Listed below is a sample of applications that have recently come into council. All are still awaiting decision. We have not included applications which are seeking amended permits for higher or more apartments, or any where decisions have already been made. Nor have we included the multitude of applications for two double storeys.

These few examples total well over 300 potential new apartments. Given council’s record at VCAT, and its pro-development agenda, we assume that the vast majority will be granted permits.

What these numbers call into question is the validity of council’s proposed structure planning and its claims about projected housing requirements that are supposed to justify the expansion of our activity centres and the rezoning of countless sites. Housing id forecasts tell us that McKinnon for example, is supposed to ‘average’ only a handful of new dwellings (18-27) per year over the next 20 years. In just a few months, McKinnon according to these applications is already up to 60 multiple dwellings. If the stats are so wrong, then it follows, that the planning is also way out of touch with what is occurring. What makes the situation even worse is that our neighbourhood centres, such as McKinnon, are still years away from having any structure planning completed!

Here’s the list –

15 Dudley Street, Caulfield East (nrz) – 8 STOREY, 106 STUDENT DWELLINGS – AREA 474 SQUARE METRES

43-45 Kokaribb Road CARNEGIE – 3 storey, 15 dwellings

32 Kokaribb Road & 259-261 Neerim Road CARNEGIE – 4 storey, 45 dwellings

331-333 Neerim Road CARNEGIE – 4 storey, 26 dwellings

82 Truganini Road CARNEGIE – 6 dwellings

304-306 Koornang Road CARNEGIE – 6 dwellings

11 Beena Avenue CARNEGIE – 3 dwellings

7-11 Belsize Avenue CARNEGIE – 4 storey, unknown no. of dwellings

4 Lake Street CARNEGIE – 3 storey, 8 units

38 Toolambool Road CARNEGIE – 4 x 3 storey

13-15 Hamilton Street BENTLEIGH – 4 storey, 27 dwellings

17 Gilmour Road BENTLEIGH – 4 dwellings

1 Heather Street BENTLEIGH EAST – 6 dwellings

45-47 Kangaroo Road & 33 Howe Street MURRUMBEENA – 15 dwellings

81 Dalny Road MURRUMBEENA – 4 dwellings

18 Railway Parade MURRUMBEENA – 3 storey, 17 dwellings

11 Perth Street MURRUMBEENA – 5 dwellings

8 Elm Grove MCKINNON – 3 storey, 6 dwellings

23 – 27 Prince Edwards Avenue MCKINNON – 18 x three storeys

12 Glen Orme Avenue MCKINNON – 3 x three storeys

16 Glen Orme Avenue – 3 dwellings

15-17 Station Avenue MCKINNON – 3 storey, 16 dwellings

27 Station Avenue MCKINNON – 4 x three storeys

40 Station Avenue MCKINNON – 3 dwellings

39 Lees Street MCKINNON – 4 dwellings

27 Draper Street MCKINNON – 3 dwellings

238 Booran Road ORMOND – 3 dwellings

3 Waratah Avenue GLEN HUNTLY – 8 dwellings

123 Kambrook Road CAULFIELD NORTH – 4 dwellings

204-206 Balaclava Road CAULFIELD NORTH – 5 storey meditation centre

1042 Glen Huntly Road CAULFIELD SOUTH – 3 storey, 9 dwellings

56 Hartington Street ELSTERNWICK – 3 dwellings

1 Riddell Parade ELSTERNWICK – 3 dwellings