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Traffic safety risk H
BY JESSICA GRIMBLE
orsham businesses have vowed to fight a development they say poses a critical safety risk to customers and operations.
Kevin Dellar of Barbeques Galore and John Aisbett of Horsham Bearings will take a private development proposal for a retail and residential premises, fronting Wilson Street, to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, VCAT. They say while they support the physical building component of the proposal, its plans to direct rear access to the Wilson Street building via a driveway located between the
two businesses, fronting Darlot Street, was ‘dangerous’ and ‘lacked common sense’. A 32-page report to Horsham Rural City Council’s latest meeting on Monday sought a planning permit for development of a six-lot subdivision including a retail premises, two dwellings and creation of ‘carriageway easement’. The council’s communities and place director, Kevin O’Brien, said the developer needed to include provision for 79 carparking spaces, and develop a parking and traffic management plan, among a 47-point list of conditions of the permit. The current proposal does not yet
include the traffic plan and sufficient parking. The ‘carriageway easement’, being the privately-owned driveway between Barbeques Galore and Horsham Bearings, is currently used for loading and unloading deliveries and stock, and includes capacity for up to 25 customer carparks. The two businesses have operated as neighbours for 16 years. They have 21 days to lodge an objection to VCAT. If they lose the bid, they are responsible for costs. “We control the traffic that comes in and out of this carpark,” Mr Aisbett said. “If they put a driveway there, it
will mean uncontrollable movement of traffic that I think will create occupational health and safety problems, will be detrimental to customers and dangerous – and the council were willing to vote that through.” Mr Dellar said: “The responsibility for safety, I believe, has been shoved on to us. It’s been pushed upon us.” The pair has shown a range of alternative plans to the council that would mean the proposal would access the rear carparking from an existing driveway in Wilson Street, among other suggestions that consider future development of the land through to Selkirk Drive. They say not all neighbouring busi-
nesses were aware of the proposal and their invitations to councillors to visit the site went largely unanswered. “I don’t think the councillors have actually been briefed with the information we’ve supplied and that’s why the decisions have been made last night. They’ve been kept in the dark,” Mr Aisbett said. Cr Les Power told Monday’s meeting traffic build-up in Hamilton and Darlot streets was ‘a bit of a bother’. Cr Power said carparking and traffic management remained an unresolved issue despite mediation attempts and he, and Cr David Bowe, encouraged parties to continue their discussions. Continued page 3
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