Author: melanie.ellis@changeofplan.com.au

April 11, 2018

Posted at 23:25h in Planning Policy

City of Casey have released a draft Structure Plan for the Cranbourne Town Centre for public feedback. The draft document has been created from initial research and public consultation and will be further refined following synthesis of all submissions received. The Structure Plan has been driven from...

March 29, 2018

Posted at 01:32h in VCAT

Council's have 60 statutory days to determine a planning application.  If a decision is not made within that time, the applicant can lodge an application to VCAT.  This type of application is called a Failure to Determine, or a Section 79 Appeal.  This means that...

March 13, 2018

Posted at 23:23h in Planning Process

A couple of years ago I wrote about a new fast track program that the State Government was introducing called VicSmart.  You can read more about the program here and about what I wrote here. As the program has been going for a while now I...

September 19, 2017

Posted at 07:16h in Planning Policy

The Mornington Peninsula Shire have released a draft Housing and Settlement Strategy for public comment. Further details and links to the documents can be found here. The provision of a housing strategy represents a maturing of planning policy within the municipality.  It is this sophistication in...

August 27, 2017

Posted at 04:43h in Planning Process

One of the critical factors in the success of a planning project, is choosing the right team. One of the most important people to achieve your vision is the designer.  I have worked on many different projects and seen projects struggle due to dynamics between the...

July 25, 2017

Posted at 03:05h in Planning Process

Bayside Council have just started a new structure plan project for the area adjacent to Southland Shopping Centre.  The first stage involves background research and initial input from the community about the area.  They are looking for feedback on both the current issues of the...

July 19, 2017

Posted at 22:58h in Housing

In a recent project of ours the idea of equitable development has arisen. Equitable development is the concept of not unreasonably impacting on the development potential of other properties. It is more likely to be considered in areas where a high level of development and...