April 2010

Planning Permit Victoria: How to get a “Yes” from Council

28 April 2010

Recently a client approached us to test the waters for a potential 6-unit development in Banyule Council.
What we ended up proposing to Banyule Council fell short of the “300 m2 per lot rule of thumb” and had no precedent for this type of project along the entire street.
Yet Council Town Planners were delighted with our [...]

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Subdividing Land: Are you being served? Part III

20 April 2010

The past two articles have outlined easily overlooked areas when subdividing land:

Providing unencumbered services
Ensuring service extensions are not required

This week we’ll conclude our service connections theme with perhaps the third most overlooked aspect of servicing your new land allotment/s.

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Subdividing Land: Are you being served? Part II

13 April 2010

Our previous article looked at one of the most commonly overlooked aspects of any subdivision/development – the provision of unencumbered services to each subdivided land allotment.
This week we’ll continue the theme and look at what is possibly the second most overlooked aspect when it comes to servicing your land.

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