The West St Kilda Residents Association is an incorporated association registered with Consumer Affairs Victoria since 1999. We are a residents association — not an owners or ratepayers association.
Subscribe in support of the association’s work in the local area— from the past 25 years to the next 25.
Subscribers who live in West St Kilda can be members. West St Kilda is the area bounded by Beaconsfield Parade, Fraser Street, and the No. 96 tram line.
Members can get their names on the association’s annual register of financial members and can vote at the association’s annual general meeting.
Members can also volunteer on the committee. The Committee can be composed of up to ten members, four of whom can be officers (president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer). More Volunteers can make committee work more fun. The Committee meets every two months, traditionally on a Wednesday evening, for 1.5–2 hours.
Formed in 1999
The West St Kilda Residents Association was formed on 23 March 1999 at a public meeting of about 100 residents of the West St Kilda area at what was then the West St Kilda RSL Club at 23 Loch Street.
The membership adopted Model Rules for an Incorporated Association and applied for incorporation on 8 June 1999 under the Associations Incorporations Act 1981. This was granted on 18 June 1999.
After the Victorian State Government passed the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012, the Committee drafted a set of rules based on the new model, with changes to suit our specific requirements. These were approved at the 13 November 2013 AGM and accepted by Consumer Affairs Victoria.
25 relevant years
The West St Kilda Residents Association is a not-for-profit, volunteer, community-based organisation of West St Kilda residents. It is non-sectarian and not politically partisan.
The Association’s general objective is to serve the community interests of West St Kilda residents.
They aim to provide an open and public forum for all West St Kilda residents to express their views and to be informed on issues relating to their community such as:
—Preserving and enhancing neighbourhood character and residential amenity
—Town planning, traffic management, parking regulation, and public transport, and
—Preservation of heritage buildings.
The West St Kilda Residents Association promotes integrated planning, active consultation, communication and engagement between all stakeholders in the neighbourhood; and seeks to ensure that residents’ views and voices are heard.
Heritage Matters
The Association reserves the right to take a stance on behalf of its members in cases where single-dwelling permit applications may involve the demolition of heritage-listed buildings; or may involve radical change that the heritage significance of a building may be lost and cause appreciable loss to the overall streetscape and character of the area.
In renovations which may involve negotiation or disputes between neighbours, the Association remains neutral – but it is willing to offer informal guidance and information to all members on planning procedures once an application for a permit has been lodged. Members seeking such advice are requested to obtain copies of the subject plans for the purposes of any discussion.
The West St Kilda Residents Association
is a registered incorporated association
with Consumer Affairs Victoria
– No A0038207Y –
ABN 33 248 914 642
New regulations governing
incorporated associations in Victoria
From 18 November 2023
President’s Report
Treasurer’s Report