Hello,
Here is a quick round up of PLan related activities for this week.
Save Little Mindil
Save Little Mindil NTEPA Submissions close midnight Tuesday 2nd November.
There are just a few days until the NTEPA (Northern Territory Environmental Protection Authority) consultation on the Little Mindil fiasco closes.
It is vital that the NTEPA understands how disenfranchised the community has become in this process. If you submit you are recognised as part of the community.
Your submission should be sent to ntepa@nt.gov.au before midnight 2 November 2021.
There are many hundreds of pages of information in the proposed developer’s package. This can be read here: https://ntepa.nt.gov.au/consultation/north-one-hotel-and-apartments
There is a set here also: https://planinc.org.au/news/current-campaigns-2/291-little-mindil-under-threat.html
Here are some key points you may consider for your submission:
• The proponent has failed to provide the community consultation required by NTEPA. Note EP Act Section 43 see the end of this page.
• There is inadequate time in the NTEPA process for the community to respond with any understanding of the project.
• There was a rezone that the public knew nothing about after the NTG was consulted by the applicant.
• There was a covenant over the open space which was removed last year with no notification or consulation to the community.
• Ten years ago, it was declared not possible to put a road from the Gilruth Avenue hill into Little Mindil. That is why we now drive through the casino grounds to get access.
• The ground is heavily polluted with seawater and many years of dumped materials in the ground.
• Noise levels will increase significantly.
• The creek is not depicted on any drawings near the proposed roadworks.
• The escarpment may well be affected by road construction and the undergrounding of the power lines at the escarpment base.
• The development seeks reduced setbacks at the escarpment and Gilruth Avenue.
• There is no public parking to facilitate the guaranteed public access to the foreshore.
• There is inadequate parking for the number of units proposed.
• There is no mention of global warming or the dangers of building in the storm surge zone.
• It is likely that no location in Australia would allow such a development so close to the water line, let alone in a cyclone area.
• The resultant building may not be insurable.
• Who is responsible for remediation to damage to the break walls and how will heavy vehicles get access to the coastline? Is the development placing a burden on the public purse to remediate as has happened in northern beaches Sydney and the Gold Coast amongst other locations? See They’ve Kerbed And Guttered Narrabeen Beach for a recent instance.
• The drawings supplied are not to scale and some drawings contain two scales.
• A1 sized drawings should be available to all interested parties.
• The buidings are three storeys above the height of the escarpment blocking views from the Heritage Precinct.
• The Green belt will be destroyed in the area.
• The buildings will be visible from many locations.
• The buildings do not contribute in anyway to the amenity of the whole area.
• Shared Public access to the whole of the block including public parking was guaranteed by previous government.
Flyers
The Little Mindil Flyers have arrived. Public awareness is critical to saving Little Mindil. Please write back if you can do your street or more.
Also, we need to get the flyers into all the coffee shops, restaurants and notice boards in the CBD and suburbs.
We can drop the flyers off to your address in lots of 100 or more.
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Welcome back Shorebirds
Birdlife Top End, Save Lee Point and PLan
Sunday November 7th, 4.30pm – 6.30pm, Lee Point Beach
Come down to Lee Point Beach to welcome the shorebirds back to the beaches of North Australia.
This event will give you an opportunity to view the amazing birds that have journeyed thousands of kilometers to be feed and roost on our beaches.
There will be free food and activities for kids.
All are welcome, not just the shorebirds!
Mitchell Park Botanical Gardens/Nature Park initiative
An effort to make the suburb of Mitchell and the neighbouring part of Litchfield Shire into a nature park/botanical gardens has commenced.
Meetings
Just a quick reminder that the first of the regular get together meetings will be at the Palmerston Library on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at this venue. Please pass the word around.
Hope to see you there.
Kindest regards,
Jim Young
0439 776 025
For more information see here: https://planinc.org.au/news/mitchell-park.html
Memberships
The 2022 Memberships are open, pay today and become a member until Christmas 2022. As a volunteer organization we rely on the community to assist us in our efforts. Please see here: Membership and Donations
PLan collaborates with resident and community groups on matters including the built environment, heritage, cultural and environmental values of concern in the Northern Territory and Australia. PLan’s aim is to achieve, for the community, sustainability in terms of social, cultural, environmental and balanced long term economic impacts.
Environmental Protection Act 2019. Section 43.
’43 General duty of proponents
A proponent of an action has the following general duties under an environmental impact assessment process:
(a) to provide communities that may be affected by a proposed action with information and opportunities for consultation to assist each community’s understanding of the proposed action and its potential impacts and benefits;
(b) to consult with affected communities, including Aboriginal communities, in a culturally appropriate manner;
(c) to seek and document community knowledge and understanding (including scientific and traditional knowledge and understanding) of the natural and cultural values of areas that may be impacted by the proposed action;
(d) to address Aboriginal values and the rights and interests of Aboriginal communities in relation to areas that may be impacted by the proposed action;
(e) to consider the principles of ecologically sustainable development in the design of the proposed action;
(f) to apply the environmental decision-making hierarchy in the design of the proposed action;
(g) to consider the waste management hierarchy in the design of the proposed action.’
Regards,
Nick Kirlew
Convener PLan: the Planning Action Network Inc
0447 499 794
Email: nick@planinc.org.au
Web: https://www.planinc.org.au