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_VPELA BALL 2014
Some of the Collie staff attended the VPELA dinner last Friday night, the theme this year was silver screen in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of VPELA. It's always good to catch up with familiar faces at the planning 'night...
_News
_NEW INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN
At long last the new development contributions have been announced! Now called Infrastructure Contribution Plans the new contributions will apply separate standard levies for growth areas and for identified strategic development areas, which will take effect from 1 July 2015. ...
_AUTUMN ATTRACTION: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS CRANBOURNE
Autumn is a great time to appreciate the beauty and diversity of the many different types of trees and plants that we have here in Victoria. And a great place to experience it all up-close is at the Royal Botanic...
_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". ...
_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...