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Boating fun FOR a small boy, nothing is more fun than mucking about with toy boats. Little ‘AJ’, four, of Carrum, was in his element playing with this beautifully made model of a Romanian pilot boat at Launching Place, Patterson River, last week. Granddad Cesar Perotti, of Carrum, built the remote-controlled “Frasinul” from timber and some old Christmas decorations over several months and said he was overjoyed that “AJ” – Alexander James – had taken to it. “It was my wish that he would like it and he does,” he said. Boy and boat: ‘AJ’ with a remote control boat built by his grandfather Cesar. Picture: Gary Sissons
Home heights go up Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au HOMES will be able to be built slightly higher but not wider, depending on the size of a block, according to changes made by the state government to Plan Melbourne 2017-2050 development guidelines. Labor Planning Minister Richard Wynne announced this month that mandatory height limits for properties
built in General Residential Zones will be 11 metres, up from nine metres. The maximum height for Neighbourhood Residential Zones — classed as “no growth” areas — is nine metres. Kingston Council in 2014 asked the state government to class 75 per cent of Kingston as “non-growth” NRZ as part of a review of residential zones instigated by the previous Liberal National coalition state government. That request was denied last year
by the Independent Residential Zones Standing Advisory Committee, formed to liaise with councils, and council was advised to rethink its future housing policy. Some councillors were concerned the Kingston area has been earmarked for “excessive” development while suburbs such as those in Melbourne’s east are protected from overdevelopment. Mr Wynne announced the Plan Melbourne changes on a visit to Mentone despite the ongoing uncertainty around
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how much of the Kingston area will be classed GRZ or NRZ. Blocks of between 400-500 square metres will now have to have at least 25 per cent of land allocated for garden space. Blocks between 501-600 metres need 30 per cent and blocks bigger than 650 square metres must have a 35 per cent garden area. Mr Wynne said the Plan Melbourne changes were aimed at “protecting the much-loved Aussie backyard”.
“The Liberals’ attempt at Plan Melbourne missed the mark. It virtually ignored housing affordability and didn’t address the need to plan to manage population growth without allowing over-development,” he said in a statement. “We’ve refreshed the vision and plugged the gaps, ensuring Victoria has plans to cater for population growth, deal with climate change and deliver a record pipeline of infrastructure.” Continued Page 4