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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...
With the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in full swing at the time, an ABC television documentary 'How to Save the World' last Monday night got me (again) thinking about climate change. My initial reaction to the program was...
Almost three months have passed since Planning Minister Richard Wynne gazetted (Amendment C262) a series of changes to the Melbourne Planning Scheme, which introduced interim design and development controls for parts of the CBD and Southbank. Very generally, the changes...
The Liveable Melbourne Study ranking the liveability of Melbourne suburbs has highlighted the changing trends in the suburbs in which Melbournians want to live. Deloitte Access Economics and Tract Consultants conducted the study based on fifteen indictors, which were assumed...
Collie is currently assisting Bellbird Estate Holdings Pty Ltd in obtaining planning permits for dwellings on individual lots within Bellbird Ridge Estate in Diamond Creek. A significant part of the Bellbird Ridge Estate is covered by an Environmental Significance Overlay...