Planning » Heritage

Taking the “D” out of demolition

February 20th, 2020 - CBD News

The City of Melbourne last month voted to adopt two very important guidelines for heritage.

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Extending the free tram zone: Good move or bad?

October 24th, 2019 - David Schout

As state parliament considers the merit of extending the free tram zone, it appears people are split on whether free rides should extend beyond the CBD.

Heritage laying idle

September 25th, 2019 - CBD News

Vice President, Melbourne Heritage Action

Protecting our sacred laneways

August 29th, 2019 - CBD News

As reported earlier in this issue of CBD news, after a two-year long process, Minister for Planning Richard Wynne signed off this month on one of the City of Melbourne’s most ambitious heritage protection studies in decades.

Corkman will not be rebuilt

July 24th, 2019 - CBD News

The latest news is that Raman Shaqiri and Stefce Kutlesovski, the developers who illegally demolished the 1856 Corkman Irish pub in Carlton, are removing the debris from the site (which contained asbestos), and are disposing it.

Testing our resolve

June 26th, 2019 - CBD News

A development currently advertised for 7 Hosier Lane, which seeks to plonk serviced apartments on top of a building with a heritage facade in one of our key laneways, should be seen not only as a heritage issue, but as a litmus test for the kind of city we all want to live in.

Commercial is the flavour of the month

June 26th, 2019 - CBD News

While the residential market may have slowed down over the past 12 months, developers have opted to push ahead with plans for a slew of office developments within the CBD.

Contrasting commercial projects

April 24th, 2019 - CBD News

In this month’s column we look at a couple of contrasting commercial projects in addition to the City of Melbourne’s plans for a new public square as part of the $250 million Queen Victoria Market renewal project.