We have won the final stage; no two story supermarket will be built on The Hive site, Erskineville Road, Newtown / Erskineville.
Judgment was delivered in Artro Management Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney at 9.30AM on 13 January 2009. Council was successful in persuading the Court that the development application did not comply with its instruments and would lead to unacceptable amenity impacts on the Erskineville Village area. The Development Application was refused and the appeal dismissed. For a copy of the judgment and the Court’s reasons for refusing the development application, please ‘click’ on the button ‘Court Decision ‘to the right on this website.
village friends, the Friends of Erskineville Village wish to sincerely thank all our thousands of supporters in our community who have remained diligent, focused and committed since we began our campaign in August 2007 to stop this over development.
Celebration Drinks.
Join us at The Rose of Australia Hotel ( Cocktail Bar ) Friday, 23 January from 1830.
Erskineville is the Winner
We face many challenges in our area to protect our village way of life. The future of the Tram Sheds, PYC Site, The Hive site, Service Station ( when it is sold ), The Imperial Hotel, the continued rejuvenation of Erskineville Village, management of the increasingly invasive through traffic on Erskineville Road, they will all impact on our way of life, and these issues need to be empathetically managed.
These are some examples our communities reaction to the decision to reject the Woolworths / Harold Finger Development Application to build a Two Story Supermarket on The Hive site.
Many thanks for the update. I spend a great deal of my time overseas (currently in China) so have not been able to physically support the group/action as I would like. I am 100% excited about the outcome and want to thank everyone who has so diligently worked to achieve this. Thanks again, and I can continue to look forward to my home time in Erskineville WITHOUT the supermarket