LATEST UPDATE: City of Port Phillip signs Triangle go-ahead  

Council released the approved Triangle plans on the CoPP website on Monday morning, 11 August 2008.

It is a development that can be achieved only at great cost.

To achieve its vision, the Council has trashed its planning guidelines, deeply compromised good governance and alienated its own citizens. It has become engulfed by a culture of secrecy and suspicion, and has signed a secret Development Agreement with the developer and the State Government that has never been released to the public.  

It has failed to deliver on the Mayor's promise, made in her open letter to the citizens of Port Phillip in February,  that retail space would be cut significantly to a maximum of 19,000 sqm. The endorsed plan shows total retail use, including supermarket, market, post office, banks, travel agencies and fashion stores to be 22,350 sqm, while a further 2,000 sqm has been reclassified for 'offices'.

The Development Plan for the Triangle represents a vision that is outmoded and badly outdated. This plan is not about revitalising St Kilda, it is about condemning a unique part of Melbourne to a development model rooted in the 1970s.  

Melbourne today must be about an emerging Age of Sustainability. But the Triangle plan is a dinosaur. It is a car dependent shopping complex, an alcohol dependent entertainment precinct, a huge development oblivious to climate change and its implications.

Despite the problems of Fitzroy and Acland Streets being unresolved, Council has approved a new licensed entertainment precinct (with some very large venues) that will have the capacity to turnover more than 12,000 patrons per night.

The massive shopping component aims to draw shoppers from across south-eastern Melbourne. No additional public transport is planned for the St Kilda foreshore. Indeed, the nightclubs and pub venues will close well after public transport has stopped running.

There has been no independent environmental assessment of the Triangle proposal. In a changing and vulnerable world this is a not just an oversight, it is a tragedy. We are getting development geared to short-term profit while the long-term consequences are ignored.

The Development Plan paves the way for unChain St Kilda to formalise its Supreme Court challenge and thus begin the legal battle for St Kilda.

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public meeting

Attend our public meeting for more information:

St Kilda Bowling Club
Fitzroy Street
Thursday 4th September
7pm

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Specially commissioned St Kilda painting by Greg Irvine

Greg Irvine reproduction of St Kilda

We have commissioned iconic artist Greg Irvine to paint a new work, called "St Kilda from the Pier".

It shows the Upper Esplanade viewed from the breakwater. This wonderful view will never be the same once the Triangle site's bulky new buildings appear. Find out more and place your order.

Cheers! unChain St Kilda's exclusive fundraising wine release

unChain St Kild fundraising wine To help raise funds for our forthcoming legal case, two excellent South Australian (2006) wines have been specially selected for us by famed Melbourne restaurant Vue de monde's sommelier Raúl Moreno, a St Kilda resident. Read more.

Council Watch

The Triangle is but the tip of the iceberg... read about other issues strongly contested in the City of Port Phillip, such as the Skate Park.


Council elections

The elections for Port Phillip Council will be held in November. The problem with the Council's Triangle decision is the tip of a very big iceberg. The Council has lost its way.

UnChain St Kilda is developing a set of principles and policies to combat this democracy deficit disorder. We will support high quality candidates with genuine community links and expertise to be outstanding Councillors. We will also recommend to voters that they give last preference to the five councillors who supported the Triangle decision.

Whether you want to do a little or a lot, unChain St Kilda needs you in the election campaign. Are you interesting in running as a candidate, being a campaign manager, letterboxing pamphlets, handing out how to vote cards, developing policies for the next Council or simply telling us about the issues in your area? If so, call Peter Holland on 0411 470 651 or email him.

in the press

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read comments on the St Kilda Triangle development posted by members of the public

"Quote from Citta Group Sydney manager:

"The revised plan delivers more open space, even better views of the sea, less retail and a more diverse and family-friendly mix of entertainment options," Mr McMillan said.

My question is this: Why wasn't this done in the first place. How can we trust these people. And after the latest revealations about alleged fraud within the council, how can we trust any of them?"
Edwina Green, St Kilda

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