The table below presents the latest ABS figures for building permits granted in the 2016/17 financial year.
Glen Eira romps it in as the south eastern region development capitol once again!
We well and truly trounce Stonnington and even Port Phillip where both councils have triple the amount of commercial zoning that Glen Eira has and where most of their development goes. This means that in Glen Eira the majority of development is not happening in those sites zoned commercial, but in our quiet residential streets.
Adding further insult to injury, council is now set on a course of facilitating further development in these very streets. Residents need to start questioning why? – especially since the Plan Melbourne Refresh has lumped Glen Eira together with Stonnington, Bayside, and Boroondara. The most interesting and frightening statistic is that Glen Eira comes in third in the entire state behind Melbourne City & Moreland for the number of apartments built!
We invite readers to peruse the ABS data (uploaded HERE) – it reveals a fascinating story of development for development’s sake in Glen Eira!
Glen Eira Debates 
August 10, 2017 at 8:26 AM
Thanks for the updates, albeit a real concern. Congratulations on your ongoing work, it is noted that you are almost at 1M site visits. You’ve been an incredible source of information to residents. Thanks.
August 10, 2017 at 9:54 AM
Ditto.
Next year we will have 2500 dog boxes if this carries on.
September 14, 2017 at 9:24 PM
Still a pity that there is no real truth in these blog posts. Lots of misdirection and deliberate bias. Sloppy and that’s why you won’t be taken seriously.
August 10, 2017 at 10:16 AM
The difference between the councils in the same group as Glen Eira is staggering. Bayside has 1000 less, Stonnington 500 less and Boroondara that is more than double the size of Glen Eira still less with far more houses being built than this council. Economics would play a role for some of the differences. The major difference is the Glen Eira planning scheme that any developer could drive a truck through in comparison to these other councils.
August 10, 2017 at 1:29 PM
Land prices are less in many areas of Glen Eira, than in Stonnington and Bayside, this attracts developers. We more railway stations (I think) and will have another in a years time. As well as very extremely pro-development councillors and bureaucrats.
August 10, 2017 at 4:37 PM
And a conveniently out of date Planning Scheme
August 10, 2017 at 6:06 PM
“Planning Schemes in Victoria must seek to achieve the objectives of planning in Victoria as set out in Section 4(1) of the Planning & Environment Act 1987.” These objectives include providing for “the fair, orderly, economic and sustainable use and development of land”. On these criteria the planning scheme has been a failure and Council isn’t proposing to improve the situation.
There’s very little fair about trashing the amenity of people living in areas targeted for higher density development so others can preserve their own amenity. Rezoning without ensuring land is reserved for open space to meet the needs of higher density is far from orderly. State government is spending a small fortune to build a poorly designed elevated rail solution while transferring many other costs onto councils and expecting existing residents to subsidize developer profits—all far from economic. And there is nothing sustainable about growing indefinitely.
Whether Liberal or Labor, we’ve seen in recent days just how corrupt the whole system is.