The ABS has today released its building approval figures for local areas. The data depicts approvals from July 1st, 2017 to the end of January 2018 – a period of 7 months. We’ve uploaded the full file HERE and present a screen dump for Glen Eira below. Unfortunately some suburbs are linked together (ie Bentleigh/McKinnon). However what these stats reveal is that development in Glen Eira is still way ahead of council’s predictions, raising the same old perennial questions –
- Why do we need to double the size of our activity centres?
- Why do we need to rezone areas to accommodate more dog boxes?
- Why is council failing to respond to these essential questions?
Glen Eira Debates 
March 13, 2018 at 11:58 AM
Its officially a big joke by Council. In a special event to be arranged, Councillors will jump out from behind the Town Hall and say ha ha got you, you all thought that we were actually being serious with the structure plans!
March 13, 2018 at 12:28 PM
Steady as she goes eh? Outstripping our zoned neighbours by a factor of close to 4. That is, Bayside, Stonnington, Boroondara. Even outdoing Port Phillip. McKenzie must be getting plenty of brownie points from gov.
March 13, 2018 at 1:27 PM
She has no idea of leading Local government. Looks great, sounds great and that is where it stops.
March 13, 2018 at 2:16 PM
As 4 Corners tried to convey last night, that this basically unplanned or badly planned development rush is outstripping our ability to provide what people need. Further complicated by our three layers of governments showing little to no interest in providing the infrastructure that is needed now, let alone in the future. It maybe the case of the people ie. the residents know better, that the folks with self interest at heart.
March 13, 2018 at 2:46 PM
Its not just head in the sand in Glen Eira, its deception and dishonesty.
March 13, 2018 at 4:19 PM
Trademark of GE
March 13, 2018 at 4:39 PM
To true anon, when you sell generations of hard won suburban amenity to developers to trash and cash in on, at the cost of residents who actually want to live there, the truth isn’t going to go down to well. They know they can divide and rule until they have every square milimetre.
The fat lady on 4 Corners last night who kept on saying it’s just the fear of the shock of the new, and fear is the main obstacle to people’s accepting development etc. and its not as bad as you think.
What a wanker, I would truly like to see her front the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire in London and see her tell them that face to face.
Some people here in Melbourne escaped by the skin of our teeth with the Lacrosse building fire, which still hasn’t been resolved. That inspires confidence in self regulations and piss-weak government doesn’t it?
March 13, 2018 at 4:49 PM
The CEO KPI’s must be measuring the number of successful planning applications.
March 13, 2018 at 5:01 PM
Carnegie travelling well a head in front of Elsternwick. Caulfield north backed to the hilt by mrc and watch this space with more to come. Punters making millions. What a lovely bunch of numbers.
March 13, 2018 at 8:24 PM
If this goes on there will be another 2500 for the year and council keeps telling us that all we need is about 800.
March 13, 2018 at 9:36 PM
GECC’s argument has been that they hand out so many permits that few of them are expected to be built. But since GECC does routinely grant time extensions, regardless of whether the controls applying to a property have changed, it could just be landbanking on a grand scale.
Imagine having elected representatives who thought the economy should serve us rather than us having to serve the economy. Is there a point to endless growth? “Sustainability” is rapidly losing any meaning.