JESUS HOPE FOR ALL
Without any exaggeration, the signage on the water tower has literally saved people from ending their lives and helped so many others find the hope, church community and love of Jesus they were desperately in need of.
As part of moving into Sims St, we installed multiple LIFE signage around our new home on the buildings and structures we own. Throughout this process, we have actively worked alongside our team of town planning consultants and have been working closely with the Melbourne City Council.
Following our consultants advice we sought the right planning permissions across the site, and for the water tower due to existing signage being permitted for many years, simply replaced it with the ‘Jesus hope for all’ and our Life church branding.
During this process, our water tower sign has been disputed by the Melbourne City Council, while we have followed due process with our consultant team throughout, unfortunately the council do not want to grant any approval.
We are confident in our position that the water tower structure has displayed signage for many years and in alignment with the land use it should continue to be used as formerly permitted.
This has resulted in us following the standard appeals process and we are taking this matter to VCAT for a fair hearing.
As part of this process Melbourne City Council must engage a public notice period and enable community members and neighboring businesses the chance to share their view.
We’ve heard countless testimonies of lives being impacted and saved through our Water tower signage – Jesus Hope For All. We’d love for everyone who calls LIFE home to complete an online submission in 3 easy steps:
Please note that applications closed on Friday 19th July 2024. You can no longer support this application.
We’d also like to take this opportunity to hear and capture the many incredible testimonies of those who have found LIFE home through our water tower. If you can please simply copy your reasons for support and paste them into this form or into an email and send to stories@lifeau.org we would be so grateful.
We thank you for taking the time to support this Application.
Applications closed on Friday 19th July 2024. Melbourne City Council is reviewing this proposal, and all received submissions, to then decide on next steps.