As a vital transport gateway for Victoria and Australia, the Melbourne Airport plays a key role for Australian travel, tourism and export industries and is a significant employment hub in Melbourne. The Melbourne Airport 2022 Master Plan recently went on...
Collie assisted Better Living Group in obtaining town planning approval for a 111-place childcare centre in Ivanhoe. Given the slope of the site, one of the key challenges included massaging the built form to reduce perceptions of visual bulk when...
At a recent Future Melbourne Committee meeting, a proposed amendment to the Melbourne Planning Scheme was approved to be prepared and exhibited. The proposed amendment, known as the Draft City Spatial Plan (CSP), proposes an update to the Municipal Planning...
Collie has been assisting the client with various subdivision permit applications in Wandong, Victoria. The latest relates to an amended planning permit issued this week, which varied a road proposal from rural to urban standard and changed its alignment, redesigned...
Last month the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) intervened in the sale and supply of gas across the country to ensure particularly that southeastern Australia domestic gas supply would continue to be available to meet demand. Just days later, the...
The client, who specialises in selling automotive parts and accessories, was considering new sites and their appropriateness for the proposed use. The first site was in the City of Stirling and covered by the Mixed Business Zone. The proposed use...
Back in mid-2021, Collie assisted ID_Land in obtaining town planning approval for a new residential masterplanned community known as 'The Reserve'. The Reserve is located in the Armstrong Creek Urban Growth area, approximately 6 kilometres south of the Geelong CBD....
Collie worked with Palm Lake Works to obtain town planning approval for a new lifestyle community in Paynesville within the Municipality of East Gippsland. As part of our role on the project, we reviewed the conditions of the existing planning...
LOT SIZES ARE SHRINKING The Victorian Planning Authority is proposing changes to Type A and Type B of the Small Lot Housing Code (SLHC) as well as the creation of a new SLHC Type C and Type C2. The SLHC...
APPROVED BUILDING ENVELOPES FOR MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING Collie recently assisted the client in obtaining the subdivision permit for the M6 site, which forms part of the Aurora development in Wollert to the north of Melbourne. This subdivision comprises 89 lots...