With another 75 dwellings on the cards at the Alma Club location, we thought residents should know what has been going on in Glen Eira. Below are a series of decisions granting permits for multi-unit developments over the past 18 months or so. The decisions include both VCAT rulings and permits granted by either DPC or council resolution. Far too many of these developments can only be described as ‘over developments’ that the current planning scheme actively encourages, especially in Housing Diversity Areas. When 3 storey blocks can contain up to 30 units and where up to a quarter do not receive daylight, when open space does not matter, when vegetation is not protected, when no development contributions are collected, and when the extent of impervious surfaces grows and grows, then something is drastically wrong. And when car parking is continually waived then the flow on effects are obvious. Add all these up and the result is planning mayhem and carte blanche for developers. We have excluded developments that are basically 2 and 3 dwellings and concentrated only on developments over 8 units per block.
- 451 South Road BENTLEIGH VIC 3204. Construction of a four (4) storey building (with roof-top terraces) comprising a shop and ten (10) dwellings; a reduction in the standard car parking requirement; and waiving of the loading bay requirement
- 14 Maroona Road CARNEGIE VIC 3163. Construction of a three (3) storey building comprising 26 dwellings and a basement car park on land affected by the Special Building Overlay and a reduction in the visitor car parking requirement
- 3 Morton Avenue CARNEGIE VIC 3163. Construction of five storey building comprising up to 38 dwellings with basement car parking
- 40 Koornang Road CARNEGIE VIC 3163. Construction of a four storey building comprising up to 21 dwellings, basement carparking, two shops on the ground floor and the reduction of the carparking requirement
- 433 Inkerman Road ST KILDA EAST VIC 3183. Construction of a three (3) storey building comprising thirty (30) dwellings and basement car parking on land affected by the Special Building Overlay Amended application
- 160 Hotham Street ST KILDA EAST VIC 3183. Construction of a four storey building comprising of up to thirty (30) dwellings A reduction in standard car parking requirements
- 170 East Boundary Road BENTLEIGH EAST VIC 3165. Construction of a three storey building (and a basement) comprising up to 12 dwellings and to alter access to a road zone category 1
- 14 Lillimur Road ORMOND VIC 3204. Construction of a part two-storey and part three-storey building comprising twelve (12) dwellings with a basement car park
- 19 Lillimur Road ORMOND VIC 3204. Construction of a three (3) storey building comprising eleven (11) dwellings with basement car parking
- 269 Grange Road ORMOND VIC 3204. Construction of a three (3) storey building comprising up to twelve (12) dwellings and basement car park
- 18 Lillimur Road, Ormond.3204. Construction of a three (3) storey building comprising fifteen (15) dwellings with basement car parking
- 2C Walsh Street Ormond. 3204. Construction of a three storey building comprising twelve (12) dwellings with basement car park
- 17 Murrumbeena Road Murrumbeena. 3161. Construction of a three storey building comprising twelve (12) dwellings. Reduction in visitor car parking requirement and a variation to the car parking design standards.
- 8 Railway Parade, Murrumbeena. 3161. Construction of a three storey building comprising fifteen (15) dwellings and basement car parking
- 117-125 Poath Road MURRUMBEENA VIC 3163. Construction of a part four storey part three storey building, use of the land for dwellings, two levels of basement and a reduction in car parking requirements on land affected by an Environmental Audit Overlay
- 1044-1044A Glen Huntly Road CAULFIELD SOUTH VIC 3162 Construction of a three-storey building comprising up to twelve (12) dwellings with basement car park
- 687 Glen Huntly Road CAULFIELD VIC 3162 Construction of a three storey building and basement carpark, comprising two (2) offices, up to nineteen (19) dwellings and reduction in the standard car parking requirement
- 127 Murray Street CAULFIELD VIC 3162. Construction of a three (3) storey building comprising no more than twenty eight (28) dwellings with basement carparking
- 290 Hawthorn Road CAULFIELD VIC 3162. The construction of a three storey building comprising up to ten (10) dwellings and basement car parking
- 400 Dandenong Road CAULFIELD NORTH VIC. Construction of a three (3) storey building comprising up to seventeen (17) dwellings with basement car park, a reduction in the car parking requirement and alter access to a road
- 402-404 Dandenong Road CAULFIELD NORTH VIC 3161. Construction of a three (3) storey building comprising up to thirty-four (34) dwellings, a basement car park and alteration of access to a Road in a Road Zone Category 1
- 193-195 McKinnon Road MCKINNON VIC 3204. Construction of a four (4) storey building comprising of two shops and up to twelve (12) dwellings, a reduction of the car parking requirement and a waiving of the loading bay requirement
- 61 Centre Road, Bentleigh. Five (5) storey building comprising two shops and 32 dwellings. Reduction in the standard car parking requirement. Waiving of the loading bay requirement in accordance with the endorsed plans.
- 688 Inkerman Road, Caulfield North. Three-storey building (plus basement) accommodating 12 dwellings and associated car parking.
- 54 & 56 Rosstown Road, Carnegie. The permit will allow the development of the land with two shops and 17 dwellings, use of the land as a shop, reduction of the standard car parking requirement and waiver of the loading bay requirement in accordance with the endorsed plans.
- 111 – 113 Poath Road, Murrumbeena. 3 storeys; 2 shops and 8 dwellings, with 10 car spaces across three levels.
- 2 Belsize Ave. Carnegie. The permit will allow the development of the land with thirteen (13) dwellings
- 18-20 Etna Street, Glen Huntly.Construction of a four (4) storey building comprising up to twenty-seven (27) dwellings and associated basement car park and A reduction in car parking requirements in accordance with the endorsed plans.
