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LABOR comrades Mark Dreyfus, left, and Tim Richardson have been in training for this month’s Edithvale CFA All Fired Up Fun Run. The duo are set for a rematch after Mr Richardson crossed the line first at last year’s 5km event. See Page 6. Picture: Yanni
Hotel plan goes to VCAT Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au A DEVELOPER who plans to build apartments at the site of the Mentone Hotel has seen a “last chance” offer to Kingston Council rejected by councillors. The application to build apartments at the Beach Road site will now go to the Victorian Civil and Adminis-
trative Tribunal (VCAT) with a ruling expected in October. Paul Huggins, founder of Momentum Developments, has notified council of his intention to take the planning matter to the state planning tribunal. Law firm Mills Oakley wrote to council on 9 March, on behalf of applicant Mentone Bayside Corporation Pty Ltd, a company set up by the developer for the planning application.
This is common practice for such planning applications. A majority of councillors at a special meeting held last Tuesday (13 March) rejected an offer to include a 227-square-metre cafe on the ground floor of the development. The Save The Edgy group has been pushing for a 800-square-metre ground floor food and drinks business to be included in the building. Central Ward councillor Ron
Brownlees said at the meeting he believed the cafe on offer from the developer “may not be what some in the community want … but I think it’s something that the majority of the local Kingston residents would accept and feel comfortable with if we were to go down that path.” Cr Brownlees said it is unfortunate the application will now be decided by VCAT. “There would be a lot of losers in
this situation but I don’t think it will be the developer or the owner.” South Ward councillor Tamsin Bearsley said she respected objectors’ position on wanting a larger food and drinks area in the planned development. “But I think what’s being offered here is reasonable and workable and it provides our community with access to a bar and cafe in this hotel.” Continued Page 6
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