UPDATE the Shire's Local Planning Scheme

Are you free to join us next Tuesday Sept 8 at 6.30pm?❓😃

The Echo Newspaper is reporting a motion will be put to Council on Tuesday evening to UPDATE the Shire's Local Planning Scheme to reflect current bushfire risks, infrastructure limitations, and our community's desire to protect Perth Hills' environment. YAY!! 👍 (see link)

http://echonewspaper.com.au/north-stoneville-triggers-revi…/

Come along to Tuesday's Council meeting, (Shire offices next to Puma), to urge Councillors to support a Scheme review to better match planning directions with our community and environment.

You can deliver a short 'deputation' (a speech, 3 mins max), or simply come along in support!

THIS IS IMPORTANT. We MUST URGE our Councillors to pass this Review as it would send ANOTHER signal to the Government that our Shire and community does not support DANGEROUS FIRE TRAP DEVELOPMENTS like North $toneville, and that we need a new direction that respects the Hills and safeguards communities.

While we're at it: You are ALL amazing! 🏆

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Our Write to Rita campaign is going really well! ✅👩‍🦰

Planning Minister Rita Saffioti and Premier McGowan are receiving your emails urging Minister Saffioti to use her powers to CALL IN $atterley and the Anglican Church's shameful attempt to APPEAL the WAPC's REFUSAL of North Stoneville.

So, keep the (polite!) emails or letters rolling in to Rita!✍️

She has until Sept 9 to CALL IT IN!

minister.saffioti@dpc.wa.gov.au

mark.mcgowan@mp.wa.gov.au

Postal: Minister for Planning. 9th floor Dumas House. 2 Havelock St, West Perth 6005.

IT IS TIME TO CALL IN $atterley’s APPEAL!

The clock is ticking for Planning Minister Rita Saffioti MLA to CALL IN $atterley and the Anglican Church’s appeal against the REJECTION of North Stoneville.

We want the Minister to achieve a PERMANENT END to dangerous and destructive development at North Stoneville.

The Minister has some choices on how she can respond.

The one that we’d ALL like to see - is to CALL IN THE APPEAL - which Rita has the power to do by September 9.

The WAPC’s INDEPENDENT panel, which REJECTED North Stoneville, doesn’t want this development any more than we do... which is great news! ✅

But we need to make sure the Minister knows our community, like the WAPC, remains DEAD AGAINST this development.

***** CALL TO ACTION *****

Email the Minister to CALL IT IN, AND CC Premier McGowan, before the 9th of September.

The Government’s doing a GREAT JOB protecting us from COVID 19. All we want is the SAME community protection against this dangerous development that risks lives in the Hills.

A simple sentence is all it needs - heartfelt, authentic - and polite 🙂

Or a couple of paragraphs explaining your reasons:

Bushfire risks, a fire trap development, huge traffic risks, environmental destruction, loss of Perth’s Hills beauty and culture, water shortages... the list goes on...

But, we must keep it polite, because this is important stuff, and after-all, we’re a really decent community 😉

The Minister’s email is: Minister.Saffioti@dpc.wa.gov.au

The Premier’s email is: mark.mcgowan@mp.wa.gov.au

Or post a letter: Honourable Rita Saffioti MLA. Minister for Planning. 9th Floor, Dumas House​. ​​​​2 Havelock Street, WEST PERTH WA. 6005.

Save Perth Hills, Shire Council President John Daw, Liam Staltari, Liberal candidate for Kalamunda and local member Matthew Hughes, have already written to the Minister asking her to CALL IN THE APPEAL.

So now it‘s your turn! It's so easy to send an email.

Time investment to do this action is less than 5 minutes

And remember to CC your email to us - saveperthhillsinc@gmail.com.

It’s time to SAVE PERTH HILLS!

Do you remember this?

As we wait to see if Planning Minister Rita Saffioti will ‘CALL-IN’ Satterley’s appeal and end the North $toneville debacle, we share a timely reminder of the outstanding COMMUNITY efforts in this monumental battle against dangerous and destructive urbanisation in the Hills.

It’s a year ago tonight (Aug 27 2019) when MORE than 1,000 of you made your way to Mundaring Arena, to witness the historic and unanimous NO TO NORTH STONEVILLE vote by our Shire of Mundaring Councillors ✅

Re-live that amazing moment – and remind yourselves we’re achieving so much, for so many. This picture says so much... it is our community standing together.

Since then, WA’s highest planning authority, the WAPC, has REJECTED North Stoneville ✅

Save Perth Hills and Mundaring Shire have applied to RE-ZONE North Stoneville back to RURAL ✅

Our message is spread FAR and WIDE via our FaceBook posts, which now regularly reach 10,000 PEOPLE! ✅

🙋‍♂️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️

...And Satterley, supported by landowner the Anglican Church, are appealing the WAPC refusal of their fire-trap plan. How can they ignore the weight of opposition and push on regardless?

Meanwhile, our Media Manager and Stoneville resident, Debra Bishop, was interviewed by 6PR last night. Have a listen and be reminded why, as Debra points out, North Stoneville is ‘doomed to failure and tragedy.’

And why, as a Community, we’re committed to fighting Australia’s biggest land developer, and the Anglican Church, which both want to build homes that, we know, will burn.

C’mon Rita – you have the power. PLEASE - call in this debacle, NOW.

https://www.6pr.com.au/podcast/doomed-to-failure-and-tragedy-the-battle-to-develop-north-stoneville/