Planning

Cloud hangs over STH BNK by Beulah, but developer remains “committed to delivering our vision”

August 13th, 2024 - Sean Car

Uncertainty continues to loom over the future of Australia’s largest high-rise development STH BNK by Beulah, with the developer understood to be desperately cutting costs in order to save its project.

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New e-scooter regulations not enough to curb residents’ safety concerns

August 9th, 2024 - Sabrina Caires

Local residents’ groups have called on the City of Melbourne to consult the public before it proceeds with a further rollout of commercial e-scooters following Melbourne’s two-year trial.

Minister for Planning ignores heritage council to approve Shell House plans

July 24th, 2024 - Sean Car

Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny has exercised call-in powers to greenlight the redevelopment of the iconic Shell House despite opposition from the Heritage Council of Victoria and the City of Melbourne.

Melbourne’s rising “ghost properties”

July 24th, 2024 - Sean Car

A new report has shed light on the significant number of vacant and underused properties in the City of Melbourne.

$1.7b Queen Vic Market tower proposal referred for federal heritage review

June 19th, 2024 - Brendan Rees

A federal heritage review is under way for a controversial $1.7 billion development to transform the southern site of Queen Victoria Market.

Council short-stay rental cap plan scrapped as government to introduce levy

June 18th, 2024 - Brendan Rees

The City of Melbourne will call on the state government to provide concrete evidence of how its policy to introduce a short-term accommodation rental levy would address the housing crisis.

Petition launched to protect Queen Vic Market from becoming an “entertainment/hospitality precinct”

May 23rd, 2024 - Brendan Rees

A petition has been launched calling for the City of Melbourne to protect Queen Victoria Market amid concerns that the market’s heritage and authenticity are at risk due to the renewal project.

Council budget delivers surplus; funding to be “rephased” on major projects

May 22nd, 2024 - Brendan Rees

The City of Melbourne has announced a draft budget of $781 million, delivering a “modest surplus” of $101,000 after “difficult decisions” were made to “rephase funding” on major projects.

“Evocative lozenge”: Collins St heritage icons preserved under new tower plan

May 22nd, 2024 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne has given its enthusiastic support of a $276 million development above the heritage-listed Winfield and Rialto buildings on Collins St, in a project the Victorian Government Architect quizzically described as an “evocative lozenge”.