Local group raises concerns

Kardan Loop resident Lillian Keefe attended the auction organised by the local real estate agent Gary Daglish with several other members of a local action group. 

Ms Keefe was called out for disrupting the auction by one of the agents after she exchanged some comments with one potential buyer.

“The auction was organised by private individuals trying to sell their individual blocks,” SECFI real estate agent and appointed seller for Olive Waters Tracy Magiatis said.

“I believe this lady is misinformed.”

Ms Keefe said she didn’t try to persuade a potential buyer to not buy the land, and she said the agent who called her off was too far away to hear what she said.

The local action group is formed by home owners in Kardan Loop and nearby properties concerned about the development in Olive Waters.

The residents are mostly concerned about the traffic impact on quiet Kardan Loop once the 48-unit development is finished, since that’s the only road access to the complex. 

“We could have up to a hundred cars in and out of here every day of the week past,” Ms Keefe said.

“They are lowering the status of a whole neighbourhood,” resident and member of the action group David Cumming said.

“It'll destroy the value of these homes in there with low quality of housing and the traffic”.

City of Mandurah chief Mark Newman said an assessment of traffic and movement was undertaken as part of the Precinct Plan preparation and the City considered the local road network could cope with the development. 

The residents are also concerned about increased population density, since original planning documents suggested only 36 units would be constructed.

Mr Newman said that was just an ‘indicative plan’.

“Ultimately, the City approved the development of 46 dwellings and the WAPC approved the subdivision of 46 lots based on minimum and average lot size requirements for R50 of the Residential Design Codes.”

Parking bays for visitors being allocated on Olive Road and the potential reallocation of the street’s sidewalk and native trees were also of concern to the local group. 

Ms Magiatis said there were no plans to build parking bays on Olive Road and all the visitor parking would be found within the development. Mr Newman also said the existing trees on Olive Road would be given priority. 

He said the city was working on addressing the concerns of the residents but no information would be made public since the development was not in conflict with the city’s guidelines. 

Consultation was undertaken in the initial stages of the overall Falcon Village Precinct Plan in 2005/06.