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Jul 26, 2020
Planning Reform - St Kilda Marina
The City of Port Philip has released plans for the redevelopment of the St Kilda marina. Council has also adopted new planning controls...
Jun 14, 2020
Construction ongoing at Smiths Lane Estate, Clyde North
As one of our very first projects at Echelon Planning, it is great to see all the construction activity happening at Mirvac’s Smith Lane...
May 10, 2020
I never saw my hometown until I stayed away too long....
The lyrics to the song San Diego Serenade have come to mind more than once in the six weeks since Tom Waits first found his way onto my...
Apr 29, 2020
Construction ongoing at the Olivine Estate, Donnybrook
Echelon has provided strategic and statutory planning services to Mirvac since 2012 on a 460 hectare site located within the...
Mar 30, 2020
Post COVID-19: We Need To Bend The Rules and Create ‘New Deals’ for Small Business
This is a call for government, business and landlords to action new and creative measures to help small businesses get back on their feet...
Mar 5, 2020
The housing crisis: lessons from distorted housing markets and City of Melbourne’s DAH Strategy
The City of Melbourne announced their Draft Affordable Housing (DAH) Strategy for public consultation at the Transitions Film Festival...
Feb 11, 2020
Plan Melbourne update released - jobs, infrastructure, jobs, repeat
The Victorian State Government has released an addendum to Plan Melbourne. It makes for very interesting reading. It provides an update...
Dec 3, 2019
A way to get excited about delivering low-cost housing…
With all the discussion on how best to deliver affordable homes in Melbourne and across the nation, it is interesting to hear of...
Oct 21, 2019
Echelon Planning on ABC Melbourne Mornings
ABC Radio discussion on mixed use development and the Commercial 3 zone. Echelon Planning Director, Mark Woodland discussed on ABC Radio...
Aug 21, 2019
What are the top 3 things science says Australia's city-planners need to achieve ?
CSIRO has recently released its latest report exploring scenarios for Australia’s national outlook. The report is the culmination of two...
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