Plans for airport
Submissions closed on Monday 12 July for Moorabbin Airport’s draft Master Plan.
Among the objectives listed in the Master Plan are “growing flight training activity to 1,800 students per year, an increase of 450 students from 2020 levels and forecast as the safe maximum achievable within airspace capacity constraints of the airport”, “investing a further $300 million in aviation and non-aviation activities by 2029”, and “simplifying the airport’s planning framework by reducing the number of land use precincts from seven to five, and aligning associated zoning and planning controls for aviation and non-aviation areas”.
Kingston Council has come out in opposition to some of the draft Master Plan, stating that it “includes too much non-aviation development that imposes on neighbouring homes, could compromise safety, and undermines the site’s prime purpose as a centre for aviation.”
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Apron lost under the 2015 Moorabbin master plan brought the airside fence very close to Tristar s premises, but the school looks set to be completely swallowed under the 2021 plan. (Steve Hitchen)
An aerial image showing the area of the northern apron lost under the 2015 master plan (red) and the section flagged for redevelopment under the 2021 master plan. (MAC - modified by Australian Flying)
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Moorabbin Master Plan signals More Apron Destruction 16 April 2021
A Preliminary Draft Master Plan (PDMP) published for comment this week has flagged further loss of main apron space at Moorabbin Airport.
The 2021 PDMP heralds further loss of the main apron as MAC expands its industrial precinct on the airport s western boundary, threatening several well-established aviation businesses.
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Commercial development looms large over the western end of the northern apron. Aviation tenants fear the 2020 Master Plan is set to swallow more aviation infrastructure and squeeze out businesses. (Steve Hitchen)
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MACCI rallies Aviation Businesses as New Master Plan looms 1 April 2021
Moorabbin Airport Chamber of Commerce Inc, (MACCI) has encouraged aviation businesses to make submissions to the new airport master plan to help stave off commercial development that is seen to be strangling the airport.
Tenants became alarmed in July last year when they were handed six-month eviction notices to allow Moorabbin Airport Corporation (MAC) to bulldoze a large part of the northern apron and begin development of new commercial, non-aviation buildings.