PLANS to convert the historic Mentone Hotel into an apartment development will be put on public display early next month.
The public will be able to lodge any objections to the redevelopment of the Beach Rd hotel, locally known as The Edgy, during a six-week exhibition period.
Council will also write to nearby residents to ensure they are informed about a proposal by developer Paul Huggins to build a four-storey apartment complex in the neighbourhood.
His firm, Momentum Developments, bought the iconic hotel for a figure believed to be more than $9 million in early 2015.
The consultation is proceeding after state Planning Minister Richard Wynne agreed a planning scheme amendment for the site to be prepared.
Authorisation to prepare the amendment is not an indication of whether or not the amendment will ultimately be supported, according to the Planning Minister.
The development will need a site-specific amendment to the planning scheme to allow construction of a four-storey building.
The application lodged with council includes retention and restoration of the state heritage-protected building facade and internal staircase as required by the Victorian Heritage Council, a food and drinks area within part of the ground floor of the heritage building and 11 apartments within the existing heritage-protected building.
The developer wants existing height controls amended at the site to allow construction of a four-storey building in the carpark area behind the hotel to include 45 apartments and 12 townhouses.
Plans will be on display at kingston.vic.gov.au/mentonehotel online or at Kingston Council’s offices at 1230 Nepean Hwy in Cheltenham, 8.30am-5pm weekdays.
Public submissions can be made from 3 November until 15 December.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 2 November 2016
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Nepean Hwy Hotel????