Interim building restrictions in Bentleigh and Carnegie will soon be permanent
Planning Minister Richard Wynne has updated mandatory building heights in the activity areas for Bentleigh and Carnegie and announced discretionary height controls in Elsternwick.
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HEIGHT limits designed to protect Bentleigh and Carnegie from inappropriate development have been extended and Glen Eira Council is preparing to make the controls permanent.
Planning Minister Richard Wynne has updated mandatory building heights in the activity areas for both suburbs and announced discretionary height controls in Elsternwick.
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In Bentleigh the maximum mandatory heights are now between two and five storeys.
In Carnegie’s Koornang Rd commercial area and surrounding residential growth zones, heights are set at a mandatory maximum of two to four storeys. The commercial area adjacent to Dandenong Road in Carnegie now has a maximum of eight to 12 storeys.
For Elsternwick, which previously had no height controls, discretionary heights of between two and 12 storeys have been introduced.
Bentleigh resident Geoff Langford was relieved the “long battle for protection” was now over.
“These measures are what we have been fighting for over the past three and a half years and we’ve got everything we asked for,” Mr Langford said.
“I’m confident that with these controls we can stop a lot of the inappropriate development proposed for Bentleigh.”
Hovere, in Elsternwick campaigner Sandy Togias said politics and the upcoming election had clearly come into play.
“It’s interesting that a marginal seat like Bentleigh gets two to five storeys but a safe seat like Elsternwick gets 12,” she said.
Mr Wynne said the interim controls would protect communities while the council developed permanent rules.
“This will provide certainty for both developers and residents as to what can be built in these important shopping precincts,” Mr Wynne said.
Bentleigh MP Nick Staikos said as a “lifelong local” he was pleased to have secured height controls in the suburb.
“I will always act to protect Bentleigh’s liveability”.
Last year interim measures were introduced to limit the height of buildings in the Bentleigh activity centre to three to five storeys and four to seven storeys in Carnegie.
Those controls were a mix of discretionary and mandatory and were valid until the end of 2017.
Glen Eira Mayor Tony Athanasopoulos said the controls were an example of how positive outcomes can be achieved when the community, council and State Government work together.
“The community can rest assured that the amenity and vibrancy of these activity centres will be protected,” he said.
“Council thanks community members for their contributions to the structure planning process which helped us form a shared vision for the centres and guided this positive outcome.”
The council said the interim restrictions would protect Carnegie, Elsternwick and Bentleigh while it prepared permanent controls.
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