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Businessman fights shire over permit Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au JUST weeks after signing a new lease on his Mornington warehouse a businessman learned Mornington Peninsula Shire had approved a planning permit for an adjoining site which he says will hinder his ability to run his business. Tony Taylor says the permit for offices and storage units confirms his neighbour has sole rights over a side carriageway easement, which could mean he is prevented from unloading stock at his loading bay. He says the restrictions could jeopardise the viability of the business on the site he is now locked into for the next five years. Mr Taylor, of Direct Hospitality Supplies, in Barkly St, is taking the shire to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) this week on the grounds that it erred in granting the permit to build more than 200 storage units. He is angry the shire did not consult with him about access rights on the carriageway easement into Barkly St. The shire’s executive manager planning services David Bergin said the matters were “considered by council and also the lawful access rights for the existing carriageway easement”. “The final decision will now be made by VCAT and will also consider
these various access matters,” he said. Mr Taylor, who has run his business for six years, had booked the VCAT hearing for yesterday (Monday 14 August). “They [the shire] should not have given a planning permit for the subdivision behind me if there was a problem in my unloading,” he said. “The shire planners never even contacted me to discuss my objection before granting the permit to the developer. “They didn’t do their due diligence and consult with me, and never considered occupational health and safety issues relating to a side access door and accompanying bollards. “The council has got to be more accountable as to how its decisions affect other users.” Mr Taylor says he may be forced to spend up to $40,000 fighting the case “on my own”. “What else can I do? I’m locked into paying rent over the next five years.” Barkly Self Storage director Matthew Hannaford, who is developing the offices and storage complex behind Mr Taylor’s warehouse, says he is “satisfied with the shire’s town planning department decision to grant a permit. “Overall, we are very satisfied with the council town planners’ decision and their professional approach to the approved design.”
Mr Hannaford said Direct Hospitality Supplies and the neighbouring Masonic Lodge had a right to use his driveway to get to their properties, but not to “conduct business and/or park on that land”. The driveway is the only access and egress point to the storage facility. “[Mr Taylor] has a substantial area of land, on his own title, specifically for car parking or unloading stock. He has free and unencumbered and unrestricted access to go across our driveway to his car park on his property at any time and at his free will.”
Bring science to life THE man whose team developed the graphics and special visual effects in several movies will speak at Peninsula Grammar this week. Physicist and chief scientist of Double Negative, Oliver James, is touring Australia as part of Science Week. In his talk, hosted by Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society, Mr James will describe the science and methods used in the 2014 sci-fi movie Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey. The talk will be held 8-10pm, Wednesday 16 August, in the main lecture theatre, Building T (southernmost car park), Peninsula Grammar, Wooralla Drive, Mt Eliza.
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It’s your life – take care of it MEMBERS of U3A Mornington recently gained an insight into how to ensure their wishes are respected if they end up in hospital or a nursing home. A ‘Your life in your hands’ presentation by Peninsula Health’s advance care planning clinician Teresa Gillespie advised them on possible future health issues. “The presentation is of particular interest to older people in our community,” the U3A’s Anne Riddell said. Those attending are advised of two essentials actions: To complete an advance care directive and to appoint
a trusted person as medical decision maker, which is important if a patient later is unable to communicate. After each presentation, audience members make appointments to see Ms Gillespie or a colleague for help in preparing their paperwork. “We have a chat about what can happen if [a client’s] health fails in later life,” she said. “Then I help [them] decide on the treatment and care they’d want, and prepare the legal directive for them to sign.” Advance care planning appointments can be made by calling Peninsula Health, 1300 665 781.
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