A short note to inform residents that council’s proposed structure plan for Carnegie (amendment c237) has been REFUSED by the Department. The date of refusal is yesterday – 29/4/2026).
We could not find anything on council’s website regarding this latest decision, nor anything about its ramifications. What we do anticipate of course is that the same actions will follow for Bentleigh, Elsternwick, and Caulfield Station!
Glen Eira Debates 
April 30, 2026 at 8:02 PM
It is a further example of the degradation of the planning system at the hands of the major political parties. Since Labor currently forms executivea government (and has for the majority of the last 40 years) they deserve especial approbrium. The planning system is open to corruption and unfit for purpose. Way worse in my opinion is that they actively seek to undermine our democracy. In refusing the the Amendment they don’t give their reasons why. However Carnegie residents in the northern half should be aware that the government has unilaterally imposed HCTZ on much of Carnegie, in which it seeks 4- to 6-storey buildings. They have done this to areas traditionally zoned NRZ. Their reasons are without merit. The houses around the principal railway station in Jacinta Allan’s own electorate are only zoned GRZ. Even worse, now Sonya Kilkenny (Labor member for Carrum) is making herself the Responsible Authority to decide on an application that doesn’t comply with the government’s own residential amenity Standards [sic]. Well that’s a foregone conclusion. In a real democracy, we would all believe decisions are being made roughly in line with how we would decide if in the position of the decision makers and with access to all relevant information–provided we don’t expect others to endure what we’re not prepared to put up with for ourselves. On this criterion, the Allan government is a failure.
May 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Yes, I think you’re right on the corruption point. Nothing else makes any sense.