Victoria’s planning tribunal has rejected a contentious waterfront redevelopment in Lorne, writes regional editor bpreiss | coast Victoria
The decision sets a precedent about future developments on the coast.Victoria’s planning tribunal has rejected a contentious waterfront redevelopment in Lorne, in a decision that sets a precedent about what projects are considered appropriate for the coast.
Planning consultant Rod Duncan – who has previously provided advice to the state government, as well as initial guidance to the Lorne development opponents – said the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal had applied a threshold test that if a future project did not need to be on the coast, then it should not be there.“This landmark VCAT decision is a timely wake-up call for better managing our coasts,” Duncan said.
The coast authority previously said the fishing co-op building had reached the end of its life and needed extensive repairs. The angling club also opposed the project, maintaining proposed car parking, boat washing and traffic management arrangements were unsafe because drivers would have to make multiple turns onto the Great Ocean Road to move their trailers from the boat ramp to the club building.
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