Residents will lose the right to object to the building of new private schools under planning laws designed to 'fast-track' the development of the Catholic and independent sectors.
Residents will lose the right to object to the building of new private schools under planning laws designed to "fast-track" the development of the Catholic and independent sectors.
In its submission to the government, Urbis said independent and Catholic schools were bogged down by local government bureaucracy and that applications were taken to VCAT by residents over "relatively minor matters".The changes are intended to support an expected student boom of more than 110,000 extra Victorian students in the next three years. About 37 per cent of Victorian students attend a Catholic or independent school.
"We’re ensuring we have the right community and education infrastructure for our growing population." Urbis said appeals to VCAT caused delays and were costly to councils and schools, and argued the complaints by objectors were about noise from schoolchildren playing and traffic during drop-off and pick-up times.
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