VCAT
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Fight ignites over service centre bid
Woodend residents are fighting an application for a freeway service centre at the edge of their town, just four years after VCAT rejected a similar proposal. Plans include three fast-food restaurants with drive-throughs, 174 parking bays for cars/trucks/caravans, internally-illuminated signage, and construction of two new on/off freeway ramps. The applicant, Welsh Leisure, has appealed to…
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A warning for buyers
Plans have been refused for a house on farmland in Bolinda and comes with a warning for prospective property buyers. Applicants sought to build a house on 5.7 hectares at Weatherly Road to support an existing hay cropping business. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal upheld Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s earlier rejection of the plans.…
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LICENCE EASED FOR COLIBAN
Coliban Water has won concessions on its operating licence for the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant after challenging Environment Protection Authority requirements at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. A December 2023 EPA approval to amend the licence for the operation of the plant set a ratio of less than one part effluent released from the…
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Bolinda farm build conditions scrapped
Strict conditions governing a new small farm build at Bolinda have been scrapped after being challenged at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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Lifestyle village too remote
VivaLife’s plans for an over 50s residential lifestyle village at Kyneton have come to a halt following rejection at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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Coliban to appeal licence
Coliban Water will appeal its new Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant operating licence from the EPA at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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Demolition plans bound for VCAT
Plans to partially demolish a heritage building for a new childcare centre in Gisborne will go before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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‘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 the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. After seven hearing days, VCAT senior member Geoffrey Code found the plan was generally consistent with expectations in the planning scheme. He found it provided an appropriate framework in…
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Lifestyle village rejected
Amy HumeMacedon Ranges Shire Council has rejected a large-scale residential lifestyle village planned for Kyneton but the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal will have the final say. Last week councillors weighed up local demand for seniors’ affordable housing against the appropriateness of the Edgecombe Road site. VivaLife’s proposal would develop 12 hectares of rural living…
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Depot gets green light
Lisa Dennis A contractor’s depot will be built on farming land at Muckleford after gaining approval at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The VCAT decision has overturned a refusal by Mount Alexander Shire Council to grant a permit to applicant Slingo Earthmoving Castlemaine. The application for land at 315 Butchers Road, Muckleford, was knocked…
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Housing green light for Riddell
A hotly debated 10-unit development for Riddells Creek got a green light at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal last week. Plans for the 4551sqm site at 4 Richardson Street had been disputed for overdevelopment and inconsistency with neighbourhood character. The proposal had council officer approval but community dissent sparked an online campaign and 17…
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Road danger ‘ignored’
Angela Crawford A new housing development in Harts Lane, Kyneton, has the potential to result in a serious road accident, nearby residents fear. A nine-lot subdivision approved by Macedon Ranges Shire Council proposes an access road positioned downhill from a steep rise on Harts Lane, where the current speed limit is 100km/h. The residents say…