Support from Charles Smith

⏰The clock is ticking on the dangerous and destructive North Stoneville proposal, with a decision expected within 6 weeks.

✅So it was heartening to hear Minister Saffioti confirm, in State Parliament, that North Stoneville will NOT be part of the Government’s new COVID 19 Planning (Amendment) Bill.

✅At the same time, Charles Smith continues to lobby for Planning Reform while maintaining his long-time opposition to North Stoneville!

📢Stay tuned for an important Call to Action next week!

It might be Winter - but North Stoneville is hotting up and we’ll need your help!!

Matthew Hughes drops in!

Judgement Day looms for the dangerous and destructive North Stoneville proposal, with a decision expected by the end of July.

So it was great to have our Local Member and long-time supporter, Matthew Hughes, drop in as our Committee and Think Tank met after the easing of COVID 19 restrictions.

Matthew likens the fight to save Perth’s Hills from urbanisation, as a visionary challenge, much the same as John Septimus Roe’s ambitious achievement to set aside Kings Park.

We agree!!

At 555 hectares, North Stoneville is 155 hectares bigger than Kings Park.

With an application to rezone North Stoneville back to Rural going before the WA Planning Commission, our community is taking visionary steps to protect our unique environment and to safeguard the people who live here.

Matthew Hughes’ statement

I was pleased to be able to attend a meeting of Save Perth Hills on Sunday and to reaffirm my strong commitment of opposition to the proposed structure plan for the North Stoneville township (SP34). The matter is currently before the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC), which is expected to determine the application by the end of July. It is to be hoped that the WAPC accepts the arguments provided by the Council of the Shire of Mundaring and the community as to why approval of the SP34 should be refused.

Darlington Review

Our friends and supporters at The Darlington Review, have written an excellent article about the recent motion by Save Perth Hills’ and the Shire of Mundaring to re-zone the North Stoneville land back to Rural. (link below).

Mundaring Shire Councillor, David Lavell, contributed to The Councillor’s Column (pg18) in the Review and suggested the motion sought to extinguish the land-owner’s development rights.

This comment needs clarification because the landowner (in this case, ...the Anglican Church), does not and has never had ‘development rights’, but, rather, has development ‘expectations’.

While a development at North Stoneville was part of the Shire’s historic growth strategy, it’s now clear that our Shire - and community, have moved away from the dangerous and destructive 1990s urbanisation model, recognising the need to safeguard our community, protect native forest and to save our iconic Perth Hills.

The WA Planning Commission is due to make a decision on the unwanted North Stoneville plan, around the end of July. In the meantime, have a read of the Review’s fantastic snapshot of the latest developments in this monumental 26-year fight to Save Perth Hills...

https://issuu.com/darl…/…/darlington_review_june_2020_online