Comments on: The Country in the City http://ruralwattlegrove.com/2009/11/15/the-country-in-the-city/ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:45:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Robert http://ruralwattlegrove.com/2009/11/15/the-country-in-the-city/#comment-10 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:36:54 +0000 http://ruralwattlegrove.com/?p=123#comment-10 Mark, I think you would have to concede that while 3.4 ha is grassed polo field that what is there now is a lot more like wild forrest and a habitat for wild creatures than 220 group houses which, if my information is correct, will all be disposing of their sewage into the groundwater and creating 650 car movements a day. Apart from that point the rezoning is the thin edge of the wedge and if you don’t believe me, ask Dick Lovegrove

]]> By: Wattle Grove Vision http://ruralwattlegrove.com/2009/11/15/the-country-in-the-city/#comment-4 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:14:58 +0000 http://ruralwattlegrove.com/?p=123#comment-4 There’s a big difference between 3.4 hectares of cleared polo-field on a 15.1 hectare site that does currently have flora, fauna and natural waterways to having 230 red roofs and vast expanses of bitumen.

Bare in mind the comment was a made by a 5 year old child who has grown up in a dense urban area. From this little girls perspective properties with trees and native animals occur as a ‘wild forest’.

But you have overlooked a very important point Mark. By approving this rezoning and development it sets a precedent for other dense urban developments that consequently result in more land clearing and habitat destruction. Do you want all of the greenbelt that protects the Darling Range destroyed? The line has to be drawn somewhere.

]]> By: Mark http://ruralwattlegrove.com/2009/11/15/the-country-in-the-city/#comment-2 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:32:52 +0000 http://ruralwattlegrove.com/?p=123#comment-2 Does the author of this blog realise that the proposed development site has none of the characteristics of a ‘wild forest’, and is for the most part already cleared land and has been for years?

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