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A rejected bid to build 84 two-storey townhouses on a former Xavier College campus looks set to go ahead, with the state government taking over control of the development from the council.

Independent MP Helen Haines criticizes Victorian government's fast-tracking of renewable energy projects, silencing local voices. Read more about the controversy.

The focus is on multiple unit developments.

Daniel Andrews’ long-awaited housing policy is big on glossy pictures and grand vision, but each initiative is just a sentence or two.

The Victorian planning minister could seize control of a development from a local council, which is opposing the plan in protest at the possible intervention.

The Victorian planning minister could seize control of a development from a local council, which is opposing the plan in protest at the possible intervention.

The project would transform an already bulging skyline in Melbourne’s east. But local councillors fear the plan is ‘fatally flawed’ and have slammed the state government for seizing control of the development.

Victoria’s outgoing planning minister Richard Wynne has fast-tracked a contentious apartment development, just hours after seeming to announce he would not do so.

The developers of a prominent site in Brunswick overlooking Princes Park have been accused of using the state government’s COVID-19 economic recovery strategy to avoid public scrutiny of a proposal for 168 apartments.

The proponent of a controversial memorial cemetery on Dandenong Creek floodplains has broken its silence. In a short statement on […]