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The Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) recently released a discussion paper on a ferry service for Melbourne, fulfilling one of the Victorian Government pre-election promises. The study is underpinned by the rapid population growth occurring in Melbourne's west...
In September last year the Minister for Planning established the Standard Development Contributions Advisory Committee (the Committee) to provide advice regarding a new development contributions system. ‘Report 1 – Setting the Framework’, was presented to the Minister in December 2012...
The Planning Institute of Australia (Victoria) conducted recently an evening talk on "the other liveable city" which included guest speakers who have had city planning responsibilities in Vancouver and Melbourne. We thought it would be interesting to ask a person...
Collie recently submitted a response to the Metropolitan Planning Strategy discussion paper. Click here to read the full Collie submission.
Affordable housing is one thing but the local amenity should be reasonable.
Stockland has obtained recently a permit form Hume City Council for a major new display village, on Aitkin Boulevard in 'Highlands' Craigieburn Victoria. The village will include: A range of lot sizes; 40 new homes for viewing; A car park;...
The State Government released its reformed zones on 5 March 2013. The following week the Department of Planning and Community Development advised Planning Matters subscribers that there had been a publishing error with the zones released on this date. The...
NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTIVITY CENTRE ARMSTRONG CREEK EAST PRECINCT Newland Developers is developing the Armstrong Creek East Precinct – a significant portion of the planned 60,000–resident new growth area of Geelong. For those you who know the Surf Coast Highway (Torquay Road)...
The Victorian Government has released the final details of the 'reformed residential zones' which will now go through another round of testing with "Councils and other stakeholders" before being implemented into the Victorian Planning Provisions (VPP) - the overall 'toolkit'...