DIVISIVE plans to allow high-rise towers to be built throughout Frankston’s city centre are a step closer to fruition.Frankston Council has been drafting the “Frankston Metropolitan Activity Centre Structure Plan” throughout this council term. The plan and the associated planning scheme amendment C160fran outline preferred height limits of up to 16 storeys in parts of Frankston’s city centre.Late last month, a state government-appointed independent planning panel published its final report on the proposal. It broadly supported the plan, and recommended that it be adopted with some amendments. The proposed changes are now on the cusp of being finalised with Frankston…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
A BUILDING on The Strand in Chelsea will be converted into a rooming house despite nearly 100 objections to the proposal.Plans to convert 5-7 The Strand into a rooming house have been approved by a slim majority of Kingston councillors. The building will be internally modified to make it a seven-bedroom property. The permit granted by Kingston Council states that no more than 10 people can be residing in the house at any one time.Councillor Georgina Oxley called in the application after council received dozens of objections from residents. She moved an alternate proposal to reject a permit for the…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONEDROMANA has moved one step closer to premiership glory after booking its spot in the Grand Final.Dromana played Frankston YCW in the semi-final at Olympic Park in Rosebud last Saturday. The Tigers were ruthless, and put the Stonecats to the sword.The first quarter went Dromana’s way – the Tigers held the Stonecats goalless and took a 14 point lead into the first break. They stretched their lead to 36 points by the time half-time rolled around.Dromana continued to apply the pressure in the second half. They ran out 79-point winners 17.12 (114) to 5.5 (35).Billy Quigley, Matthew…
A NEW park at a former landfill site in Clarinda is now open. Victory Road Reserve officially opened last week. The park sits on 30 hectares of land once used as landfill. The Clarinda park forms part of Kingston Council’s planned “chain of parks”, a series of linked parks stretching from Karkarook Park in Heatherton through to Braeside Park.Kingston Council worked with Cleanaway to rehabilitate the Clarinda land. Kingston mayor Jenna Davey-Burns said “we’re so pleased to be able to provide long term benefits from closed and rehabilitated landfill sites – providing positive outcomes for the community and the environment.…
AFTER a suicide attempt in early 2022, Michael Abeling attended Frankston Hospital twice only to be discharged within hours each time. Just two days after his final visit, he was dead.Abeling’s widow, Rhiannon Abeling, is among one of two families now taking Peninsula Health to court. They allege that their loved ones did not receive appropriate psychiatric treatment at Frankston Hospital prior to their deaths by suicide.Rhiannon Abeling says her husband had reached out for help, but did not receive the assistance he required from the hospital. “He wasn’t someone who had a history of this, he wasn’t at the…