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_BIRDS OF PREY
Melbourne is the place to be this weekend with sunny skies predicted and lots of fun and entertainment surrounding the AFL Grand Final on Saturday. It has been 24 years since Hawthorn and West Coast have met in an AFL...
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_TURNBULL PUTS CITIES ON THE AGENDA
Malcolm Turnbull has ushered in a new and reshuffled cabinet following his appointment as the new Prime Minister of Australia. One particular position has caught the attention of Collie, with Jamie Briggs being appointed to the new role of the...
_INTERIM BUILDING CONTROLS FOR MELBOURNE’S CBD
The Victorian State Government recently gazetted a series of changes to the Melbourne Planning Scheme which introduced interim design and development controls for parts of the CBD and Southbank. These guidelines are aimed at controlling the height, density and appropriateness...
_RUSKIN STREET TOWN HOMES – HIGHLANDS
Collie recently assisted Stockland in obtaining a town planning permit for the development of ten town homes at Ruskin Street in Highlands, Craigieburn. The Collie role on the project was to provide town planning advice on the development potential of...
_NEW TITANIUM MANUFACTURING PLANT IN LAVERTON NORTH
Collie had previously assisted Coogee Energy in obtaining a planning permit for a pilot titanium manufacturing plant in Laverton North. With the operation of the pilot plant a success, Collie was then involved in a planning permit application for a...
_NEW DISPLAY VILLAGE FOR ELEMENTS
Collie recently assisted ID_Land in obtaining a town planning permit for a display village in Dohertys Road, Truganina which will assist in the marketing of 'Elements' - a new ID_Land residential land development. The display village, as shown in the...
_TESS ADDS ANOTHER TATTOO
We welcome back Collie town planner Tessa who has just spent four weeks in Scotland performing in the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Tessa was part of the Tattoo Highland Dance Team that comprised 64 dancers from Australia, Canada, USA and...
_APARTMENT DESIGN GUIDELINES – ONE STEP CLOSER
The Victorian State Government is moving forward with the process of developing apartment design guidelines following the release in May 2015 of the 'Better Apartments Discussion Paper'. Submissions in response to the Discussion Paper closed at the end of July...
_FIVE FROM FIVE – MELBOURNE ONCE AGAIN THE EIU MOST LIVEABLE CITY
The recent results of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) annual Global Liveability Ranking placed Melbourne the world’s most liveable city for the fifth consecutive year. Five Australian cities were ranked in the top tier of liveability with scores above 90...
_TRAFFIC CHAOS JUST ROUND THE CORNER
The recent crane mishap near the Kingsway entry / exit to City Link provides a further example of Melbourne traffic chaos that appears just around the corner at any time. It just confirms that our continuing reliance so heavily on...