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The Minister for Planning recently issued a media release that announced the Planning Permit Activity Report for 2010-11. The media release celebrated an increase in planning and development activity and the total number of planning permit decisions, including ‘highlights’ such...
The headline in today’s Age ‘Melbourne’s sick suburbs’ is an interesting reminder about the roots of the town planning profession. Oddly however, while early instances of ‘town planning’ focused on separating houses from each other (and from other land uses)...
The team at Collie would like to congratulate Sophie Jordan for winning the ‘2012 Rising Star Scholarship’. Sophie was awarded the scholarship for her essay ‘Woman and Home: An Investigation into Equitable Forms of Housing’. Sophie is currently working at...
The Minister for Planning, Matthew Guy, was the guest speaker at the UDIA monthly luncheon on 2 March. The Minister spoke about the need to provide further growth and development opportunities in Victoria by continuing to reform the planning system....
The Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association (VPELA) held an interesting seminar on 28 February regarding "the key ingredients to building sustainable growth area communities". A panel of speakers led by Jane-Frances Kelly from the Grattan Institute and Brian Haratsis...
Collie has provided 3 Point Motors with town planning services over a number of years. Previously, Collie obtained planning permits for 3 Point Motors to undertake a commercial and used car dealership on Heidelberg Road, Fairfield as well as a...
Jay Hollerich from Collie recently presented expert planning evidence to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) in relation to the development of a single dwelling at Beach Road, Hampton (the development site). Collie became involved with the project with...
A recent media release by the Minister for Planning Matthew Guy identified opportunities to expand the Melbourne central business district (CBD) through the construction of high rise development beyond the Hoddle Grid, Docklands and Southbank. The Minister identified opportunities for...
Population density in Australia is usually calculated in kilometres square per person, not people per square kilometre. Australia has 0.38 square kilometres per person available. Yet well over 90 per cent are cramming into our coastal cities.
The Property Council of Australia (Victoria) (PCAV) 'Star Gazing' panel discussion at Crown on 17 February was an interesting and informative event. PCAV had Mark Korda (KordaMentha), Professor Ian Harper (Deloite Access Economics), Stephen Mayne (journalist and Councillor), Daryl Browning...