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PRESSURE DOWN LATROBE City Council is rezoning farmland to the north of Traralgon to allow up to 600 residential lots in an attempt to ease pressure on housing availability in the municipality. Latrobe City councillors have agreed to rezone more than 51 hectares of farm land into a residential zone north of Baldwin Road in Traralgon, which will create between 500 and 600 lots. Council estimates the development will create about three years supply of
residential land, with forecasts projecting that there is between eight to 12 years of land supply in Traralgon. The Latrobe City planning scheme states there should be at least 15 years’ worth of land supply in the municipality. It comes as councillors approved land to be rezoned in Moe to allow for more residential growth, with nine dwellings pinned for Parer Avenue and continuing developments in Waterloo Road. Cr Graeme Middlemiss spoke in favour for the planning approvals at council’s ordinary June meeting, raising the need
for more residential land to be made available. “We have a shortage of readily available housing land in our three main centres,” Cr Middlemiss said. “I’m really happy we are seeing (these developments) coming forward and that land is getting closer to becoming available. We have run out of land and this will be welcome.” Cr Dale Harriman said he hoped the Traralgon development would help ease hot house prices. He pointed out one example of a house
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block in Traralgon jumping by $200,000 in 12 months. “We are aware that land prices in Traralgon are getting a little bit out of control. We need this land to become available to take the pressure off the housing market,” Cr Harriman said. “We need to continue to expand our city, I think this is in a great location and makes it easier for people to get into the housing market. “With more houses coming into the market hopefully it will take the pressure off the rental crisis in our area.”
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