Victoria’s largest private school has applied to demolish a string of houses in a bayside heritage zone, setting up a conflict with Hampton residents. | adamlcarey
Victoria’s largest private school, Haileybury, has applied to demolish a string of houses in a heritage zone in Melbourne’s bayside, so it can build a three-storey arts and sports centre, setting up a conflict with neighbouring residents.
Detailed plans for the proposal have been submitted to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, but are not yet published, and the community has not yet been publicly notified of the proposal. Haileybury’s Brighton campus sits within the Castlefield estate, a mostly residential area with a heritage overlay. Homes in the estate were built for returned World War I soldiers in the early 1920s, and the streets are named after important towns and battlefields of that war.
Felicity Frederico – a “teal” candidate for the state seat of Brighton who lives in the estate – said it was “like a living monument in respect to First World War soldiers”, in large part because of the area’s mostly intact interwar-era streetscapes. “The proposal is consistent with the statutory and strategic frameworks of the Bayside Planning Scheme,” the spokesperson said. “It is also consistent with a statewide planning policy that recognises the need for, and importance of, community facilities and infrastructure, including schools.”
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