Kingswood Golf Club future plans to be ‘rigorously scrutinised’ if Labor gets elected
THE Labor party has weighed into the row over the future of Dingley’s Kingswood Golf Course, promising to probe any future plans for the site.
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THE Labor party has weighed into the row over the future of Kingswood Golf Course.
Shadow Planning Minister Brian Tee said he will “rigorously scrutinise” any future decision Kingston Council makes about the Dingley site.
Mr Tee accused the council of having a “very troubling” attitude to green wedge and public open space issues and said any decision to rezone the golf course site would be “independently assessed” if Labor formed government.
“This golf course has been at the heart of Dingley Village for decades,” Mr Tee said.
“I’m putting Council on notice — any application to rezone it as residential will want to be absolutely compelling because, if Labor is elected, I will be running an independent process and a very sceptical eye over it.”
Kingston Council chief executive John Nevins said rezoning wasn’t a consideration at present.
“The Kingswood Golf Club is privately owned land. At this stage Kingston Council has not received any formal requests by the Club or its new owner to consider a rezoning proposal of the Kingswood Golf Club site,” he said.
The 58 hectare golf course was sold in September for $125 million after it merged with Peninsula Country Golf Club in Frankston last year.
The merger caused considerable anger among some golfers and nearby residents, and raised fears the land could be rezoned to allow residential development.
Club member, William Falkingham, launched legal action in a bid to undo the merger. His case was dismissed by the Supreme Court, but he is currently waiting to appeal the decision.