Matthew Hughes speaks against SP34

It is time for change in the WA planning system.

Matthew Hughes Member for Kalamunda states

“The proposed North Stoneville townsite detailed in SP34 should not proceed and the community concern and the recommendation of the Council of the Shire of Mundaring must be heeded.”

Pump up the volume and listen to his speech to parliament - nice work Matthew Hughes for passing on the grievances of the community. Our concerns are now officially on the Parliamentary record. Your comparison with 1994 to 2019 is 100% SPOT ON! We applaud your action today and hope to hear a response from Rita Saffioti MLA in regards to this matter ASAP.

https://www.facebook.com/MatthewHughesMLA/videos/2722056581147853/

Thank you Matthew Hughes Member for Kalamunda! It was wonderful to hear the concerns of the Hill’s community presented so eloquently.

IMPORTANT ACTION NEEDED BY ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS!

Off the back of Tuesday night, will you write to the trustees of the Anglican Perth Diocese? The Anglican Church are the landowners of the proposed North Stoneville site. This week the Shire of Mundaring voted unanimously to reject SP34, but the message needs to now get through to the land-owner. IT IS TIME to take this destructive plan OFF the table.

Some facts:

• Peter Dawes is the trustee who is spearheading the development

• Bill Leadbetter is also a Labor politician MLC Upper Metropolitan Region (Is this a conflict of interest?)

Here's your list of contacts:

- Sam Walsh, Chair of Trustees: sam@walshao.com

- Keith Stephens, Diocesan Secretary: kstephens@perth.anglican.org

- Bill Leadbetter, Trustee: bill.leadbetter@perthcathedral.org

- Kathy Barrett-Lennard, Archdeacon, Trustee: kbarrett-lennard@perth.anglican.org

- Kate Wilmot, Assistant Bishop, Trustee: kwilmot@perth.anglican.org

- Peter Dawes, Trustee: pdawes@okeland.com.au

- Philip Teale, Treasurer of Trustees: philip.teale@au.ey.com

- Kay Goldsworthy, Archbishop, Trustee: archbishop@perth.anglican.org

Be respectful, be polite, share from your Heart. Why should the proposal be rejected? What makes it so inappropriate for the Hills? Share your vision for that special piece of land. What's your Dream for it??

Here is the link to the Shire’s decision

https://www.mundaring.wa.gov.au/News/Pages/Structure%20Plan%2034%20Recommended%20for%20Refusal.aspx

If you'd like to immerse yourself in the mission of the Anglican Church Diocese of Perth, which is extremely laudable, try here: http://www.perth.anglican.org/ Daring to Live God’s Promises

Links to Save Perth Hills media release and the refusal motion presented by Councillor Jeans will be placed on this website How I Can Help page.

Matthew Hughes attends meeting on SP34

I obtained leave from Parliament to attend the Mundaring Shire Council meeting last night for the debate and Council recommendation to the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) regarding the North Stoneville Structure Plan 34. Over 1000 people opposed to the structure plan attend the meeting that had to be held in the Mundaring Arena. The Council unanimously recommended that the WAPC not approve SP34 on a number of significant planning grounds and in the knowledge that the nature and scale of the development is not appropriate. It is to be hoped that the WAPC, which is the decision making body, heeds the view of the Council and the community it represents. The Anglican Church and the Anglican Trustees should seriously reconsider their position on this matter. My view is that the processes that have brought the owner of the land and the developer to this position point to how outdated and outmoded the statutory planning processes are. Urgent change is needed.