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Upset over demolition plans
Rules to protect town’s character TIGHTER design and development rules are planned for the commercial heart of Sorrento – mainly along Ocean Beach Rd. They are part of a Mornington Peninsula Shire Council push to strengthen planning controls through an overlay. The council at its planning services committee meeting on Monday 31 July moved to adopt planning scheme amendment C204. The overlay aims to protect the distinctive character of the town through building height limits and setback controls. These would ensure a third storey is setback so as not to be visually prominent from the opposite side of Ocean Beach Rd. The amendment has been sent to Planning Minister Richard Wynne for his consideration.
The mayor Cr Bev Colomb said the shire urged the minister to support the amendment. “We are determined to protect this important historic and iconic township that has a local, state and international significance,” she said. “One of our priorities is listening to and responding to the needs of our community – that’s what we strive to do. “Through many public forums and other meetings with concerned residents, we have learnt that protecting the character and feel of our peninsula is the number one goal.” Cr Bryan Payne said the shire was “determined to protect our townships from overdevelopment”. “This design and development overlay will protect the historical significance of Sorrento.”
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Albert Backius in his boat Starlight. Picture: Nepean Historical Society
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THE proposed demolition of what is described as “a rare example of an early 1900s timber cottage” in Sorrento’s main street has upset members of Nepean Historical Society. Ratio Consultants has applied to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for a permit to develop a three-storey building with 16 dwellings and two shops at 141-145 Ocean Beach Rd. If approved, the development will involve the demolition of Sandarne, which was built about 1915 as the home of Swedish immigrant seaman and fisherman Albert Backius. He is said to have designed it and named it after his home town in Sweden. Historical society president Joy Kitch said Mr Backius built boats in a shed behind the house, including one for early Sorrento businessman George Coppin’s daughter Lucy and, notably, his own motor launch, Starlight, which he used for fishing and pleasure trips for residents and visitors to Sorrento a century ago. “Sandarne and the Backius family are linked to Sorrento’s Croad family, as Albert’s daughter Thelma Backius married the son of William Joseph Croad, well known in the area for building fine limestone houses,” she said. “Sandarne is a place of high heritage significance for Sorrento.” Ms Kitch said the house’s heritage had been acknowledged by the shire with a plaque in the main street at the corner of Darling Rd. The society’s researcher Bergliot Dallas and archivist Janet South used the archives at the Sorrento Museum to compile evidence of the house’s heritage value. Stepehn Taylor
Southern Peninsula News
15 August 2017