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High-rise plans at VCAT soon
Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au
PLANS for a 14-storey building on Nepean Highway in Frankston will be considered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal next month, The Times understands.
The 14-storey development at 446-450 Nepean Highway was approved by Frankston Council in late 2022. The proposal was for a mixed use building with 94 apartments and a licensed restaurant able to trade each day from 11am to 11pm.
The decision was appealed to VCAT, which is expected to assess the plans at a hearing in mid-February.
Frankston Council’s FMAC structure plan, which would raise height limits in Frankston’s city centre to new preferred heights of up to 54 metres, is currently going through the planning panel process. In the meantime, planning minister Sonya Kilkenny has implemented interim 12 storey limits near Kananook Creek (“Higher height limits approved” The Times 30/10/23).
A plan for a 16 storey development at 438-444 Nepean Highway in Frankston has also been sent to VCAT for consideration. A hearing on that proposal is expected to take place in April.
