A PERMIT has been granted to build a childcare centre on the corner of Humphries Road and Sybil Avenue in Frankston South despite nearly 200 objections from residents. Frankston Council granted the permit for 253 Humphries Road at a meeting last week. 177 residents submitted objections to the proposal. Objections submitted to council mentioned negative impacts on local traffic network/movement, pedestrian safety, car parking limitations, inappropriate use within a residential area, the existence of child care centres within the local area, inconsistency with planning controls and neighbourhood character, vegetation removal, noise, the site’s location within a bushfire area, and property…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
A DATE has been set for the 2025 federal election. The election will be held on 3 May. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the election date at a press conference last Friday, 28 March. Incumbent MP Jodie Belyea will contest Dunkley for Labor. Former mayor Nathan Conroy is the Liberal candidate. Robert Thurley and Andrew Gatley have declared their intention to run as independents. Matt Maber has been named as The Greens’ candidate, Jessica Davis will be One Nation’s candidate for Dunkley, and Family First will run pastor Peter Nicholes as its candidate. Last Friday after calling the election, Albanese…
PLANS to build a new Woolworths in Chelsea Heights have been approved. The Woolworths is planned for 1-23 Wells Road, on the former site of the Mitre 10 building. Plans to build it were previously approved by VCAT despite Kingston Council opposition. An updated proposal, which featured a smaller shopping centre and the retention of the existing Dan Murphy’s building, was later submitted to VCAT and approved this month. A statement from Kingston Council read “our officers supported the new design that included a reduction to the supermarket size, cutting back retail space, keeping the existing Dan Murphy’s bottle shop,…
THE removal of trees at Groves Reserve in Aspendale has been slammed in Parliament. Multiple coastal banksias were removed last month to make way for level crossing removal works. The removal of the trees was criticised by local environmentalists. In Parliament last week, Liberal MP Ann-Marie Hermans added her voice to the debate. She said “Groves Reserve was a gift to the community by a former councillor and was set aside for community use. It is a remnant area of banksia woodland, or it was, and it is situated between the Nepean Highway and the railway line in the suburb…
THE federal government will spend $5 million on the redevelopment of Bruce Park in Frankston. The sports ground hosted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for the announcement last week. He said the money would go towards “redesigning the pavilion for tennis, football and cricket, female-friendly change rooms, accessible public toilets, additional rooms and storage.” Albanese said “one of the young girls here was talking about how people are coming in, and last year, there were so many girls that they might move away from having mixed teams in footy. Now that’s a fantastic thing, but what we haven’t got around Australia…