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By Cam Lucadou-Wells
The state’s planning tribunal has ruled a “bulky” three-storey apartment block doesn’t suit the northern “edge” of central Dandenong.
The developer WCL Development Pty Ltd appealed to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal after Greater Dandenong Council rejected its plans on the vacant 804-square-metre block at 66 Herbert Street.
VCAT senior member Bill Sibonis ruled on 29 April that the proposal’s “robust” mass was inappropriate at the “edge of a substantial change area”.
“The development does not represent an acceptable neighbourhood character outcome.”
There was no dispute that increased density housing of up to four storeys was permitted in the Residential Growth Zone 2, Mr Sibonis stated.
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Changes to urban Geelong residential zones
The following changes have been made to two residential zones in urban Geelong under amendment GC172 by the Minister for Planning gazetted on 23/12/2020:
Residential Growth Zone Schedule 2 (RGZ2) to General Residential Zone Schedule 4 (GRZ4) and modifies the maximum building height from 10.5 metres, to 11 metres and 3 storeys.
The ‘Increased Housing Diversity Areas’ affected include: Bell Park, Bell Post Hill, Newcomb, Belmont, Corio Shopping Centre, East Geelong, Geelong West, Hamyln Heights, Highton, Lara, Marshall, North Geelong, South Geelong and Waurn Ponds.
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General Residential Zone Schedule 2 (GRZ2) to Neighbourhood Residential Zone Schedule 8 (NRZ8) to retain the maximum building height of 9 metres.