The proposed redevelopment of the Adelaide Caravan Park, located in Hackney is now open for public comment. Submissions close on 20th June 2025.
The development is described as Torrens Title Land Division creating 47, construction of a six-storey mixed-use building and associated public roads.
As part of this the partial demolition of 2 Local Heritage Places and a change of use to detached dwellings is planned.
The St Peters Residents Association has, in recent years, repeatedly expressed strong concerns at the financial position of the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, particularly in relation to decisions made regarding the Payneham Memorial Swimming Centre.
These concerns have mostly been the result of Council's decision in late 2023 to continue with the redevelopment of the Payneham Pool.
The first draft of the budget was based on this 8% and showed a modest surplus.
However, at the Council meeting earlier this month, an increase of 8.5% was decided upon.
This is significantly above the 3% CPI the budget is based on, and well above all other metropolitan Adelaide Councils.
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The St Peters Residents Association (SPRA) has, in recent years, repeatedly expressed strong concerns at the financial position of the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, particularly in relation to decisions made regarding the Payneham Memorial Swimming Centre (PMSC).
We again wish to express our anger at Council’s resulting debt position and the significant impact this is having on ratepayers due to the unacceptable level of rates now required to fund Council borrowings, mostly for the Swimming Centre. We implore residents to provide feedback.
While the overall rate revenue increase proposed is 8.5%, this will equate to a substantial 9.49% residential rate increase well over the large 7.44% for the previous year. The Residential Rate increase is over three times the 3.0% CPI used in the LTFP. In many cases the rates will be higher and could reach the maximum cap of 17.0%. Some residents will face an effective rate rise of 36.89% over two years!
The SPRA committee unanimously supports Counsellor Piggott’s motion. While the artwork cost is less than 1% of rate revenue, it is still a very significant $300,000. Your decision not to install the next quadrennial artwork during this term of Council will demonstrate to the community the financial responsibility of Council.
We do not want our Council to be in the same situation as the North Sydney Council, where the ABC recently reported that rates will rise by 87% over the next 2 years, in part due to that Council’s $90m swimming pool redevelopment.
SPRA would like to comment councillors Piggott, Moorhouse, McFarlane & Simms for voting in support of the motion to reduce council debt.
There are several changes that are proposed in the Draft Accommodation Diversity Code Amendment, and the St Peters Residents Association Inc (SPRA) would like the following comments to be taken into consideration.
SPRA considers that the scale of development envisaged in the policies proposed is significantly at odds with existing and desired character across much of our residential suburbs, particularly in Character Overlay, Historic Overlay and Heritage Place Overlay areas. SPRA submits that the maximum building height in the overlay be reduced to three storeys for sites between 10,0002 and 20,000m2 and four levels for sites exceeding 20,000m2.
We are told by the retirement development industry that older people wish to age in their own communities. This may be true. But we are sure that older people do not wish to bulldoze and trash their communities in the process.
In 2022 Council endorsed the Built Heritage Strategy 2022-2027.
The Strategy includes the installation of Heritage Plaques on Local Heritage Places in the Council area. (Page 16 Item 1.2.2).
As far as this Association is aware no Heritage Plaques have been installed on any Local Heritage Place since the adoption of the policy 3 years ago. That means a deficit of at least 18 plaques.
SPRA would appreciate your suggestions of buildings that are deserving of a plaque.
The St Peters Residents Association has organised a meet the candidates forum at 7pm on Wednesday 12th of March at the St Peters Banquet Hall, St Peters Street, St Peters for the voters in the seat of Sturt.
An invitation has been extended to those who have announced their candidacy. The following candidates have confirmed their attendance. The candidates will speak in a randomly allocated order.
Each candidate will have to address issues of local concern such as loss of amenity, high rise development and urban infill.
Please share the facebook event.
To be held at 6:15pm Wednesday 12 March
St Peters Banquet Hall
St Peters Street, St Peters
The 2025 SPRA Annual General Meeting will be held prior to the Town Hall Candidates Forum.
It will be very short!
This is the December 2024 newsletter for the St Peters Residents Association, representing the Residents of St Peters, College Park, Hackney, Stepney, Maylands, Evandale & Joslin.
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