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Light and Shade
As the days gets shorter – and at last get cooler – sunlight becomes more precious. Inner Melbourne grows ever denser with most new development in apartments. Melbourne CBD is set to overtake Sydney...
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Second Time Round
There was a glimmer of hope that when Fishermans Bend permit applicants sought to amend their planning permits in some way, significant improvements would be made to them. That hope was dashed by a...
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1-7 Waterfront Place
A planning application will soon be decided by the Port Phillip Council for the blighted, fire ravaged site at 1-7 Waterfront Place, Port Melbourne. The site’s deterioration and dereliction following...
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Equinox
About overshadowing mixed with a little local history Saturday 23 September, that hot and gusty day, was the equinox when day and night lengths are even. The equinox and the solstice are the reference...
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Managing Density
An explainer kind of post A laissez faire approach to height was one of the major criticisms of the early planning for Fishermans Bend. The draft Fishermans Bend Framework, out for consultation,...
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Port Houses in 2017
Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, Are removed, destroyed, restored … (T S Eliot, East Coker) Observations on Port Houses in 2017 The median house price in Port Melbourne was $1,505,000. In...
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The Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne, has caused a stir by ‘calling in’ 26 Fishermans Bend planning applications. His intervention is necessary. The release of the draft Fishermans Bend Framework...
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Winter sun
This solstice week has been mid-winter cold with a low of 30 on the 19 June. When the sun comes out, it’s like a magnet. The shaded bench is ignored in favour of the sunny one, and the cafe with...
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Fishermans Bend planning update
The Fishermans Bend Review Panel ended its marathon hearings on Amendment GC81 on 22nd June – the longest running hearing in the history of Planning Panels in Victoria. Amendment GC81 is the planning...
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Focus on Ferrars
Update A fire engulfed the former Carlins showroom (corner Kerr and Buckhurst Sts) in Montague about 6pm this evening, Thursday 23 August. Twenty firefighters attended the blaze which was brought under...
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