Bayside City Council is attempting to protect and preserve its existing neighbourhood character via draft Amendment C140 which is now out for consultation. In short, the amendment proposes to:
- Limit subdivision to sites that are over 800 square metres thus creating a default subdivision size of 400 sqm per unit. In Glen Eira, there is no minimum subdivision size and permits have been granted for subdivisions of under 200 square metres.
- Increase permeability to 35%. In Glen Eira it is 25%
- Increase open space requirements to 75 square metres. Glen Eira has 60 square metres.
Add on the number of Design & Development Overlays that exist in Bayside, an updated Housing Strategy, plus tree protection clauses, and Bayside is streaks ahead of Glen Eira in strategic planning. Of course, this proposed amendment does not sit well with the development industry, real estate agents, and others.
Thus we have this publicity campaign by Takle Developments – who also happen to have an office in Centre Road. Clearly such a campaign is largely unnecessary in Glen Eira, since this council has bent over backwards to facilitate development via its inaction and sub-standard strategic planning.
Glen Eira Debates 
September 4, 2015 at 11:56 AM
Pretty sick if making a buck means putting the wind up people. 400 metres is less than most property sizes and would let homes have gardens plus some decent homes built. Families want houses and not crappy built apartment blocks that will be empty in a few years time or fall apart.
September 4, 2015 at 2:14 PM
Bayside actually has some character left to protect, GE is stuffed by 50 years of greed and bad planning
September 4, 2015 at 3:41 PM
Yep, Bayside is definitely more interested in representing the residents than the developers. Glen Eira has it the other way round.
Wonder why Takle set up shop in Glen Eira rather then Bayside – setting up HQ in another municipality says a lot about Takle’s committment to Bayside. On the other hand, if you’re only interested in taking the money and running then its not such a bad idea as you can still take the money and don’t have to run.
September 8, 2015 at 12:27 PM
Takle started as a real estate agent before turning into a developer. Developers are like sharks – they go wherever they smell blood – so having an office in Glen Eira instead of Bayside is irrelevant. They get clients from all over Melbourne.
September 6, 2015 at 11:24 AM
(MODERATORS: phrase deleted) by the developers he’ll never lift a finger to help residents