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Meet the Candidates: Local Government Elections 2018 Kensington/East Norwood and West Norwood/Kent Town wards

Our recent ‘Meet the Candidates’ session run in co-operation with the Kensington Residents’ Association was an informative and interesting evening. We heard from the ward and Mayoral nominees who were then subjected to some vigorous questioning by the assembled crowd.

Whether you did or did not attend please don’t forget to vote!
Refer below for some helpful information.

Word file of candidates’ details Candidates Data 2018 – Public 

Statements from candidates CandidateStatements

Details of Candidates for NPSP Council election 2018: Candidates Data 2018 – Public

How will State Government proposals affect you?

Continue reading Meet the Candidates: Local Government Elections 2018 Kensington/East Norwood and West Norwood/Kent Town wards

State Planning Policies and Heritage Enquiry by Parliamentary Committee

These two significant State Government issues concern Heritage protection and planning. The State Planning Policies were described and discussed at the recent NRA general meeting. Your committee submitted submissions for both of these and they can be found on this website:

180928 NRA Heritage submission – Final

180920 NRA submission – state planning policy

  1. The Heritage Inquiry initiated by a parliamentary Committee

For residents in Norwood especially, built heritage is our unique and valuable link to the past and an irreplaceable asset to our community.  We cannot afford to be silent if/when remote government bodies with little to no investment in our precinct, seek to influence/regulate those areas which help define us and which greatly affect the quality of our daily lives.

2. The Draft State Planning Policies.

There are 96 of them but ONE concerns cultural heritage. There is scant mention of the protection of built heritage and no mention of Historic Conservation Zones or Residential Character Zones in this draft policy.

For your reference, the City of Norwood, Payneham & St Peters endorsed submissions to both consultations.

Submission from NPSP Council 1

Submission from NPSP Council 2

Development Funding Restored For Norwood Public Library

At the meeting on 3 April 2018, the Mayor, Robert Bria, put forward a motion to restore development funding for Norwood Public Library, in the Council’s Long-Term Development Plan 2018-2028. The motion was approved by Council Members. Continue reading Development Funding Restored For Norwood Public Library

Meet Your Dunstan Candidates

Don’t miss your opportunity to meet the Dunstan candidates for the upcoming election and ask them questions about the local issues that matter to you!

Tuesday, 27 February at 7:30pm

Don Pyatt Hall, George Street, Norwood

(adjacent to Norwood Concert Hall entrance, free parking in Webbe street) Continue reading Meet Your Dunstan Candidates

Norwood Residents Love Our Library

On Valentines Day this year a group of Norwood residents showed their love for the local branch of the library following a decision by Council at its 5 February meeting to remove funding previously allocated for the branch’s upgrade from its long term financial plan. Upgrading of all three of the Council’s library branches was promised during the amalgamation of three separate Councils into the current configuration in 1997. Continue reading Norwood Residents Love Our Library

Community Alliance Public Rally: Sunday March 4 2018 at 1 pm

There will be a public rally on the steps of SA Parliament House on Sunday, March 4 at 1:pm, organized by Community Alliance. See details on flyers below.

180117 Flyer Rally 4 March 2018 Parliament House Steps Final

Community Alliance_SA Election Platform March 2018 _New Final

The Future of the Norwood Branch of NPSP Library

At its meeting on 5 February 2018 under Agenda item 11, Council considered its Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP). Among the implications of this agenda item is the potential for the Norwood branch of Council’s library to be closed in future (though to be very clear Council has not released any specific proposal along these lines).

Continue reading The Future of the Norwood Branch of NPSP Library

SA Government seeking feedback on local parking issues

The State Government has initiated a review of car parking in local streets in Adelaide, with the aim of working with local councils to identify the causes of any problems and consider potential solutions. This review is not limited to Norwood but as car parking is concern for many Norwood residents we thought it worth alerting everyone to the review and the opportunity it provides for you to provide comments and suggestions about parking in your neighbourhoods.

The government has stated that feedback and experiences from the community are a valuable part of the review. Continue reading SA Government seeking feedback on local parking issues