Comprehensive Development Plan of Kuala Lumpur, says planning and local government expert Derek Fernandez.
He said the mayor Datuk Mhd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz should have exercised the power vested in him to veto the proposal instead of burdening the residents with a hearing.
“If they want to amend the comprehensive development plan, then that is a separate exercise which would involve substantial planning and consultation with stakeholders,” he said.
Fernandez, a lawyer specialising in local government law and a Petaling Jaya city councillor, said it was wrong and illegal to bypass procedure for ad hoc planning approvals that were inconsistent with the comprehensive development plan, as a means to amend the plan.
“In any event, it is the height of unsustainable development and poor planning to allow high- or medium-rise development in a low-density area.
“To do so is to violate every planning principle and the very basis of zoning an area low density in the first place. The practice should be immediately stopped,” he said.
Fernandez said if the development were approved, it would ultimately bring loss to the residents in terms of value of property and quality of life.
“If City Hall wants to allow this then it should do away with all density and plot ratio rules and adopt a sky is the limit approach to planning for all so that everyone can line their pockets with unsustainable development.
“It would then be a no brainer for residents to join up their bungalow lots and go on a joint venture with a developer to put up a high-density building for profit,” he said.
Fernandez said if planning and zone control were to be replaced by a market-driven, free-for-all policy for short term gains, the end result would be an unsustainable city with badly deteriorated property value and quality of life.
The Malaysian Insider yesterday reported that residents of Bukit Damansara want City Hall to reject the proposal for a highrise, luxury condominium in a locality occupied exclusively by bungalows.
The two 23-storey blocks of 94 condominium units would tower over their neighbours, on land that the residents claim has been designated for lowrise development.
A former court of appeals judge who is a long-time resident of Bukit Damansara alleged that a developer wishing to develop the land in the area offered to compensate him should he move out and persuade his neighbours to do the same. – February 4, 2016.
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