Here’s a brief rundown of council decisions this evening:
- Tree Register ‘abandoned’ – moved Lipshutz. Final vote in favour of ‘abandonment’ was – Lipshutz, Esakoff, Lobo, Magee, Okotel. Voting against – Delahunty, Pilling, Sounness, Hyams
- Virginia Estate Amendment – voted in unanimously with much grandstanding by Magee and others.
- Glen Huntly Road – 6 storey, 117 units – permit. Voting for Delahunty, Sounness, Okotel, Magee, Pilling, Lipshutz. Voting against – Lobo, Esakoff, Hyams
- Amendment to ‘legalise’ office use at 305 Kooyong Road. Motion put by Sounness and Lipshutz. Motion lost and new motion to abandon amendment put up by Hyams won out.
We will report on each of the above in full in the next few days.
Glen Eira Debates 
March 18, 2015 at 5:45 PM
I cannot believe these decisions but since this is the norm for these councillors I dare say that noone should be surprised. The ball was set in motion years ago for the Virginia Estate and it is now being played out in full. It echoes precisely the C60 amendment and the Development Plan. This will be even worse and take longer. Development plan after development plan will come in over the years and once it has started it will be impossible to stop. Councillors know this – or they should. They have in my view once more totally ignored all remnants of decency and advocating for residents. All that they advocate for is more and more dwellings and less and less amenity for existing residents. East Bentleigh isn’t even an activity centre yet it is well on the way to being completely ruined.