These decisions belong with government bodies
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January 19, 2021 7.59am
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The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number.
BUILDING MODERN MELBOURNE
These decisions belong with government bodies
Why should a private corporation, such as Melbourne Airport, have the planning power to stop development because they don’t want curfews or pushback from resident groups (‘‘Airport chiefs eye flight path veto’’,
The Age, 18/1)?
Planning decisions should remain the responsibility of state and local government entities.
As for the reported 20 noise complaints a month, that it is a huge number, because once a resident has registered a noise complaint, their next complaint is not counted again, so this translates to at least 240 new complainants each year.