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Mike and Jenny Collie recently visited Malmo in Sweden and took time to walk around Vastra Hamnen, a substantial ‘docklands’ redevelopment project situated to the north west of the Malmo central area. Key observations include: the use of a significant...
Guest speakers at the Planning for Aboriginal Heritage PIA Victoria Professional Development Seminar were Harry Webber, Acting Manager Heritage Strategy, Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, Astrid Di Carlo, Special Counsel and Annette Jones, Solicitor of Russell Kennedy. We were given a brief...
On 21 July 2011 the Minister for Planning approved an amended version of the ‘Coburg Hill Development Plan’ (DP). The main feature of the amended DP is a revised overall street layout plan, which features an improved relationship and interface...
The Growth Areas Authority (GAA) has released the Small Lot Housing Code Standards. On 14 July 2011, the Minister for Planning announced that new (not yet approved) precinct structure plans would include provisions that will remove the need for planning...
I count myself as being very lucky to have had the opportunity to visit the World Trade Centre site in Lower Manhattan in 2000 and to have stood beneath and admired the twin tower buildings. We are all too aware...
Flagstaff Gardens was originally the site of a signalling station that flagged the arrival of ships in the bay. The station still exists in the gardens which is at the northern end of the city, near the Queen Victoria Market....
The guest speaker at the UDIA September Luncheon was AFL legend and hall of fame member Leigh Matthews. Leigh spoke about his experiences as a hugely successful player and coach and about his more recent involvement in the sport as...
Planning Minister, Matthew Guy, was the guest speaker at the 'Whittlesea business luncheon' on 26 August 2011. The theme of the luncheon was "Whittlesea, one of the Fastest Growing Municipalities in Australia…Are we ready?" and the event was introduced by...
RMIT's Storey Hall was the venue for the hot topical debate concerning Transport for Suburbia on 17 August 2011. The public debate was a platform for Associate Professor Robert Nelson of Monash University and Dr Paul Mees of RMIT University...
In February 2011 the Minister for Planning appointed an Advisory Committee to examine the existing planning controls and processes for potentially contaminated land. The Advisory Committee is scheduled to exhibit an 'Issues and Options Paper' in the next few weeks...