rob harrop

2022 candidate for City of Holdfast Bay.
Heritage survey responses.

1. Do you think that Councils and community members need to have a greater voice in planning and development decisions affecting their local area?
   I do

2. What role should Councils play in protecting local heritage places from demolition or inappropriate development?
   time and information and access to early planning

3. How would you seek to improve protections for heritage places in your area?
   identify and protect

4. We rarely see new places added to local heritage listings. Why do you think this is?
   maintain our history and the reason our city is special

5. How has the Planning and Design Code impacted on the heritage, amenity, and environment of your area? What changes would you seek to the Code?
   not sure

6. What are the impacts of infill development in your area? What changes would you seek in the rules around infill development?
   reduce density

7. Construction of new housing typically uses 30% labour and 70% materials. Renovation of existing housing stock typically uses 70% labour and 30% materials. What policy changes would you like to see made to encourage people to renovate, rather than demolish and build anew?
   education

8. How should the community be informed and involved in decisions about new developments?
   meetings and socila media

9. Do you think there is adequate tree canopy across your local government area?
   could be more

10. How would you like to see significant and regulated trees in your area protected from removal?
    only remoce damaged trees

11. What involvement should Councils have in decisions about protecting or removing significant and regulated trees?
    in at the early stages of planning

12. What actions would you advocate to slow or mitigate the impacts of climate change in your local government area?
    we need real peer reviewed information and drop the panic

13. What issues are there with traffic and parking in your area?
    parking is good

14. How could transport options be improved in your area?
    better bus service

15. What would your top three priorities be for improving planning policy and outcomes in your local government area?
    local involvement of the people
    education
    feed back