Plans for a series of apartment complexes alongside the Joondalup Resort golf course were voted down at a council meeting earlier this week. The resort had wanted to build three apartment buildings – the highest of which would have been 14 storeys – integrated with the existing hotel. But they faced fierce opposition from nearby residents concerned about amenity and character impacts in the low-density northern suburb. The residents formed an action group – Connolly SOS – and fired up a letterboxing campaign which ultimately gathered 539 objections to the proposal. Connolly SOS chairman David Smith told WAtoday earlier this month anyone living on level two upwards in the proposed development would be looking directly into neighbours’ backyards despite the separation. At its meeting on Tuesday evening, Joondalup Council was tasked with voting on a local development plan that would have paved the way for the resort’s apartment vision. However, after a lengthy meeting dominated by questions from residents concerned by the plans, the council voted to not support the draft local development plan.