Kyneton South
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Valmont Clydesdales steal the show
Kyneton South’s Valmont Clydesdale Stud is home to two reigning champions following superb performances at this year’s Melbourne Royal Show. Valmont Evoque (‘Evie’) won her Brood Mare class, before going on to win Champion Female Clydesdale three years and over, and finally securing Grand Champion Clydesdale. Her sire, Valmont Daktari (dec’d), won Champion Stallion at…
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No footpath on horizon
Angela CrawfordResidents of Kyneton South fear a pedestrian or cyclist will be struck by a vehicle and killed due to a lack of footpaths safely connecting the area to the train station. The residents have lobbied the council for a footpath on Trentham Road for almost 10 years but have now been told it is…
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‘Satellite city’ approved
It’s been dubbed a “reincarnation” of a past failure, now “a satellite city”, but a revised development plan for Harpers Lane is expected to progress. Last week, Macedon Ranges Shire councillors voted 5-3 to approve a 65-lot residential development with extensive conditions for the 24-hectare Kyneton South site. VCAT and council rejected the initial 87-lot…
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Kyneton South subdivision to VCAT
Residents of Kyneton South have won the support of the local council in their fight against an 87-lot subdivision for Harpers Lane but the decision will ultimately fall to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The developer has taken the matter to VCAT after council failed to decide on the application within the prescribed time,…