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News &
Updates
News &
Updates
Residents aim to ‘redress power imbalance’ over character homes
Heritage officers from Queensland’s Environment Department should proactively advise communities which “worthy” character homes facing development assessment could be heritage-listed, residents are suggesting to government.
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Pressure mounts on Brisbane City Council to reduce developer influence
Angry Kangaroo Point residents have pointed to a high-rise tower wrapping around a heritage home as an example of Brisbane's failures to protect its history.
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Angry Kangaroo Point Residents Plead with Council - better planning no cramming to Brisbane Suburbs
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Read the speech to council
PLEASE EXPLAIN BCC: What are the differences between the rejection of December 2020 verses the approval of July 2020?
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Controversial developer Pedro Pikos provided input to Kangaroo Point area plan, outraging locals
Critics of a proposed three-tower unit block at Kangaroo Point are irate after learning the developer had input into the area’s growth plan.
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Lodge your objections for the removal of our historic homes from Kangaroo Point. We have so few left, let's protect them now.
Object to the demolition of 94 Lambert Street, Kangaroo Point application A005536097
Object to the demolition of 102 Lambert Street, Kangaroo Point application A005536097
Council rejects second development application for 300 apartments
But 200 apartments and 265 cars are still DA approved.
With the removal of the 3 pre-1911 Lambert Street cottages
We are still fighting against poorly planned over-development on this site.
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Huge residential towers set for Brisbane's oldest suburb - and some residents aren't happy
Angry Kangaroo Point residents have pointed to a high-rise tower wrapping around a heritage home as an example of Brisbane's failures to protect its history.
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Read the letters from BCC (click to download)
BCC - letter dated October 2019 – Rejected
BCC letter dated 30 January 2020 – Rejected
BCC- Michael Watt approval of original application – Approved
State Gov Letter from SARA
Traffic report
BCC letter from Matthew Watt Dated 23 October 2020
requesting more information from developers
Urbis Response to BCC letter 23 Oct
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner heckled by residents outraged over Kangaroo Point development
Angry residents shouted “ditch the plan” and “people not profits” when they stormed City Hall to protest development in Kangaroo Point.
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Lord Mayor Presentation to the
Kangaroo Point Business Community
Sea Legs Main Street Kangaroo Point – 02/11/20
Protesters lined Main Street outside Sea Legs awaiting the arrival of the Lord Mayor at 6pm.
Say No to Lambert Street – Say No to 300 apartments.
Was heard load and clear to all the event attendees.
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Jackie Trad protests against proposed Kangaroo Point high-rise
Picture: Peter Wallis
Jackie Trad has joined protesters to rally against a proposed high-rise development in her South Brisbane electorate but has not submitted a objection to the project. Ms Trad told protesters: “When the Neighbourhood Plan came forward, I objected to the increased densification, the increased heights.”
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Kangaroo Point residents protest against unsustainable poorly planned over-development
Press Release
Picture: Peter Wallis
It is time for the BCC to listen to the voice of its rate-paying constituents and stand up to developers who have no regard for the quality of life of existing residents. Even those who may buy and occupy these new towers should be aware that they are being sold a pup: a noisy, crowded high rise that has no human touch and for which they will be paying far too much in rates and body corporate fees for far too little in amenity and peace of mind. We urge all KP residents to say NO to 108 Lambert Street, and join in our campaign to force the BCC to reject this current proposal.
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Kangaroo Point residents protest over three-tower development
Picture: Peter Wallis
Member for South Brisbane Jackie Trad has joined angry inner-city residents in a protest that blocked local peak-hour traffic over three 15-storey towers that they say is ‘unsustainable overdevelopment’. A contentious high-rise development, labelled as a “vertical cruise ship”, has sparked furore in Brisbane as a group of protestors blocked local peak-hour traffic in opposition of the development.
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