16 January 2017
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Code of silence Neighbours claim they were left in the dark on Casey Council’s plans to compulsorily acquire a 78-year-old man’s home and wildlife-rich acreage to build soccer fields in Narre Warren North. At a meeting on 11 January, supporters gathered in the setting sun watching kangaroos graze on John Foy’s 34-acre block, many only recently finding out about the council’s plans for a soccer complex. Renee Haoust said she and other Maclaine Court neighbours directly north of the block were not consulted on Amendment C223. “We are all very livid.
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“Everyone that I have spoken to about this issue say it is the first time they have known about it. “My particular boundary will be only metres away from a public toilet block and I would only assume lots of criminal behaviour and seedy public persons hanging around.” Ms Haoust said she didn’t receive a letter from the council to tell her about the acquisition, nor did she see a public notice advertisement in Berwick News and the Government Gazette in July. Ms Haoust said she would have objected to the plan, had she known of its full scope. She found out several weeks after Planning Panels Victoria heard and then reported its findings to Casey on December 16.
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Some months back, Casey officers told her the proposal would only include a walking track next to Eumemmerring Creek, she said. Even neighbours who did receive notification letters from the council said there was no mention of what was planned for the site. Ms Haoust says she’s upset for Mr Foy potentially losing his paradise more than 30 years in the making. She also objects to her loss of privacy, peace and quiet as well as the intrusion of light towers. The council, which is required to publicly release the findings after 28 days, has argued the acquisition is necessary to create an unbroken link between Frog Hollow Reserve and Lysterfield Park.
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It would also help alleviate a soccer pitch shortage in the municipality, the council states. Residents at the meeting noted the irony of Berwick City Soccer Club based in Fox Road, Narre Warren North lobbying Casey for extra fields and facilities for many years. Casey statutory planning manager Duncan Turner said the amendment was advertised, and owners and occupiers of the property and surrounding land were notified in writing. The information available included reference to the future expansion of district leisure and sporting facilities with the adjoining Narre Warren North Recreation Reserve, Mr Turner said.
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