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_THOMAS BARKER
We are pleased to congratulate Collie Project Director Aran Barker, Anita and Grace on the arrival of Thomas, born 9 November 2014. Mum and baby doing well (and even Dad seems OK).
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_WHERE ARE THE TOWN PLANNING INITIATIVES
Next Saturday, Victorians votes on their next State government so we’ve done a very quick review of the Liberal, ALP and Greens campaign websites as they refer to town planning – we could not find much under the topic. Unlike...
_FINALLY MY PERMIT
There are some interesting statistics from the Victorian Planning Permit Activity Annual Report for the 2013 / 2014. 56,411 planning permit applications were lodged in Victoria, which represents a 9.1 per cent increase (or a 14.4 per cent increase for...
_THE TIMES ARE CHANGING
The Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Ken Lay, made an impressive case for policing change in an address to a Hume Business Breakfast on Friday 14 November. It was on this day exactly three years ago that Mr Lay was...
_MELBOURNES CAFÉ CULTURE
I am a Melbournian and over the long weekend I read in the newspaper that in the 1980s the Melbourne CBD only had two sidewalk cafes; now there are over 500 - and it got me thinking how lucky I...
_EPHEMERAL HORTICULTURE: MELBOURNE FESTIVAL INSTALLATION – ‘GRASSLANDS’
On display as part of the Melbourne Festival [and extending until 23 November 2014] is an exhibition referencing key vegetative elements of a landscape [in particular the grasses and low growing shrubs] which would have existed before 1830 in the...
_TRANSFORMING HOUSING
The future planning and provision of affordable housing is an important challenge for Melbourne. Last week Aran Barker (Project Director at Collie) participated in an industry workshop on 'affordable housing'. The workshop was part of 'Transforming Housing' - a research...
_NEW BOUNDARY DISTRIBUTION
Collie has recently assisted Goodman Property Services (Goodman) in obtaining a planning permit to allow for the expansion of its distribution centre in Boundary Road, Laverton North. The planning permit will allow for the use and development of three large...
_NEW VITALITY FOR DOCKLANDS
Collie recently assisted Mirvac in obtaining planning permits for the development of terraces homes and the construction of a residential and mixed use tower, in the Bolte Precinct of Docklands. The precinct is known as Wharf's Edge and forms a...
_MORE ADVENTURE IN GEELONG
Amendment C288 to the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme was gazetted on 16 October 2014. This amendment rezones the 72.4-hectare Adventure Park Geelong site from Farming Zone to Comprehensive Development Zone with an accompanying site specific schedule and an incorporated comprehensive...