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April 23, 2024

What is an Activity Centre Zone?

Posted at 10:04h in Commercial/Industrial, Planning Controls, Property Information 0 Comments

The Activity Centre Zone is a zone that has been created to facilitate development and land use planning within an activity centre. Unlike most other zones, the types of uses allowed are determined by the Council, which allows for a bespoke planning control, unique for the...

September 19, 2017

Draft Housing Strategy for Mornington Peninsula

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

Tips for Choosing a Building Designer

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

Southland Structure Planning for Bayside

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

Equitable Development Principles

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...

June 05, 2017

The Burden of Information is Increasing for Planning Applications

Posted at 04:31h in Planning Process

A trend that we have noticed lately is that Councils are expecting more and more information for new planning applications, particularly multi-unit developments. Councils are becoming more stringent in both the quality and quantity of information required. Information that would have only been needed after a...