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_VPELA ‘TITANIC’ BALL
A group of planners from Collie took a table at the recent VPELA ball, themed on the 'Titanic'/ The band played on as the ship went down but luckily in this re-enactment all survived – more or less!
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_POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED LAND A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE
An interesting seminar regarding contaminated land was organized by the Planning Institute of Australia (Victorian Division) on 8 May at Russell Kennedy Solicitors. Presenters included Stefan Fiedler (Russell Kennedy), Michael Rehfisch (Senversa) and John Glossop (Glossop Town Planning). The meeting...
_ANOTHER WAR ON PLANNING RED TAPE?
PLANNING SYSTEM REVIEW - ADVISORY COMMITTEE INITIAL REPORT A recent media release from the Minister for Planning, Mr Mathew Guy, was titled "Government declares war on planning red tape". The media release accompanied the Victorian Planning System Ministerial Advisory Committee...
_ADDITIONAL RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES AT COBURG HILL
Last week the Minister for Planning formally approved an amendment to the Coburg Hill Development Plan. The amendment increases the maximum allowable floorspace for shops located within the Coburg Hill 'neighbourhood hub' from 2,000 square metres to 4,500 square metres....
_TAYLORS ROAD, PLUMPTON
Melton Shire Council issued this week a planning permit for a 90-lot residential subdivision on Taylors Road, Plumpton. The site is located within an area affected by the Taylors Hill West Precinct Structure Plan and is located immediately to the...
_WHAT HAPPENED TO?
In a recent article we referred to the Titanic. You may be interested that it had two sister ships: the Olympic (launched about a year earlier than Titanic) and the Britannic (launched about two years later). The Olympic was at...
_RENOVATIONS FOR THE EASTBOUND MEDICAL CENTRE
Collie has recently provided planning services to the Eastbound Medical Centre, obtaining a planning permit for renovations and extensions to the existing medical centre on Boundary Road in Bentleigh East. The approved works when completed will provide additional training rooms,...
_CENTRAL EQUITY LAND SECURES THIRD PERMIT AT TRUGANINA WITH ‘HIGHGRANGE’
Central Equity Land has secured a third permit in as many months at Truganina. The latest approval by Wyndham City Council is for a 254-lot residential subdivision, known as 'Highgrange', on land in the north east of the Truganina South...
_A TITANIC DEVELOPMENT FOR BELFAST
On Saturday 31 March 2012, The Titanic Signature Building, now known as Titanic Belfast, was opened at Queens Island in Belfast following three years in construction. The 97 million pounds development was opened in time for the Titanic centenary year....
_DID YOU KNOW? THE LARGEST SHIP IN THE WORLD
100 years ago, the Titanic was the largest ship in the world at: 882 feet 9 inches in length, 92 feet in width and it weighed 46,328 tonnes. Today the largest ships in the world are the Allure of The...