Liveable Hampton

02/06/2026

27/05/2026

HELP STOP THE BRIGHTON, HAMPTON & SANDRINGHAM ACTIVITY CENTRES 🚨

The Victorian Upper House will vote on 3 June to overturn 25 Government Activity Centre changes and the Mid-Rise Code that bring 4-6 storey apartment developments into residential streets from Brighton North to Sandringham and towers up to 16 storeys + in our shopping villages.

📣 We need YOU to email the Upper House MPs crossbenchers and local MPs BEFORE 1 JUNE.

📧 Writing to MPs only takes a few minutes.
Details, MP email addresses and how to help here: https://liveablevictoria.org.au/overturn.html

Please share widely with neighbours, friends and local community groups.

Why?

❌ You've had no say. The Government exempted itself from the normal planning consultation expected for changes of this scale.

❌ Massive planning overreach by State Government - despite Council preparing an alternative housing plan that is already delivering more homes close to transport and services while protecting:
• tree canopy
• neighbourhood character
• heritage
• liveability
• local amenity

❌ The new Mid-Rise Code means:
• your solar panels overshadowed
• fewer trees and gardens
• increased urban heat
• reduced privacy - overlooking into bedrooms & private space
• lower environmental standards

More Homes Done Better - without sacrificing what makes our suburbs liveable.

Photo of Hampton Street Hampton on 20/5/25 at 2.48 PM. Note the over shadowing.

Imagine this height and taller amongst family homes in quiet residential streets and double and triple this height in our shopping strips?

The Upper House can still stop this!!

20/05/2026

There is no shortage of luxury high end apartments. We have a housing affordability crisis, but affordable homes are not being built.

Property developers are using an affordable housing scheme to bypass normal planning requirements and win fast-tracked approval for contentious projects across Melbourne.

04/05/2026

We are not protesting new home developments as the headline states. We are protesting the false promises of affordable homes for our younger generations the Government knows these plans will not deliver. There is a better way.

As state governments try to fast-track the development of new homes, some are facing a strong backlash from local communities.

04/05/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/victoria-planning-reforms-activity-centres-resident-groups/106610900

Residents' groups across Victoria have formed an alliance ahead of the state election, calling for the community and councils to be given a voice when it comes to approving high-density housing.

02/05/2026

A statewide alliance standing up for democratic planning, community voice, and the protection of Victoria’s places, landscapes and neighbourhoods.

25/04/2026

https://fairgrowththornbury.com/volume-2-the-goverment-wants-families-out-of-the-activity-centres

The government’s housing policy is anti-family and anti-ownership. It wipes out scarce family homes in established suburbs, replaces them with small investor apartments, and calls the result “housing supply”. But there is no serious affordability plan — and the shift toward build-to-rent sho...

25/04/2026

Community groups across Victoria are joining an alliance to fight or a Liveable Victoria.
Here is one of them. Fair Growth Thornbury. Fantastic Instagram posts.

Fair Growth Thornbury is a community group advocating for fair, sustainable growth that supports more housing while protecting the neighbourhood character, local businesses, and village charm that make Thornbury unique.

12/04/2026

https://hna.org.au/take-action/

Support the Hampton Neighbourhood Association petition and add your signature.