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the nature strip here, then we can’t get out; we already have trouble coming out sometimes with the kindergarten.” The total designated space for religious gatherings is 296 square metres, the office space at 31 with a total of 327 square metres in floor area, with parking set to be at the rear and access through the eastern side of the church; the lot size is approximately 4023 square metres.
This would also mean the demolition of the current, single-storey brick home, the brick garage as well as the gi shed at the rear of the property. “Surrounding residences, even from here, from my kitchen window, you’re going to see it,“ Mr Warner said. “No we’re not used to noise, my wife and I have to have complete silence, and some of us here have sleeping disorders; we need to be
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able to have quiet.“ An attached letter of concern to the City of Casey was also included in the planning document; received by the council on 24 August 2023, it details that the current community attending the church services at Hampton Park has 115-plus registered families, with an average of four members totalling to 350-plus members. Continued page 10
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A new proposed church at 67 Shrives Road, Narre Warren South, has been met with strongwilled complaints from neighbouring and local residents. While factors like noise, visual distraction and traffic generation are on the table, the lack of development on Shrives Road itself also plays a hand in the residents’ minds regarding the new proposal. Neighbouring homeowner for over 20 years, Goeff Warner says that not only is the proposal “out of place”, but it also “throws us under the bus”. “It’s going to affect our area, the church wins, they get what they want and we [residents] lose the whole way; there’s no wins in it for us. “You’re not going to see neighbours here go and attend their church, they just won’t,” Mr Warner said. The application seeks for the granting of a permit for the use and development of a place of assembly on the designated address, which was purchased by the Immanuel Mar Thoma Church in 2018; the estimated cost of development is $3 million. If a permit was granted, this would see the construction of a place of worship roughly 10 metres tall (in addition of the cross), with grilled fencing, an automatic sliding gate and a two-metre by one-metre signboard. The church’s capacity is capped at 200 people, including priests, volunteers and parishioners, with 58 car park spaces. Fellow neighbours Mark Sowden and Pierre (Peter) Camilleri are of the same mind, adding that they are both “concerned” with the proposition. “I mean, 60 cars is not enough for 200 people and these people are looking for a new space from Hampton Park because there’s a lot of them,” Mr Camilleri said. “If they’re going to overflow and park in
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