The VCAT decision on Glenville’s application to exceed the DPO building heights has been published publicly. This post is going to give you a quick overview of the judgements and why they happened, but the full text is available here: Links to VCAT Ref P1815/2020 & P1816/2020 8 main
Category: Construction
News about construction on the Mill site
The Rail Spur is a substantial link between the Alphington and Fairfield communities. Well used, it could be a really important way to connect up two vibrant community activity hubs. At the AGM this week, Kat Theophonos made the excellent point that, if there’s anything the pandemic has taught
Yarra and Darebin Councils are working together on a Heidelberg Rd Corridor Plan to cover their respective planning amendments to create a cohesive outcome for this major community activity zone and area of dynamic change. Its a really significant change to an important corridor, and is covered by a
Darebin Trail is a beautiful piece of public infrastructure that runs through Alphington. You just can’t get to it from Alphington. And you thought ‘You can’t get there from here‘ was supposed to be an absurdist joke… The Link was committed to in 2017, and after a long process,
Yarra Bend has no street parking. Yarra Council has taken action on the issue and defined parking rules around the park, where the overflow is ending up. Yarra has defined the new scheme for time duration limits in key areas around the park and joining streets Residents in the
The Village planning application The revised Planning Application for the Village precinct – previously submitted to Yarra – is being revised.Glenvill are reportedly still working on the required amended plans to accord with the planning permit issued.The wheels turn. VCAT – Who’s going to face the music? The VCAT
Extra Asbestos Risk Management as the demolition continues Demolition continues on the Boiler House Building – one of the long running sagas on the APMAG agenda. The big issue right now is the careful handling of asbestos. There is significant known asbestos in the building, and management processes are
The Boiler house demolition is underway and the old facade is coming down. Updates are a little thin on the ground officially, but the developer is reporting the demolition is going well and no issues have been discovered. The glass and walls have been taken down, with the asbestos
Roadworks updates = roads closed Mills Boulevard – has about 3 months of work left for completion to Chandler Hwy. The connection to Heidelberg Road will remain closed until The Village is fully designed and Heidelberg Road changes are approved by VicRoads. Parkview Road should be finished sooner –
It’s taken so long to fix the drainage on the riverfront, mature trees are suffering permanent damage and are likely to not survive. In fact the machinery has churned up the surrounding area, and the area is so damaged, we have seen sightseers driving their car down on to
Yarra Council has confirmed this week that they have issued the permit to begin the Boiler House demolition. Demolition works will begin on Monday. They will be carried out by Glenvill consultants. All works will be in accordance with the Victorian OHS regulations and under guidelines set by Yarra
Over the past weeks a number of safety and development concerns have been discussed between Yarra Council and Glenville – including carparking, VCAT negotiations, Boiler house demolitions and the road surface on the Harker St crossing. We have an update on the road surface safety issue. Glenville have undertaken
Building height agreements are being broken. 3 new Yarra Bend building applications exceed DPO heights, and a planning permit issued last June has been amended, giving the council the opportunity to re-consider it. The Yarra council meeting is scheduled for February 16th. The application has already been escalated to
Thanks to all who joined us for the 2020 AGM & Candidate forum. The AGM was fast. The forum was civil & informative. How good is that. The functions of an AGM were swiftly dealt with prior minutes accepted etc, and we moved quickly to the Presidents Report, with
Plans have been submitted to council for the development in and around the old boiler house building, and public marketing is also released. APMAG has reviewed the document, and discussed it with Glenvill. The plan gives details of the building proposals itself, including retained heritage buildings, façade heights and
As ever, parking and trucks remains a concern. APMAG is raising parking, both on a street by street level, and pushing Council to consider the challenge wholistically. If your letterbox is surveyed, please respond as local response is a big factor in decision making. The team also told Glenville
The proposal to demolish, and re-purpose the Amcor Boiler House has been submitted and received by Yarra Council. This is following the Minister for Planning considering a recommendation by the Heritage Council for the registration of the boiler house on the Victorian Heritage Register and determining not to include
Yarra Bend site workers have been arriving earlier, and parking further east of the construction site as the site work builds. As a result, residential Alphington construction site parking is tight. As we all return to work and school, the pressure on parking is building, overflowing into local streets.
Excavation and hoarding changes have been happening on the site’s north western corner. This is where the Heidelberg Road Commercial area is due to be built – and the community is curious – Whats going on, when will community consultation begin, and how has the economic outlook impacted plans.
Construction has started on the new apartment building at the corner of Heidelberg and Parkview Roads. Council has required that the builder access the site from Heidelberg Road. These works and the start of works on construction of the new Mills Boulevard (former Latrobe Avenue) mean that traffic control
At the community meeting on 20th June, APMAG offered to request further information from both Council and Glenvill on a number of issues. These are listed below. A key issue was the collapse of the riverbank and loss of mature trees, but of greater concern was the increased groundwater