Earlier this week the Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, announced a major shake-up to existing planning and housing reforms that are intended to "boost housing supply and affordability in Victoria". The key strategies identified in Victoria's Housing Statement 2024-2034 include the...
Collie was engaged to assist Longchamp in obtaining multiple heritage and planning approvals for the proposed new shop fit out for the existing Longchamp store in the Austral Buildings at the 'Paris End' of Collins Street, Melbourne. The Austral Buildings...
During the preparation of the Craigieburn West Precinct Structure Plan by the Victorian Planning Authority, approximately 3 hectares of land was identified within the Stockland owned 640 Craigieburn Road land parcel for drainage purposes. As a result of its significant...
Collie has been and continues to provide town planning assistance to the Salvation Army Australia in relation to various potential Salvo Store locations in Victoria and New South Wales. At both of the locations noted below, Collie completed an initial...
Back in mid-2022, Collie assisted Palm Lake Resort in obtaining town planning approval for a new residential village in Paynesville. As shown in the image below, development of the residential village is well under way. We look forward to the...
Interesting situation we came across recently in a street in Yarraville, a suburb west of but close to the centre of Melbourne, Victoria. You will note in the images that part of a standard width footpath has been line-marked for...
Collie previously assisted a client with various subdivision permit applications in Wandong, Victoria. A new permit has now been obtained in the same area just south of the town but within the township area. Issues addressed as part of the...
Late last week, the Victorian Ministers for Energy and Planning announced that gas connections to new homes would be banned from January 2024 in an effort to reduce emissions and work towards meeting a net zero goal by 2045. The...
You may recall that Collie recently assisted Stockland in obtaining a planning permit for its proposed 'Halycon Horizon' residential village and a display village centre and signage, associated with the sale of dwellings at the village, on Horseshoe Bend Road...
The Gisborne Area 1 Development Plan (GA1DP) at Ross Watt Road in Gisborne has recently been approved in response to a VCAT order. The site is covered by a Development Plan Overlay that requires a development plan to be submitted...