_A Sandstorm You Ask?
No; the fog rolling into Melbourne from Port Phillip Bay on an early otherwise sunny morning in late July.
_News
_ANOTHER MILESTONE REACHED FOR CURLEWIS
Collie has been providing town planning services to Stockland including as part of the rezoning process for its landholding in Curlewis in the Jetty Road Urban Growth Area. Submissions on Planning Scheme Amendment C387 were heard at recent Panel Hearing...
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_What’s That I Hear?
The Victorian Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) recently published a guide to land use planning for commercial Drone Delivery Services (DDS) in anticipation of these services becoming more widespread as the technology becomes cheaper. The DTP guidance is restricted...
_Smith & Singer Approved at VCAT
Collie was engaged to assist Smith & Singer in obtaining planning approval for use of its high-end art, jewelry and sculpture display and sales facility at its new location in the State-significant historic Darnlee building in Lansell Road in Toorak...
_REPCO, AMX, NAPA and More
Collie continues to provide planning advice to GPC Asia Pacific on its roll-out of new premises around Australia for its REPCO and other brands. Recent projects have been in Tingalpa QLD, Penrith NSW, Richmond VIC, Woodville SA, Ballarat VIC, Adamstown...
_MOVING CLOSER TO THE HORIZON
You may recall that Collie assisted Stockland in obtaining town planning approval in the form of a planning permit for its 'Halcyon Horizon' residential village along Horseshoe Bend Road in Armstrong Creek. Since the issue of the permit in December...
_All Aboard
An interesting snippet in a recent VCAT decision, which noted in the particular case that "An important element in the area is the railway from Princes Bridge to Clifton Hill. It opened . . . on a continuous elevated embankment...
_Highlands West Construction Update
Collie has been assisting Stockland for a number of years in obtaining town planning approvals for residential and commercial development for the Stockland masterplanned community 'Highlands'. Located just off the Hume Highway in Craigieburn, Highlands is expected to be...
_PlanTech / Digital Tools for Planners
A recent PIA PlanTech briefing provided insights into the Cardiff University approaches to improve the PlanTech / digital literacy of planning students in tertiary undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. PlanTech refers to the use of digital tools for planners such...
_Consultation Draft of National Urban Policy
On 23 May 2024, the Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Regional Development and Local Government, released the consultation draft May 2024 (open until 4 July 2024 with options of completing a survey or making a submission) of a National Urban Policy. ...