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New mayor’s work begins Cr Sue Baker has been elected the new mayor of Frankston. The newly elected mayor said “I have been preparing for this responsibility for many years and will continue to ensure council’s decisions reflect the real needs and aspirations of our residents.” Cr Cherie Wanat (pictured right) was elected deputy mayor. Their 12-month terms in the roles began on 10 December. See story page 3 Picture: Supplied
More highway high-rises approved Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THREE more high-rise buildings along the Nepean Highway in Frankston have been given the green light to proceed. At a meeting last week, Frankston councillors unanimously approved plans for a 10 storey building at 347349 Nepean Highway and a 14 storey building at 431 Nepean Highway. Councillors also ticked off amended
14-storey plans for 424-426 Nepean Highway; the initial plans were greenlit by VCAT late last year. Earlier this year, construction got underway on the planned 14-storey apartment building at 446-450 Nepean Highway. Council also approved plans for a 14 storey mixed-use building with 144 residential apartments at 438-444 Nepean Highway in August. Cr Kris Bolam, who chaired the meeting as mayor, said “securing three major developments in a single
meeting is exceptional and virtually unprecedented for an outer suburban council.” “Frankston City is rising, and these developments show what becomes possible when a city invests in itself. We welcome this momentum, and we’re ready to turn these development opportunities into real, usable spaces for our city,” he said. The proposal for 347-349 Nepean Highway is for a 10-storey mixed usebuilding with 69 dwellings and a café.
The 431 Nepean Highway plan features a lower ground shop with frontage to Keys Street, three upper ground shops with frontage to the Nepean Highway, and 138 residential apartments inside a 14 storey building. The amended 424-426 Nepean Highway plans allow for reduced upper-level setbacks to Kananook Creek Boulevard. After submitting an initial amendment to VCAT after the approval of the original plans last November, the developer sub-
sequently submitted another amendment to Frankston Council. A report by council officers released last week read that the developers offered “a compromise, specifically the upperlevel setback to Kananook Creek Boulevard positioned between what VCAT approved last year and what is proposed in the current VCAT appeal. The applicant has indicated they will withdraw the VCAT appeal if council approves this application.” Continued page 4