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February 27, 2025

Don’t Forget to Research These Three Things When Buying A Property

Posted at 13:03h in Housing, Property Information 0 Comments

Buying a home can be exciting, but it can also be daunting. There are so many things to think about and check. It can be easy to forget to research things like planning controls and restrictions when you are focused on building inspections and the...

September 30, 2019

New Structure Plan for Frankston City Centre

Posted at 15:32h in Planning Policy, Planning Process

The second amendment of the Frankston Metropolitan Activity Centre (FMAC) was approved last month. This follows a two year process, including a panel hearing to consider submissions back in February 2018. The amendment known as C124 focuses on rezoning Areas 1-5 of the Frankston Metropolitan Activity...

July 31, 2019

Changes To Frankston Contributions Proposed

Posted at 11:22h in Housing, Planning Controls

Update The planning scheme amendment has progressed to the final stage. The Panel Report has been released to Council and they have approved the amendment and sent it to the Minister for authorisation. As soon as the Minister makes a decision on the amendment...

May 31, 2019

Future Plans For Chelsea

Posted at 04:46h in Planning Policy

Kingston Council are starting to plan for a Structure Plan for the Chelsea Activity Centre. They have started the process with some public consultation during May/June. They are seeking to research what is important for locals to the Chelsea area. Over June...

May 20, 2019

New Housing Rules For Kingston Council

Posted at 01:09h in Housing, Planning Policy, Planning Process

Kingston City Council are currently undergoing a consultation process as part of developing the new housing and planning rules for the municipality. More details on the draft strategies and the drop in sessions can be found here. Following initial research and consultation, the Kingston Council...

April 10, 2019

Knox Business Planning Scheme Amendment

Posted at 00:39h in Commercial/Industrial, Planning Policy

Recently someone came to us concerned that a new planning scheme amendment at Knox Council would have implications for some types of businesses such as gyms and leisure uses from being approved in the future, so I thought I would do some investigating. The Facts About...