This is the personal blog of Ian Ker, who was Councillor for the South Ward of the Town of Vincent from 1995 to 2009. I have been a resident of this area since 1985. This blog was originally conceived as a way of letting residents of Vincent know what I have been doing and sharing thoughts on important issues. I can now use it to sound off about things that concern me.

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Friday, November 16, 2018

Keeping Planning Review Issues Alive

Further to my earlier post about the need to keep a close eye on the current Review of the WA Planning System, especially in the lead-up to the festive season, here is my response to an article in the West Australian of 14th November, featuring the views of David Caddy, Chairman of the WAPC.

Of course, the limitations of a letter mean one can't deal with all the issues raised by the article, but it at least keeps the powers-that-be aware that community concerns are real, have not gone away and will not go away unless they are properly recognised in the outcome of the review.

Letters, West Australian, 16th November, 2018.
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For balance (and for those who might have missed the original article) here is the piece with David Caddy's views.
https://thewest.com.au/business/commercial-property/resistance-site-size-hurdles-for-medium-density-uptake-ng-b881016356z
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  1. Chris CornishNovember 19, 2018 at 12:37 PM

    Good letter to the editor Ian. One could think having "planners, urban designers, architects" in control of DAP's sounds reasonable. The inherent conflicts though where such a small community may all know each other, worked with each other, or worked for each other is a problem. At DAP meetings you have a conga line of experts speaking in favour of a development. At CoB we even had Eric Lumsden (whilst a Commissioner) make a submission in support of a development. Any association between these experts and the DAP members should be public. But then again, when CoB asked the department if we could record the meetings and publish them on our website, we were told no. So there is quite some way to go for transparency and only then will accountability follow.

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