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Beachfront boost Construction has been completed on the new largely ratepayer-funded Parkdale Yacht Club building. Car park works are still yet to be finished. See story page 5. Picture: Supplied
Committee will consider golf course future Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au A PROPOSAL for the former Kingswood Dingley Village golf site will be considered by the state government’s golf course redevelopment standing advisory committee. The planning minister has referred the new proposed planning scheme amendment and planning permit application to the committee for consideration. The Dingley Village golf course was
purchased by AustralianSuper in 2014 for $125 million. Its plans to build nearly 800 residential dwellings on the land were rejected by Kingston Council in 2018. The release of new state government guidelines for golf course conversions in 2020 also made the owners reevaluate future plans (“Golf course owners consider way forward”, The News, 8/6/20). Kingston mayor Steve Staikos said the decision to refer the owner’s proposal to the committee meant that council would not have final say about
the future of the site. “The community can be assured that council will be making a very comprehensive submission to the standing advisory committee on behalf of our community, but it is really important that the community also adds its voice and lets the committee know how it feels about the proposed rezoning and development application for the site,” Cr Staikos said. Cr George Hua said “we know the Dingley and broader community is very passionate about what happens
to the former Kingswood Golf Course site. Council refused the most recent development application for the site after we received a record 8000 community submissions rejecting the proposal. It is critical that the state government’s golf course redevelopment standing advisory committee hears from the community through the process to understand their views on the new proposal.” A statement on the website for the Dingley Village project read “on 9 May, the planning minister, Hon.
Richard Wynne, determined that AustralianSuper’s new proposal for the former golf course site would be considered under the planning guidelines for the conversion of golf course land to other purposes in Victoria. The proposal was informed by the extensive community and stakeholder engagement feedback gained over many years and aims to balance the needs of the many stakeholders (including the local community, government and statutory authorities).” Continued page 3
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