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Moonlit magic LARGE animals and artworks will light up the George Pentland Botanic Gardens later this year. Magic By Moonlight will be held at the Frankston park across September and October. Around 400 light installations powered by more than 30,000 light bulbs will be set up for the event. The artworks (pictured left) will be brought to life by a team of sculptors with more than 15 years of experience. Magic by Moonlight organiser Sam Crocker said “as a father of two young children, I’ve experienced firsthand the enchantment that a child’s imagination can bring. We are incredibly excited to transform George Pentland Gardens into a magical wonderland to nurture these imaginations.” A portion of ticket sales will be donated to Peninsula Health. To buy tickets visit magicbymoonlight.com. au. Picture: Supplied
Council considers another high-rise Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au FRANKSTON councillors have given approval to a high-rise apartment building in Frankston, but its fate will ultimately be decided by VCAT. The application submitted was for a 14-storey building at 424-426 Nepean Highway, Frankston. A planning permit for the site was first issued in September 2018, but the proposal has since undergone numerous changes. Earlier his year, the developer applied for the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to consider its amended 14-storey plans (pictured right). At a meeting last week, a majority of
Frankston councillors agreed that council would have issued a planning permit for the proposal had it not been for the VCAT application. Council will inform VCAT of its position by the time of the scheduled amendment proceeding on 12 August. Council officers recommended that councillors approve the project. They wrote that they “consider that the amended plans are generally consistent with the objectives of the planning policy framework and respond in an appropriate manner to the urban context of the subject land subject to conditions on any planning permit issued.” Councillors Nathan Conroy, Suzette Tayler, Kris Bolam, David Asker, and Brad Hill voted to approve the proposal.
Councillors Glenn Aitken and Claire Harvey voted against, and councillor Sue Baker abstained. The planned 14-storey building will host dwellings and retail spaces. Proposed high-rise buildings along Nepean Highway have sparked vocal community backlash during this council term. Protesters to Nepean Highway developments have collectively dubbed them the “Great Wall of Frankston”. Two high-rise proposals along Nepean Highway in Frankston have been considered by VCAT this year. It approved the “Harbour” proposal for 446-450 Nepean Highway in April, then just this month rejected a plan for a 14-storey proposal at 438-444 Nepean Highway (“VCAT rejects high-rise plan” The Times 24/7/24).