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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...
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,...
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 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...
The Minister for Planning Mathew Guy and the CEO of the re-named Metropolitan Planning Authority (MPA) Peter Seamer spoke at a VPELA seminar on Wednesday. The Minister summarised key planning reforms during his time as Minster, which included prescribing timeframes...
The draft version of the new metropolitan planning strategy, Plan Melbourne, was released for public comment in October last year. Submissions on the draft closed on 6 December 2013. We understand that hundreds of submissions were received by the State...
Collie recently assisted Stockland and Town Living to obtain planning approval for the development of 71 town homes at Cascade Terrace in Highlands, Craigieburn. Cascade Terrace is located directly to the north of Highlands Lake within proximity to the Highlands...
Collie is pleased that H&M has been granted a planning permit which enables the well known Swedish clothing company to open its first Australian store in the iconic Melbourne General Post Office (GPO) building. H&M will occupy the ground, mezzanine...
Whitehorse City Council, like most other councils in Victoria, is in the process of implementing the reformed residential zones into the Whitehorse Planning Scheme. Whitehorse is seeking to implement the new zones in association with a Housing Study, Neighbourhood Character...
After a series of well documented problems and long delays, the 'Melbourne Star' (previously the Southern Star) re-opened a few weeks ago and is now a fully operating tourist attraction as well as a distinctive fixture on the city skyline....