planning
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Home building dream in planning limbo
A drawn out dispute between a developer and Hume City Council has left in limbo a young couple building their dream home. Jake Piggott and…
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VCAT approves 87 homes on Lalor school site
The Victorian Civil and Administration Tribunal has given the green light to a medium-density housing development on the former Lalor Park Primary School site, despite objections…
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Council rejects Champion Road apartment bid
Williamstown residents have applauded Hobsons Bay council’s rejection of a 39-dwelling, three-storey apartment block they said would create a “future slum”. Probus Built applied for…
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Toxic waste zone threatened once again
A group fighting development on buffer land which surrounds a contaminated former industrial tip at Tullamarine has called on Hume council to knock back a…
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Peter Lalor walkway transformed
A dimly lit, graffiti-riddled laneway in Lalor has been successfully transformed into a vibrant, community space. Whittlesea council officially launched the second stage of the…
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Airport threatened with curfew
Hume council has consistently failed to protect Melbourne Airport’s buffer zone, an eminent Melbourne planning expert has claimed. Professor Michael Buxton, who heads RMIT University’s…
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Whittlesea talks ‘dog box’ apartments
Whittlesea council has made a submission to a discussion paper on the future of apartment design in Victoria, hoping it will lead to the elimination…
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Council thwarts hospital’s expansion plans
Northpark Private Hospital’s plan to build a new emergency department has been thwarted. Whittlesea councillors ignored a senior planner’s recommendation and knocked back the hospital’s…
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