Macedon Ranges Shire Council

  • Building healthy landscapes

    Building healthy landscapes

    Passion, purpose and practice were the words used to describe this year’s Macedon Ranges Shire Council Healthy Landscapes – Holistic…

  • ‘Satellite city’ approved

    ‘Satellite city’ approved

    It’s been dubbed a “reincarnation” of a past failure, now “a satellite city”, but a revised development plan for Harpers…

  • Housing in the spotlight

    Housing in the spotlight

    The draft Macedon Ranges Affordable Housing Policy has been released for community consultation before its adoption in June. Macedon Ranges…

  • ‘No uniform existing character in Gisborne’

    ‘No uniform existing character in Gisborne’

    The applicant behind a development plan for Gisborne’s Ross Watt Road has been asked to resubmit a revised version to…

  • ‘Unprecedented number of visitors’

    ‘Unprecedented number of visitors’

    Macedon residents impacted by this year’s Autumn Festival visitation crowds have criticised the local council for its management of the…

  • Fire brigade in limbo

    Fire brigade in limbo

    Amy Hume Riddells Creek Fire Brigade remains in limbo as the proposed site for its new station was all but…

  • Change looms for local law

    Change looms for local law

    Macedon Ranges residents have until April 30 to have their say on local law changes that range from street parking…

  • Restoration works begin

    Restoration works begin

    Kyneton Museum is currently closed for restoration works. The former Bank of New South Wales building in Piper Street was…

  • ‘Urban jungle’ rejected

    ‘Urban jungle’ rejected

    Amy Hume Riddells Creek has been given reprieve from controversial development plans that could double the town’s population. Last week,…

  • Roadworks prove costly

    Roadworks prove costly

    Angela CrawfordA Kyneton business owner has slammed roadworks under way on Jennings Street, which have already cost him thousands of…

  • Lifestyle village rejected

    Lifestyle village rejected

    Amy HumeMacedon Ranges Shire Council has rejected a large-scale residential lifestyle village planned for Kyneton but the Victorian Civil and…

  • Gisborne plan ‘just not on’

    Gisborne plan ‘just not on’

    An amended development plan for Gisborne’s Ross Watt Road has failed to gain the support of Macedon Ranges Shire Council….