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Paving the way for 2200 apartments to be built on the site of the Preston Market would pose an existential threat to stallholders, Darebin City Council officers have warned in a draft submission to the Victorian Planning Authority.
The authority released proposed rules for the 5.1-hectare site in May that would allow up to 20 storeys of apartments but ensure a fresh food market would remain regardless of any future development.
Bustling Preston Market on Sunday afternoon.
Credit:Scott McNaughton
Analysis by Darebin Council has found the plans would make the site more dense than Fishermans Bend, Australia’s largest urban renewal precinct, which will have an average of 323 people per hectare once 80,000 people move into the district by 2050.
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Provided by Red Energy, the 240GWh of clean power is equivalent to powering 48,000 homes with renewables or removing the emissions from 90,000 cars every year.
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VECO, led by Darebin City Council in Melbourne’s north, will provide 45 per cent of all Victorian Councils’ electricity requirements with 100 per cent renewables, reducing greenhouse emissions by 260,000 tonnes of C02-e every year.
Provided by Red Energy, the 240GWh of clean power is equivalent to powering 48,000 homes with renewables or removing the emissions from 90,000 cars every year.
Initiated by and facilitated with the Victorian Greenhouse Alliances, VECO recognises the benefits of renewable energy for the environment and the economy.
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