Adelaide residents say building height plans will ruin suburbs Michael Taylor flanked by Ken and Brenda Banwell. Mr Taylor and a group of residents have started a petition and letterbox dropped against the council's 30-year plan for Modbury. TELL US: Are these concerns justified? RESIDENTS across Adelaide are pushing against higher building heights, saying increasing housing density will ruin their neighbourhoods. The opposition is being acutely felt in Adelaide's eastern suburbs of Burnside and Norwood, and the northeast where ratepayers say plans for multi-storey apartments will damage homes, roads and the environment, and devalue properties. Six storeys could be built on The Parade, between five and 10 storeys on selected sites in Kent Town and buildings up to four storeys along Linear Park under State Government plans out for consultation. About 250 people attended a meeting held by Norwood, Payneham and St Peters Council to protest the moves. More than 110 Burnside Council residents have written to the State Government opposing plans for high-rise buildings on Greenhill and Fullarton roads. Modbury resident Michael Taylor, who is leading the push against the zoning changes in his area, says building height increases would cause traffic congestion, parking problems and reduce privacy. "We're trying to maintain the integrity of our area," he said. We don't want to see our area full of three-storey units. We don't want increased population, or traffic and the associated issues that come from that.