. Locals have said it is another unnecessary, unwanted, undesirable and unsuitable development. Also, the minister’s statement suggests an important consideration in favour of the development is that its construction would provide jobs. If this is an overriding consideration, I am appalled. The group of over 100 locals have asked why the planning minister has given the green light for this controversial development, ignoring the decisions of two regulatory bodies, and they ask: what is the point of residents, council and VCAT following the planning scheme only to be completely ignored and overridden by undemocratic processes such as this one?