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Langwarrin legends Langwarrin co-captains Blake Peach and Blake Harkness hold the premiership cup aloft after a hard-fought Grand Final win last weekend. The Kangaroos went undefeated all season, and ended their year in style. See sports Page 19. Picture: Paul Stan Churcher
‘Last chance’ to intervene at Endeavour Cove - mayor Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE fate of a proposal to build a 10-storey development at the controversial Endeavour Cove precinct in Patterson lakes looked set to be decided by VCAT. Kingston Council publicly called for the planning minister to call-in the proposal for 64 Pier One Drive in July, but was not successful. Council now expects the matter to be heard by
the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal imminently. The Endeavour Cove precinct has a long history, and is subject to complex planning controls. Plans to develop the site were first formed in the 1980s, and the planning decisions made in the following decades have been the focus of an Ombudsman investigation. Kingston Council now wants the planning minister to grant it interim planning controls at the site so that it can have more control over its future. The mayor Steve Staikos said that
Kingston Council “took swift action to prepare the planning scheme amendment and consult our community following our review of the report by the Victorian Ombudsman tabled in Parliament in October 2021 (...) The purpose of lodging our interim controls in February this year, was for the minister to ensure a proper planning process is followed. “Unfortunately, the deadline for the Victorian planning minister to intervene and call in the development application has now passed, and the
matter will be referred to VCAT. This has left the community very vulnerable to a poor planning outcome,” he said. “Council has continued to ask for interim controls to be put in place to protect the community while the complex process for introducing permanent controls is completed. The minister has one last chance to immediately act to ensure a fair process is established for all parties and to protect the Patterson Lakes community once and for all.” Planning minister Lizzie Blandthorn
was contacted for comment. Council is currently undertaking consultation on permanent planning scheme control changes at Endeavour Cove. VCAT is expected to consider the 10-storey Endeavour Cove proposal, and a reduction in parking at the site, later this month. Staikos said “the cart should not be put before the horse, and the planning scheme amendment should be tested before the application is considered. Continued page 4
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