Tarneit residents fighting a proposal for 13 double-storey units in their estate have been shocked to discover plans for 26 more units on a neighbouring block.
More than 110 objections have been lodged with Wyndham council over a developer’s plans to build 13, double-storey units on a vacant block at 1 Onyx Way in Tarneit’s Ridge estate.
Objectors voiced their concerns at a recent town planning meeting, with the matter to be decided at an upcoming council meeting.
Now residents have a new battle on their hands, with a planning application for 26 units proposed for 3 Onyx Way.
The new application had received 17 objections at the time Star Weekly went to print, meaning it will now be taken before a town planning meeting and the matter eventually decided at a council meeting.
Resident Melanie said that if both planning applications were approved, Ridge estate residents would have to live in close proximity to 39 units.
“Thirty-nine units in a confined space without provision for adequate parking is going to be the downfall of the surrounding estates,” she said.
“There simply isn’t enough room in the surrounding streets for residents to park, let alone visitors.
“The high concentration of units locally has already had a negative impact on surrounding homes, with traffic, rubbish, cars parked on nature strips, shopping trolleys dumped.
“Our little community, where there is an abundance of vacant land just beyond Tarneit, is going to be ruined and we are deeply concerned about this potentially going ahead.”
Melanie said she also had concerns that approval of these two developments would set a precedent for other units to be built in the estate.
Another resident, Kylie, told Star Weekly earlier this year: “Many of our blocks are 500 square metres-plus and we’ve bought [for] the very reason of having a bit of space around us – not these units/houses built on top of one another when there is plenty of land around to do that elsewhere.”