- 249 Neerim Road, Carnegie. 3 storey, 11 dwellings
- 23 Bent St., Bentleigh. Three storey building comprising 26 dwellings with basement car parking
- 633-635 Centre Road, Bentleigh 4 storey, 10 dwellings;
- 289-291 Kooyong Road, Elsternwick. Use of the land for the purpose of a Medical Centre, construction of buildings and works and a reduction in the car parking requirements
- 815 Centre Road Bentleigh East 2 storey 8 dwellings
- 658 and 670-672 Centre Road, Bentleigh East; · The permit will allow for 658 Centre Road, Bentleigh East construction of a four storey building comprising up to 46 dwellings, six shops and a convenience restaurant, use of the land as a car park, alterations to access to a Road Zone Category 1, reduction in standard car parking requirement and waiver of loading facilities in accordance with the endorsed plans subject to the conditions set out in Appendix 1 of this order. For 670-672 Centre Road, Bentleigh East construction of a four storey building comprising up to 40 dwellings, five shops and a convenience restaurant, alteration to access to a Road Zone Category 1, reduction in the standard car parking requirement, waiver of loading facilities and removal of an easement in accordance with the endorsed plans and subject to the conditions set out in Appendix 2 of this order.
- 221-229 Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick. The construction of a ten (10) storey building for up to 89 dwellings, 3 shops, 1 ground floor office, reduction of standard car parking requirements and loading bay requirements in accordance with the endorsed plans.
- 1094 & 1096 Glen Huntly Road, Glen Huntly. 3 storey 38 dwellings
- No. 270 Centre Road, Bentleigh. Four storey building, a reduction in the car parking requirements for a shop and dwellings, and waiver of a loading bay in accordance with the endorsed plans. (8 dwellings?)
- 7-13 Dudley Street, Caulfield East. Five storey building containing up to 71 dwellings; the construction and use of a five storey building for student accommodation (containing up to 116 student bedrooms), a convenience shop and basement car park (accommodating up to 101 car spaces) and the reduction of the standard car parking requirement and changes to the built form
- 650 Centre Road, Bentleigh. Three storey building comprising 13 dwellings
- 95 Nicholson St., McKinnon. Three (3) storey building comprising 26 dwellings
- 1 Mackie Road, Bentleigh East. Development of a three storey apartment building, comprising 29 dwellings
- 1044-1044A Glen Huntly Road, Caulfield South. Three storey apartment building of fourteen (14) dwellings with basement parking and reduction in the provision of visitor parking.
- 32 Mavho Street, Bentleigh. Construction of a three storey building comprising 10 dwellings with basement car parking
- 426 Hawthorn Road , Caulfield South. Construction of a three storey building comprising eleven (11) dwellings
- 98 – 100 Truganini Road, Carnegie. Construction of a three storey building with basement car parking comprising 28 dwellings on land affected by the Special Building Overlay.
- 14 & 16 Maroona Road, Carnegie. The permit will allow the construction of 26 dwellings in a three storey building
Glen Eira Debates 
May 15, 2013 at 12:34 PM
Thank you for compiling this list Gleneira because it for sure is not something that Council wants publicised. Add on another 1500 units or so with the C60 and we will end up being the most overdeveloped and highest density municipality in the state.
What’s unforgivable is the complete disregard for true planning reform by past councils and councillors. Posts have gone up about how little the planning scheme review achieved. That was on the cards as long as Newton remains and his band of yes sir councillors remain. I can only hope that they live right next door to the worst of these.
May 15, 2013 at 3:11 PM
No wonder traffic and parking in narrow streets is a nightmare when so many of these have waived car parking requirements entirely. All council ever does is say that you can park in adjacent streets. That only moves the problem down a few hundred metres. It doesn’t solve anything.
May 15, 2013 at 3:30 PM
I’ve done a quick count of the dwellings and come up with a little over a 1000 new units. On average I’d estimate that this would bring in about another 700 or 800 people on a truly conservative estimate and the same number of cars. Then there are all those properties which have gone from one dwelling to two or three and maybe four. Add in another 1000 or so subdivisions waiting to be built on and it all looks really gloomy in terms of social and environmental amenity for people.
Councillors have really sat on their hands and done nothing to address the problems as far as I’m concerned. All they’ve done is get amendments up which give developers scope for further development and with the C87 remove places that were in minimal change into housing diversity. They’ve allowed this ad hoc over development to not just continue but gather pace. They’ve done nothing to try and enforce some order and common sense. They’ve left it all in the hands of an administration that is hell bent on more and more development so that they can pretend that rates are low. It’s nothing short of negligence in my view.
May 15, 2013 at 4:36 PM
Newton for developer of the year!
May 15, 2013 at 5:49 PM
Since he’s be in the throne since about 2002/3 – better make that developer of the decade!!!!!
May 15, 2013 at 6:09 PM
Newton first came to Glen Eira in 98/99 as Chief Financial Officer and other senior positions. He became CEO in 2000. That makes it 13 years!
May 15, 2013 at 6:02 PM
When you look at Glen Eira and how long the administration and Councillors have been in their current positions you really have to wonder about how little the residents care or think. Through out the democratic world, governments and local authorities usually have about an 8 year life span – just enough time for them to stop truly representing the electorate, primarily because they have come to believe they know better than the electorate.
Here the 8 year life span appears to not be applicable – in Glen Eira, both the Administration and a number of Councillors are well past the 8 year use by date. Here residents continually ignore the evidence of neglect before their eyes (no. of developments, traffic congestion, parking becoming scarce, services dropping) or the impact on their hip pocket (higher than CPI rate increases for the 4 years). In Glen Eira residents believe spin and vote based on who knows what – it certainly ain’t performance.
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