"I trust that Council will do the right thing"

WHO WAS THE GENIUS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?

THORNEs LANE / Spurs Avenue junction

Or This:

 

Thornes Lane, southern cul de sac – zero lot line 3 story “industrial style” housing towers over  new  villa

New owner- occupiers are asking for footpaths! :

"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I am writing this letter for Council's prompt attention.

As a frequent visitor to Thome's Lane at Brompton and also as the owner of a 2 year-old townhouse investment property in Hawker Street, Brompton, I am appalled at the apparent lack of

responsibility for safe and appropriate paving on the roadside footpath in front of new developments.

It is both unsafe and unsightly to have muddy, unfinished surfaces in the public areas in front of new developments. I recently visited residents at Thornes Lane with my elderly mother who nearly

slipped on the unsure, muddy surface. This is an appalling state of public walking areas in a major redevelopment. Surely Council has a responsibility to keep on top of new public path requirements

when a new development is completed or nearing completion. At the very least, there should be rigid standards and expectations by Council of developers if Council believes it is not their

responsibility.

I trust that Council will do the right thing and rectify the situation either by taking direct responsibility and finishing the path properly or compelling the developers to do so. This should not be a fight that residents have to take up when it concerns public areas and the safety and overall aspect of Brompton.

thank you”

(from this weeks Council Agenda)

Green Bins on Brown Street

Where do the wheelie bins go in a high density residential development? In a certain street in   Brompton, they’re left  week in week out on the footpath – there’s nowhere else to put them.
A certain street in Brompton on any weekend:

The Councils Development Assessment Panel  met tonight to consider this and many other problems of high density residential development in the case of 5 Brown Street Brompton -  the Associated Joiners factory site. The applicant sought permission to build five two story row dwellings, a block of three story residential flats and one two story detached house – ten units in all on a 1,448 square metre site – or less if you subtract the area set aside for a private road off Thornes Lane

A motion to refuse the application was defeated 2 votes to  4  and a motion to defer the decision until the next meeting of the panel in a fortnights time got up.
Council staff were unable to provide a zoning map of the area for the meeting when it was required. I suggest they look in the green bin.