Ballarat East as one of the older suburbs in Ballarat is impacted by many Overlays and local government strategies which impact on what you can build where, such as the: Vegetation Protection Overlay (VPO) the purpose of which is to protect areas of significant vegetation, to ensure development minimises loss of vegetation as well to […]
HOW TO READ A YELLOW SIGN ADVERTISING AN APPLICATION FOR A PLANNING PERMIT. Yellow signs appear on the streets of our area to advertise that a developer wants to do something. You must read it, talk to you neighbours, ring the council, read the application. This is the only way we can stay informed. One […]
FIRST TREE PLANTING CEREMONY FOR THE AVENUE OF HONOUR, NEAR THE CALEDONIAN BRIDGE. (image at left Museum Victoria) Ballarat’s Avenue of Honour is justly famous, but did you know that there were (at last count) NINE Avenues in and around Ballarat including one at Sebastopol? 1. Lucas’s Ballarat Avenue of Honour 2. Ballarat North Avenue […]
Hello everyone, below is the report delivered to Council on June 13th. We are collating responses and recommendations to present our response, hopefully at the Council Meeting on July 11th. Can you all please have a read and note your responses along with your recommendations, and then either add your comment below, email your response […]
Submissions for the Open Space Strategy close at 5pm Monday 2 July 2012. http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/about-council/communications-and-publications/media-releases/may-2012/feedback-welcomed-on-amendment-c141-–-ballarat-open-space-strategy.aspx The amendment also updates the Schedule to Clause 52.01 (Public Open Space Contribution and Subdivision) of the Ballarat Planning Scheme. The new schedule introduces a percentage for public open space contributions for all subdivisions including residential, commercial and industrial zoned land. […]
BE Net spoke with the City Planning Department this week regarding the options for land owners to put a voluntary option on land they are selling or subdividing to stop any further subdivision. Here is the convo: BE Net: is it okay for a landowner/homeowner to put a voluntary 173 on their own land before […]
This week BE Net headed off to the Growth Forum presented by Ballarat Environment Network. Some interesting bits and things to do: There is a Central Highlands Growth Plan being developed by the Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD), if you want to have some input then send your contact details to CentralHighlands.RGP@dpcd.vic.gov.au This […]
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED… WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE KNOW… Rediscovery of the Arthur Kenny Avenue of Honour. At 2.30pm on Friday August 3rd 2012 there will be an official ceremony at Fussell St, Mt Xavier. Followed by Afternoon tea at the Mt Xavier Golf Club. Warm clothes recommended for […]
“Four years ago we bought our property that adjoins an unused road reserve that is incorporated into our property as a driveway and had been improved by the previous owner. This road reserve was “licenced” to the previous owner from D.S.E. and we had to transfer the “licence” to us as part of the property […]
BE NET was alerted to this report by Eric Braslis – Director of Growth & Development City of Ballarat. Unfortunately we are incorrectly referred to as BEN (Sorry BEN – Ballarat Environment Network), our acronym is BE Net. Small fish really though in terms of the report. The report is to be presented to the […]