New Sustainable Building Design planning controls

Cr Leppert writes – A huge moment for Melbourne: Council’s SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN planning scheme amendment is now on exhibition! Council sought approval from the Minister to exhibit this amendment in September 2020, and at last, in March 2023, we...

A tale of two cities

Cr Leppert writes –   Council endorsed a draft Annual Plan and Budget for 2022-23 on Tuesday night, and it is now out for public consultation. Minutes before we started debating the budget, news broke of a female cyclist having been hit by a truck on King Street...

Macaulay Structure Plan adopted

Last night, the Future Melbourne Committee of Melbourne City Council adopted the final Macaulay Structure Plan. Ten years after the Arden Macaulay Structure Plan was adopted, ushering in one of the most contested and frustrating planning scheme amendment processes in...

Introducing HOMES MELBOURNE

Introducing HOMES MELBOURNE… and celebrating the implementation of our Melbourne City Greens “Homes For Everyone” policy launched in October 2020! In the lead up to the 2020 Council elections, the Greens pledged the creation of a Melbourne Housing...

Council buys land in Kensington for new park

At last! After eight years of speculation and difficulty, Council has made good on its 2013 pledge – established by a Greens motion – to purchase the first available land in Macaulay suitable to be converted to a public park. The Age covered the...

State Government quietly grants itself new planning powers

A rather big change to planning controls across Victoria dropped on Thursday. Cr Rohan Leppert writes: The Minister for Planning has amended the Victoria Planning Provisions to create new permit exemptions for any State Government led or funded (or part funded)...