Macedon Ranges Shire Council
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Grand plans for Clarkefield?
Developers have hatched a grand plan for the future of Clarkefield and yesterday began community consultation on their proposal. APD Projects is overseeing the proposed development of between 350 and 450 homes on 26 hectares of land in the town’s centre that would form the first stage of what its website describes as the “future…
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Deconstructing the museum
Kyneton Museum is hosting a new immersive project titled Museum Undone in June.Undone is a playful encounter with the Kyneton Museum collection, engaging with history and its gaps, as part performance, part exhibition. Created by cross disciplinary artists and Metanoia Theatre, the work is an immersive choose-your-own journey through collective possibilities for an imagined future.Performers (Alexandra Harrison, Jannete…
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Good for your soul
Singing is making a comeback! Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s initiative #creativeencounters has funded several projects across the shire including a ‘pop up choir’ project that local choir leaders Tara Flinn and Andrew Price, together with music presenter and grant winner Elly McKinnon, are rolling out over the next three months. The project is called ‘Sing…
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Status boost for Daffodil Festival
Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival has been named a shire signature event in Macedon Ranges Events Strategy 2021-25 after councillors pushed for the status boost last month. The festival, which attracts at least 18,000 people over 11 days each year, was previously regarded as a tier-two event against the council’s rating system, suggesting it was…
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A changing landscape?
Accommodation, restaurants and convenience stores could become part of Macedon Ranges’ farming and rural landscape, under the newly released Draft Rural Land Use Strategy. Greater ease for tourism and commercial activity would come with the new Rural Activity Zone recommended for land in the shire’s northeast between Woodend, Malmsbury and Tylden. A land analysis of…
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Ranges declares climate emergency
Macedon Ranges has joined 32 Victorian local councils in declaring a climate emergency and stepping up its plan for action. In its next budget the council will consider increased climate action response, which includes two paid staff ($189,000 total), and $50,000 over two years to accelerate its Cool Changes program to all towns by 2023.…
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Hospital reno soon
The Old Kyneton Hospital is a step closer to seeing new life pour through its doors as the first part of Embracia Victoria’s plan for the site got aired last week. The aged-care provider aims to use the site at 67 Simpson Street for co-located childcare and aged-care facilities, purchasing the property in November 2019.…
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Aim to stamp out antisocial behaviour
A KidzFlip program for Romsey could help trigger change for the town that has faced ongoing antisocial youth behaviour. President of the Gisborne-based group Ged McLaughlin said the program had a proven track record for assisting young people to find meaningful connections within their communities. Mr McLaughlin raised the idea at a police-hosted community forum…
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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,…
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Glen Junor gone from Gisborne Futures plan
Land known as Glen Junor has been thrown out of Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s controversial 30-year Gisborne Futures draft plan. It came down to the wire in a 4-4 vote with mayor Jennifer Anderson using her casting vote to remove the 210-hectare property from the proposed settlement boundary and structure plan last week. The land…
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Help shape Malmsbury’s gardens
Macedon Ranges residents can help shape the future planning of the heritage-listed Malmsbury Botanic Gardens. Macedon Ranges Shire Council has released the gardens’ draft master plan, which opened for community feedback last week. Council’s director of assets and operations Shane Walden said the plan would provide strategic direction for the future of the site and…
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Help shape Malmsbury's gardens
Macedon Ranges residents can help shape the future planning of the heritage-listed Malmsbury Botanic Gardens. Macedon Ranges Shire Council has released the gardens’ draft master plan, which opened for community feedback last week. Council’s director of assets and operations Shane Walden said the plan would provide strategic direction for the future of the site and…