Our Mission is to protect and enhance the status of Melbourne as being one of the most liveable cities in the world through promoting sound urban planning and design policies and principles which:
- maintain or improve neighbourhood amenity,
- are environmentally sensitive and sustainable,
- are democratic and consultative in nature
- and which form part of an integrated vision for the future growth of Melbourne and surrounds.
For more details view the Save Our Suburbs Statement of Purposes.
Also view the SOS Articles of Association (revised 2006)
SOS notes that while increasing population exacerbates other problems such as infrastructure backlog, traffic congestion & pollution and reduced residential amenity, as well as hindering societal efforts to reduce our carbon footprint, major reform (“re-regulation”) of planning policy & practice is needed irrespective of changes in population demographics.
History of SOS:
“Save Our Suburbs and the Struggle Against Inappropriate Development”
by Margot Huxley, Institute for Social Research, 2002; click here to open