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THE phrase ‘I sea, I care’ means a lot to these “marine ambassadors” who helped clean Mordialloc beach last week. They were taking part in a workshop run by the Dolphin Research Institute which encourages people to care for our marine environment. ‘I sea, I care’ aims to convince Kingston residents that “what lives around our coast is too precious to lose”. See story page 5. Picture: Gary Sissons
Green light for wedge carve up Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au A CONTROVERSIAL plan to subdivide a parcel of land in Kingston’s green wedge has been approved by a majority of Kingston councillors against the advice of council officers. Council gave the go ahead to the subdivision of land at 2 Leslie Rd in
Clarinda into five lots of 907 square metres despite Kingston’s Green Wedge Plan stating the area is “where reserves and public open space are encouraged to be located”. The plan, adopted in 2012, recommends the land be rezoned to green wedge A zone, where the minimum lot size is 40 hectares. The applicant argued council had effectively changed its policy on the
land, having flagged the possibility of the area being included in the urban growth boundary in 2008 before Kingston’s Green Wedge Plan was adopted. The original planning application made reference to potential future residential development but was later amended to claim the subdivided land would be used for horse agistment. Kingston mayor, Cr Paul Peulich,
tion. Assistant secretary Diana Donahue addressed Monday evening’s council meeting and said there were “no valid reasons” why it should be approved. Cr Rosemary West said the site was a former landfill and council could be open to “legal liabilities” if residential development was approved on “unstable ground”. Continued Page 6
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said he and council officers had met the applicant and denied specifically giving advice to change the application details. “We advised the applicant the only way any support could be given for this proposal was if it was for horse agistment and not for residential purposes,” Cr Peulich said. The Defenders of the South East Green Wedge opposed the applica-
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