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A little more conversation, a little less action.

Publication: Arena Magazine
Publication Date: 01-AUG-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: A little more conversation, a little less action.(//bites: BRIEF NOTES ON NEWS AND VIEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD)(real estate development)

Article Excerpt
Ten years ago resident groups from all over Victoria were battling the Kennett-Maclellan planning regime. Services to country towns were being cut, regional development was ignored and there was no strategy for Melbourne other than growth. Major projects were facilitated by a combination of special Acts of Parliament, ad hoc interventions and no planning at all (think the Casino, the Grand Prix and the disappointment that is Docklands).

The cumulative effect of resident resistance proved to be Kennett's downfall, but perhaps the single most powerful and widespread protest was against the unfortunate Good Design Guide. This residential building code produced a proliferation of three-storey buildings of bad design and gave no control over the design of buildings above that height. The Bracks government promised to amend this situation, and it did. The replacement ResCode puts such emphasis on 'neighbourhood character' that most new medium-density housing is at worst innocuous....

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