Planning
Council erects pop-up park at Kilkenny Inn site
The City of Melbourne has opened a temporary park at the former Kilkenny Inn site in the CBD.
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City of Melbourne bans share hire e-scooters from the CBD
The City of Melbourne has walked back on its contracts with e-scooter share hire providers Lime and Neuron, citing community safety concerns.
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Cloud hangs over STH BNK by Beulah, but developer remains “committed to delivering our vision”
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
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.
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Minister for Planning ignores heritage council to approve Shell House plans
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.
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Melbourne’s rising “ghost properties”
A new report has shed light on the significant number of vacant and underused properties in the City of Melbourne.
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$1.7b Queen Vic Market tower proposal referred for federal heritage review
A federal heritage review is under way for a controversial $1.7 billion development to transform the southern site of Queen Victoria Market.
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Council short-stay rental cap plan scrapped as government to introduce levy
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.
Read MorePetition launched to protect Queen Vic Market from becoming an “entertainment/hospitality precinct”
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.
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Council budget delivers surplus; funding to be “rephased” on major projects
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.
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Could Melbourne become a 15-minute city?
Awards clean sweep for Central Equity
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