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_FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES
Driving along discussing the colour green, babe points out a green sign on the roof of a taxi and asks what it says. Something along the lines of "More trains, trams, buses and extra services . . . . Moving Victoria". ...
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_AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BOX HILL
Collie has recently worked on a number of residential projects in the Box Hill Central Activities Area. Recently, a town planning permit was granted by the City of Whitehorse for the development of a seven storey apartment building comprising 40...
_H&M RE-FASHIONS MELBOURNE GPO
Popular Swedish clothing company H&M last week celebrated the launch of its first Australian store in the iconic Melbourne General Post Office (GPO) building. Collie provided town planning services to H&M and managed the submission of a planning permit application...
_NEW MASTERS IN SHEPPARTON
Collie was pleased to have provided town planning services in a planning permit application granted earlier this week for a new Masters Home Improvement store in Shepparton. The new Masters store will be located on the corner of Florence Street...
_DRAFT PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK OR DON’T ROCK THE BOAT AND PROTECT THE STATUS QUO?
A draft of the revised State Planning Policy Framework (SPPF) now referred to as the Planning Policy Framework (PPF), has been prepared by an advisory committee. Proposed Changes In order to make planning policy easier to navigate, the draft PPF...
_RESIDENTIAL ZONES STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Minister for Planning has appointed a Standing Advisory Committee (the Advisory Committee) to consider the proposed application of the three new residential zones into council planning schemes. Councils have until the end of June this year to implement the...
_NEW MINISTERS IN VICTORIA
On 13 march 2014, the Premier of Victoria announced the results of a Cabinet re-shuffle to take effect on 17 March. The rumoured changes in recent weeks to the planning portfolio did not happen, with Matthew Guy remaining as Minister...
_HAPPY MOOMBA!
This weekend in Melbourne we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Moomba Festival. The creation of Moomba was arguably the beginning of a wonderful tradition of major events in Melbourne. Following the demise of the Labour Day Procession in 1952,...
_GROWTH AREAS INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRIBUTION WORK-IN-KIND AGREEMENTS
The Planning and Environment Act 1987 (the Act) has recently been amended to allow developers to enter into a work-in-kind agreement for the provision of land or works or a combination of both as an alternative to paying the whole...
_KNOX PROPOSES NEW RESIDENTIAL ZONES
Knox is the latest Council to prepare a planning scheme amendment to introduce the new residential zones across the Municipality. Unlike many other councils that have been mentioned in our recent zone reform articles, Knox is proceeding with a full...