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Last Wednesday I attended a VPELA seminar on transport and infrastructure. The guest speakers included Adam Fennessy from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (also on the board of Infrastructure Victoria), Henry Turnbull from Traffix Group and Sallyanne...
The Cranbourne-Pakenham railway line is one of the busiest in Melbourne and patronage is expected to more than double in the next fifteen years. The State Government has committed to a number of substantial upgrades on this line, including nine...
Recently, Planning Minister Richard Wynne gazetted (Amendment GC41) changes to the Baw Baw, Frankston, Melbourne, Monash, Port Phillip and Stonnington Planning Schemes, which introduced protection for the flight paths used by Helicopter Emergency Medical Services operations of hospitals within the...
Last Tuesday I attended a VPELA seminar where the Minister for Planning (Richard Wynne) was the guest speaker. The purpose of the evening was for the Minister to provide an update on how the State Government is progressing with reforming...
If you are going to the The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Melbourne, at the weekend, keep an eye out for Collie town planner, Tessa Bond, who is performing with OzScot Australia, an international Highland Dance Team, featuring dancers from...
The Residential Development Advisory Committee (the Committee) on behalf of the Victorian State Government is conducting a review of the residential zones and has released a series of reports suggesting some initial improvements to the zones. We welcome this review...
We were surprised to learn from an article on The Age website earlier this week, that some Melbourne municipalities require permits for social gatherings of a particular size. In areas where permits are required, patrolling council officers check to make...
The recent decision to grant a planning permit for a mixed use development at 451 Lygon Street, Brunswick East has raised questions of consistency in the way the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) considers development proposals that seek car...
Note: The Collie office will close for the holidays on Wednesday 23 December 2015 and will reopen on Monday 11 January 2016.
Often when Southbank, Docklands and Fishermans Bend are mentioned in the media, these new urban renewal areas (and in particular Docklands) are criticised and while undoubtedly some lessons can be learnt, there have also been a lot of positives that...