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Claims council ducked debate

Joel KellyMidland Kalamunda Reporter

Cabernet Estate residents, angered by a decision that denied them the chance to fight a multi-dwelling development in the State Administrative Tribunal, said debate was also influenced by misinformation.

Resident Peter Adams said councillors David Fardig and Kevin Bailey, who argued for the development, were "condescending", "aggressive" and "inaccurate" during debate.

"Councillors providing unanimous support were influenced by the inaccurate facts and misinformed in their voting," he said.

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Mr Adams said statements were made that other multiple dwelling developments existed in Viveash when they were in Midland and that all homes in the estate were two-storey, when they are not.

But Cr Fardig said councillors were always exhaustive in their research and consideration.

"Im trying to get the community the best outcome I can get under our system," he said. "They meet the State Planning guidelines; what are you going to do?"

"When you look at the scale of what the applicant was proposing, it's no different to what the (neighbours) have."

East Metropolitan MLC Alyssa Hayden said the decision to approve the multi-dwelling development was a sign the City needed to revisit its planning scheme. Ms Hayden said multi-dwelling developments and infill programs were suited to town centres and transport hubs, not outer suburbs.

"I hope the City will now look at this and realise it could be an ongoing issue and that they need to do a re-jig of their town planning scheme," she said.