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An “important” step towards boosting liveability in Melbourne’s west has been ticked off by a local council in preparation for a $300m community centrepiece.
Wyndham City Council has approved the permit for the construction of a three-storey, 28 dwelling apartment block in Truganina which will be the first piece of a bigger plan to transform the suburb into a thriving centre.
Truganina’s population of 42,000 is expected to surpass 53,000 by 2040, making it Wyndham’s fourth biggest suburb behind Tarneit, Werribee and Point Cook.
Fortuna Truganina owns the land and will deliver the apartment block project valued at about $5m.
The apartment will have a mixture of one, two and three bedroom dwellings and be walking distance from the new Truganina train station as well as a new town square, including a “major supermarket”, which Fortuna Truganina has also heavily invested in developing.
Town planning consultant Phillip Rygl, who addressed the council on behalf of Fortuna Truganina, said the project would deliver “much needed” housing affordability.
“This is one piece of the puzzle which is a $300m investment by our client,” he said.
This is a really important step towards delivering housing affordability, especially in an area where the (precinct structure plan) encourages these types of outcomes”.
Cr Josh Gilligan said it would be “detrimental” to refuse this opportunity and that similar applications need to be encouraged.
“We have a situation where we want to be a responsible authority that encourages high density development and to send a message that apps like this are welcome,” he said.
Likewise, Cr Heather Marcus said the council needed to accept high rises were the way forward.
“It’s well known the state government said we can’t keep spreading out we’ve got to go towards high rises,” she said.
“This is a very good design … and I will be supporting it because the way we’re going it’s all about high rises around our train stations”.
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