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_GOOD LUCK TESS
We wish Collie Town Planner Tessa Bond the best of luck, performing at the Basel Tattoo, in Switzerland, this week. Tess is part of the OzScot Dance troupe. The OzScot dancers come from all parts of Australia and cultivate a...
_News
_…OH NO, YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS
A public notice in the Age newspaper last Tuesday (1 July) caught our attention. The notice, by Bayside City Council, announces a proposal to introduce new clauses into the Councils Local Laws. The new clauses would: "make it an offence...
_LAST MINUTE
The reformed residential zones are now in full force throughout Victoria. Earlier this week, all previously remaining Residential 1, 2 and 3 zoned land was transitioned to the new General Residential Zone. It seems however, that Councils have been feeling...
_HIGHLANDS SP30
Collie was grateful for being included in the Stockland team that has been successful recently in gaining approval for the development of 'SP30', the first of the Highlands expansion area approvals. The land was part of a large area purchased...
_FOOTPATHS
What springs to mind when you think about footpaths? Do you consider they are just a means to an end? Do you find enjoyment in observing your surrounds as you walk/ride along a footpath? Generally footpaths are associated with physical...
_LIES, DAMNED LIES AND POPULATION PROJECTIONS
LIES, DAMNED LIES AND POPULATION PROJECTIONS The 19th century British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, is generally attributed with the famous quote – "there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." Perhaps he could have also included population...
_TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT IN PRESTON
A planning permit was recently issued by the Darebin City Council for the development of five townhouses in Albert Street, Preston. Collie was engaged by Woodlands Preston Pty Ltd to provide town planning services and manage the planning permit application...
_APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT IN CLAYTON
Collie recently provided planning services for a two-storey apartment building over a basement in Irwin Street Clayton. Collie assisted in the preparation of a planning permit application and subsequently acted as advocate on behalf of the client at a Victorian...
_OBSERVATIONS FROM ALASKA 1
Alaska is cold, raw, magnificent and awe-inspiring. For example, as an Australian it is an eye-opener to read that in some parts, the snowfall each year would cover a ten-storey building; or that the capital Juneau is a small frontier...
_THE PLAN IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE PLAN!
It’s official. The previous government’s metropolitan strategy ‘Melbourne 2030’ is dead. It was 12 years old. Although arguably in an induced coma for the last few years, the approval of Amendment VC106 to the Victoria Planning Provisions and all planning...