A PANEL will consider proposed changes to planning controls within the Endeavour Cove precinct, Kingston Council says. Kingston Council has been drafting new planning controls for the Patterson Lakes site. At a meeting last week, councillors agreed to ask the planning minister to appoint an independent panel to consider the proposed changes. Planning scheme amendment C205 would grant council greater powers within the Endeavour Cove. It would introduce a planning permit requirement for some developments that are currently exempt. The mayor Hadi Saab said that the proposed changes were ready to move to the next step. “Two rounds of extensive…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
LABOR has comfortably retained the seats of Carrum, Mordialloc, and Frankston on its way to a decisive election win. The state government has been returned with a majority in the lower house. It is projected to retain its “sandbelt” seats despite a swing towards the Liberals in each. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny has won a third term in office. As of 28 November she leads Liberal candidate Bec Buchanan by 10.5 per cent on a two-party-preferred basis. In Carrum the Greens have so far received 7.1 per cent of the first preference vote. The Freedom Party have secured 4.1 per…
CRICKET PROVINCIAL JUSTIN Grant was the star of the show for Old Peninsula on Saturday, scoring a century to get his side off to a great start against Langwarrin. Old Peninsula batted for the whole afternoon on Saturday, the first day of a two-day match. Opener Dylan O’Malley got his side started on the right foot. He smashed 82 runs before being dismissed. Grant came in at number four and dominated. He scored 101 runs for his side, helping them to a final total of 8/318 at stumps. Langwarrin has a big mountain to climb on day two to get…
A 14-STOREY tower looks likely to be built on Nepean Highway in Frankston. At a meeting last week, Frankston Council gave a tick of approval to plans for the 14 storey development. It has asked for slight amendments to the plans before it can proceed, but it is not asking for a height reduction. The 14-storey building, planned for 446-450 Nepean Highway, would be mixed use. It is expected to contain 94 apartments and a licensed restaurant able to trade each day from 11am to 11pm. The vote to approve the planning permit was close. Five councillors voted to proceed…
FRANKSTON MP Paul Edbrooke has won another four years in office. Edbrooke is projected to retain Frankston for Labor. He saw off a challenge from Liberal candidate Michael O’Reilly, a former mayor of Frankston, at last Saturday’s state election. As of 28 November, Edbrooke leads O’Reilly on a two-party-preferred basis by a margin of 8.4 per cent. Frankston voters swung towards the Liberals by 1.8 per cent compared to 2018. The incumbent Labor government will be re-elected with a comfortable majority in the lower house. In the wake of the result, Victorian Liberals leader Matthew Guy has resigned. During the…