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_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...
_News
_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...
_PEDESTRIAN CONVENIENCE 1
Bus / tram shelters are obviously useful for those waiting for a service but you have to ask yourself sometimes who decides on their locations. Look at this example in Swan Street, Richmond near Stawell Street. Note the location in...
_VPELA HOT TOPICS SEMINAR
This week Collie attended the VPELA hot topics seminar. One of the presenters was Mark Dwyer, Deputy President, VCAT. Mark outlined the new practice notes which were released by VCAT on 15 March 2012, some of which have impacts on...
_GATEWAY UNDERWAY
The 'Gateway' new community development project is now underway in Truganina South with the opening recently of the sales centre on the corner of Sayers Road and Palmers Road. Sales in the Central Equity Land Corporation project are progressing well,...
_‘RECORD’ PLANNING PERMIT ACTIVITY IN VICTORIA – SHOULD WE BE CELEBRATING
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...
_POOR URBAN DESIGN OR SUB-STANDARD INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION
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)...