Bob Brown congratulates our community

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News of our historic North $toneville win against Australia's biggest private land developer, $atterley, and WA's Anglican Church hierarchy, is spreading near and far!

One of Save Perth Hills’ biggest fans – The Greens founder and ex-Senator, Bob Brown has sent us heartfelt congratulations in a video from his hometown in Tasmania, where he campaigns, relentlessly, to protect the island’s Old Growth forests from logging. Bob Brown Foundation

In 2023 Bob visited North $toneville, shocked by Satterley and the Church’s plans to bulldoze 60,000 magnificent Jarrah and Marri trees, many 100 to 200 years old, that support WA’s Endangered Black Cockatoos.

Throughout our prolonged campaign Bob has stayed in touch and now shares our Community’s joy – and relief, at the outcome we fought so hard to achieve for 35 very long years...

We did it!

We're still coming back to Earth but knowing the decades-long-despised North Stoneville Structure Plan 34 is NOT coming with us!

Thousands have liked, commented and messaged us in sheer relief and So. Much. Happiness...that common sense finally prevailed!

We’ve had great media coverage - Channels 7 and 9, ABC and 6PR radio, online ABC, Business News, WA Today, Echo Newspaper.. and surprisingly - The West’s business section! AND - our’ We Won’ Facebook announcement has hit 65,000 views!

The judgement's key words? 'Refused', ‘Unacceptable Bushfire Risks’, and so flawed, modifications can’t save the plan.

We’ll take you through some of the major findings soon...

Satterley and the Anglican Church landowner have 28 days to appeal - but we have the solution on the table – Rezone the land to Rural...

We're following up recent our letters to Planning Minister John Carey and Archbishop Kay Goldsworthy to kickstart the stalled Rezone applications.

For now - sit back, soak up THE most incredible Community WIN, and enjoy knowing YOU are the AMAZING reason we're ALL celebrating!

Save Perth Hills Win! North Stoneville Plan Rejected!

Our apologies for not updating you re the North Stoneville decision earlier but we are still working through the State Tribunal’s very comprehensive, 177 page document. As you can imagine our Chairperson Debra Bishop has been very busy with media interviews.

The committee would like to thank the community for all the support they have given over the years, your deputations, letter box drops, market help, rally attendances and constant encouragement have been inspiring.

This win is very much ‘For the Community, by the Community’.

Here are a few snippets to cover the key points.

From the State Tribunal Report …

“Our finding is that the structure plan put before us and relied upon by Satterley is so flawed as to warrant a refusal to approve it.”

“Indeed, in our view the structure plan proceeds on the basis of such basic flaws that it cannot be ‘saved’ by the making of modifications.

You can read the SAT report for yourself here .

From SPH Chairperson Debra Bishop (from WAToday article)

“After 35 years, Save Perth Hills and the community have saved Perth Hills. We have won. We have beaten a plan that was putting profit before people,” she told ABC Perth.

Bishop called on the Anglican Church, who own the land, to abandon its plans for North Stoneville in favour of rural lots.

“Rezone your land to rural, five to 10 acres and bigger. It’s safer in bushfires, environmentally more sensitive, and you will get the support of the local community,” she said.

Thanks from Paige McNeil, Shire President

From Day 1, I called this urban proposal 'Dangerous & Destructive'. Today the State Administrative Tribunal stated that Structure Plan 34 - North Stoneville has such basic flaws that it cannot be 'saved' by making modifications. SAT refused the appeal. Thank you to our community who 'stood up' and 'spoke up' to Save Perth Hills

From the Shire of Mundaring

The State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) has upheld the refusal of Structure Plan 34 – North Stoneville, finding that the proposal could not be “saved” through modifications.

The Tribunal’s decision centred on community safety, associated with unresolved bushfire and evacuation risks, as well as significant concerns about traffic impacts and the reliability of the supporting technical evidence.

Read the full story here https://buff.ly/MesCSEq 

WAToday article.

While noting there was a housing crisis, the tribunal rejected Satterley Group’s structure plan for the 535-hectare bush site that was to house up to 2800 people, describing it as flawed and unable to proceed even with modification.

The tribunal upheld the Western Australian Planning Commission’s 2020 rejection of the North Stoneville structure plan, agreeing the risks posed to lives by such a massive influx in population in such a bushfire prone area was unacceptable.

The Tribunal said the structure plan did not adhere with state bushfire planning policy, which prioritised the preservation of life and the strict management of bushfire impacts in planning.

Read the whole article in the link below.

‘So flawed’: Satterley loses bid to build 1000-lot housing estate in Perth bushfire zone