Northern Development - Submissions close 27 February 2020

Please find attached a short document with dot points to help when making a submission on the C136 proposal. It’s very important to make a submission, as these will be considered by Councillors and also referred to the Planning Panel scheduled for later in the year. Submissions close on 27th February.

Also, there was an impressive turn up to the C136 community consultation session on Mon 27th Jan with many left unimpressed with the lack of detail provided by the proponent. A similar session will be held on Feb 15th from 9-12 at the Cape Paterson Community Hall and the CPRRA will have a stall there as well. The C136 proposal was also featured on the TV news that night.

https://www.facebook.com/WINNewsGippsland/videos/169816397694873/

https://www.facebook.com/9NewsGippsland/videos/502299727350127/

Despite a recent meeting with DELWP, DAL and BCSC planners we are concerned that the Distinctive Areas and Landscape (DAL) process is still in the early stages while C136 is being placed on exhibition. See the attached statement from our local member, and a link to an election promise from the Premier that mentions how “Former Planning Minister Matthew Guy grossly expanded Cape Paterson’s town boundary”

As well as making a submission re C136 we encourage the community to write or email the Premier, the Planning Minister, and our local member to correct this over-expansion and reduce the Cape Paterson town boundary before any development is considered. We are still fundraising to pay for an “expert witness” and legal representation at the Planning Panel to strategically justify why the C136 rezoning proposal should be rejected, and the town boundary and Development Plan overlay reduced in size.

See below for how to make a donation.

PLEASE DONATE TO OUR FIGHTING FUND

As detailed at the AGM on 12th Jan we are asking for donations to pay for an “expert witness” to strategically justify and argue the case to reduce the Northern town boundary. We also hope to have some legal representation at the Planning Panel hearing later this year. This will cost some thousands of dollars so please donate if you can.

HOW TO DONATE: Either by bank transfer, identifying yourself in the “Remitter” field to: BSB: 633 000 A/C No: 1309 56113 Remitter: your “surname-initials” Or, by cheque payable to “Cape Paterson Residents & Ratepayers Association”, and posted to: The Secretary, Cape Paterson Residents & Ratepayers Association, PO Box 280 Wonthaggi VIC 3995

We’d prefer a surname with the bank transfer so we can acknowledge donations but it is not essential if you’d rather it was anonymous.

Working Bee 8 February 2020

For the first working Bee for 2020 we joined forces with the Friends of Harmers Haven to continue the eradication of Sea Spurge from the foreshore at Harmers Haven. Sea Spurge is an invasive weed that is colonising the dunes and causing problems, particularly for shore nesting birds such as the Hooded Plover as it changes the nature of the dune incline and reduces the nesting area for the birds along the top of the beach.

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Working Bee 14 September 2019

A beautiful sunny day to be on the sand dunes near Harmers Haven with keen eyes searching for Sea Spurge. About 15 happy volunteers broke off into two groups heading east and west of Wreck Beach to hunt and weed sea spurge.

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Working Bee 10 August 2019

Hail and gale force winds were no obstacle for the 16 strong team of volunteers who were keen to plant in any weather to complete the revegetation work that started at last month’s working bee. 

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Cape Pat Chat 1 - July 2019

Please follow this link to the first edition of a local newsletter prepared by Clive Vernon, one of our CPRRA committee members. Feel free to provide any comments, feedback or suggestions for future articles directly to Clive on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Working Bee 8 June 2019

A beautiful slightly crispy cool morning saw twenty three keen volunteers come out to do some preparation in areas we will be planting in next month. One group went over the plantings from last year to check, weed around, remove guards or re-guard.  The other group did some grunt work and made some space for planting next month at the far eastern end of undertow bay in the scrubland and gullies.

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