A group of Tarneit residents has blasted Wyndham council for ignoring their concerns and giving the green light to 13 double-storey units in their estate.
The council last week approved plans for the proposed development at 1 Onyx Way in Ridge estate after the application garnered 113 objections.
Cr Josh Gilligan unsuccessfully tried to move an alternative motion refusing the planning application, saying that the proposed development was unlikely to fit in with neighbourhood character and would cause traffic and parking problems.
But Cr Mia Shaw and Cr Tony Hooper said they could not support an alternative motion that had been handed to them less than an hour before the council meeting.
Ridge estate resident Kylie said she was “extremely disappointed” by the council’s decision.
“It was like we didn’t exist and our concerns were not important,” she said.
She said the residents would seek legal advice about appealing the decision.
Residents are also objecting to an application for 26 units proposed for 3 Onyx Way. A total 64 objections have been lodged against that proposal to date, meaning it will go to a town planning meeting before the matter is decided at a council meeting.
But residents fear that the outcome of the application for 3 Onyx Way is a fait accompli, given last week’s decision.
