Planning
Study adoption huge win for heritage
After almost a decade of heritage groups calling for a comprehensive review of heritage in the CBD, council voted last month to put forward the first part of its Hoddle Grid Heritage Review, which will see more than 64 new heritage listings recommended to the Minister of Planning.
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A big month in construction
It has been a big month on the construction front, with a number of projects achieving key milestones across the CBD.
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Heritage gaps on the radar
Across the city, gaps in heritage studies have seen a number of character-filled and historic buildings face the wrecking ball.
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A look at three CBD projects
In an otherwise-slow news month on the planning front, we take a look at three projects at various stages of their development cycles.
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Restoration of a sign of the times
Readers may have recently noticed scaffolding coming down from the former Herald and Weekly Times building on Flinders St, completing months of paintstaking restoration on one of our most iconic heritage buildings.
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Smooth sailing for CBD development
July has been a relatively quiet month within the Melbourne CBD from a planning and development perspective aside from projects already under construction.
Read MorePlanning rules target corner buildings
In June, the last CBD pub that didn’t have heritage protection, the 1925 Metropolitan Hotel on the corner of William St and Little Lonsdale, became the latest place threatened by the little-known ‘”80m on corners” rule.
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Heritage issues in the spotlight
Earlier this year, the City of Melbourne received an application for a development at 124-130 Russell St which would see the existing Theosophical Society building make way for a 13-storey hotel above two basement levels.
Read MoreBold proposal for the city’s tallest
The Royal Society of Victoria has floated a bold proposal for what would become Melbourne’s tallest skyscraper on one of the city’s smallest land plots.
Read MoreHeritage Victoria steps up
Some recent decisions affecting CBD heritage have affirmed that Heritage Victoria (HV) no longer wants to be seen as a rubber stamp – as many involved in heritage activism have thought it had become over the past decade.
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Dracula’s being sold
City Square roars back to life with surprise ALWAYS LIVE concerts
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