On paper this property is ‘protected’ by the new zones. It is in the Neighbourhood Residential 1 category. Safe, allegedly, from multi storey, multi unit development. The reality is quite different. We do not know the reasons why this owner has decided to sell, but we assume that he is getting out whilst the going is good – given the disaster that has been wrought on Bent Street via the new zones.
Here’s the big picture:
- More than half of the properties in Bent Street are zoned Residential Growth Zone (RGZ1)
- About a third are zoned General Residential Zone (GRZ1)
- And that leaves this and another 20% or so, stuck in the middle with council pretending that they are ‘safe’, and that what is happening around them will have no impact on their lifestyle and amenity.
- Some of the streets highlighted below even have Heritage Overlays, but still zoned as ‘ripe’ for development. Only Field and Exhibition are covered by Significant Character overlays.
Here is how Bent Street is zoned –
Glen Eira Debates 
February 7, 2015 at 9:54 AM
Heritage and character overlays don’t mean a thing when you can have high rise hovering over you like here in Field and Exhibition street or heritage is zoned rgz. Would bet same is happening all over. Lousy lousy planning.
February 7, 2015 at 10:55 AM
Since so much is zoned rgz that explains in part why there is grz2 allowing more multi storey and units. Councils version of buffer zones.
February 7, 2015 at 1:53 PM
The buffer zones are there to protect the apartment dwellers from having to see gardens and plants and more disirable things, than concrete, railway lines, and roads. It all a hoax on a grand scale, perpetrated by the big end of town, of which Newton is a celebrity to.
February 7, 2015 at 10:12 PM
some of you might have heard the noise. Another event at Caulfield Racecourse without a lease
http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/all-day-i-dream-melbourne-tickets-14493483399
February 8, 2015 at 11:49 AM
does anyone know what happened with the planning conference for Caulfield Racecourse outdoor cinema and bar on 5/2?
February 8, 2015 at 5:26 PM
As per the post https://gleneira.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/mrc-cinema/ it appears the matter will no longer be decided by DPC but by the subset of councillors who don’t declare a conflict of interest on 24 Feb.
February 8, 2015 at 12:58 PM
Don’t know.
February 8, 2015 at 3:46 PM
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/shane-marshall/20/418/514?trk=biz_employee_pub. Interesting says what they do on the trust
Trustee
Caulfield Racecourse Reserve
April 2003 – Present (11 years 11 months)Environment
In conjunction with 14 other trustees hold the title to Caulfield Racecourse Reserve on trust for the people of Victoria and expend rent paid by the Melbourne Racing Club on projects to enhance the Reserve.
agree?
February 8, 2015 at 6:22 PM
What he didn’t admit to is that CRRT has historically expended money on behalf of MRC and not to enhance the precinct for the Victorian public. The management regime for the valuable land has been appalling, and STILL, despite a damning Auditor-Generals report, there has been no substantive improvement. What value does “Federal Court Judge” add to the management regime? Full disclosure: I used to play cricket with Federal Court Judges.
February 8, 2015 at 4:22 PM
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