Victoria’s planning minister has fast-tracked approval for affordable housing in Frankston. The project is likely to be controversial though, given a fight by locals against similar high-rises.
Victorian Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny has given fast-track approval for a 14-storey affordable housing project in Frankston, as the state government comes under pressure to meet its ambitious housing targets.
The stretch of land between Kananook Creek and Nepean Highway is the focus of a major planning dispute in Frankston.The Frankston development will include a mix of 62 one-, two- and three-bedroom homes managed by a community housing provider and rented to people on low to moderate incomes as affordable homes, Kilkenny said.
The Beach Street tower is one block north-east of the so-called “Great Wall of Frankston”, a stretch of land between the Nepean Highway and Kananook Creek where two other 14-storey towers are planned.However in July, VCAT a blocked another 14-storey, 133-apartment development by Pace Development Group, and ruled that its height was not “justified in this location”.and development overlay on the strip that limited buildings to three storeys.
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