Kingswood Golf Course rezoning among five projects suddenly approved by government
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A neglected golf course in Melbourne’s south-east is one five locations that have been immediately rezoned by the planning minister as part of plans to build more than 2000 new homes, ahead of the government’s housing statement.
Premier Daniel Andrews is due to announce details of the state’s long-awaited housing policy on Wednesday morning, with the government expected to take some planning powers away from councils in an effort to boost supply.
The Kingswood Golf Club in Dingley. Credit: Photo: Ken Irwin
Ahead of a press conference on Wednesday morning, Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny announced approvals for five planning proposals that would each contribute hundreds of homes when completed.
The biggest of these is the rezoning of the former Kingswood Golf Course at Dingley Village, which is expected to support about 800 new homes.
The Age revealed a fortnight ago that AustralianSuper had been waiting on the state government to approve the Kingswood Golf Course site for several years.
The delay had called into question the government’s record on housing approvals at a time when Andrews has been highly critical of local councils purportedly stymieing new developments.
An overheard view of the plans to develop the Kingswood Golf Course project.
Another large parcel of land in Preston, on St Georges Road and opposite the suburb’s tram depot, has been approved for 480 homes, alongside a new shopping centre, retail side and public size.
A build-to-rent project at Macaulay Road, Kensington, will have 477 new homes, while a former University of Melbourne site in Hawthorn will be converted into 300 homes, including 10 per cent that are defined as affordable.
The University of Melbourne’s Hawthorn site, which had been in the university’s hands since 1992, had been discussed as a housing project for years and last year sold for more than $40 million.
The Macaulay Road project is situated in a slice of Kensington, between two train stations, that is fast becoming a hub for sustainable, rent-to-buy projects.
Another smaller permit for 37 properties has been approved at 15 York Street in Geelong. The piece of land in central Geelong was formerly commercial property that developers had been planning private residential apartments for.
Ammache Architects describe the proposed development, now approved, as “a sustainable high-end building consisting of 37 luxury apartments with basement carpark”.
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