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Whittlesea RSL president Angela Roper, Harold Hawson, Bob Mirielees, Patrick Rye, Alan Justce and Thomas Roger Hurrey, at the Whittlesea Memorial Arch. (Damjan Janevski) 544790_04
Lest we forget Communities across the northern suburbs will come together to commemorate Anzac Day on Saturday 25 April. As the sun rises, locals will join veterans at the Doreen, Whittlesea and Craigieburn dawn services. Story: P2.
New estate grows Whittlesea council is set to transform unused land across the Whittlesea Public Gardens into 25 residential lots over the next two years. The Garden View Estate Lalor project will deliver a new local road, and a housing development including three affordable homes. Council is set to commence the design of the road, drainage, utilities and landscaping components of the development. Council will then begin infrastructure construction in 2027, subject to funding. Whittlesea mayor Lawrie Cox said the
residential development is in an ideal location close to the gardens and existing infrastructure in Lalor. “Garden View Estate Lalor will be a fantastic example of how surplus council land can be turned into valuable homes for the benefit of our community,” Cr Cox said. Council said the three lots allocated for affordable housing will provide much-needed support to people experiencing housing stress. “[Th is] could include young families, older people, women, key workers and people with disabilities,” council said.
The other 22 lots will be sold on the open market, where buyers will select their home from a range of houses designed by council in response to community feedback from 2024. Council said the revenue from these future land sales will be reinvested into other community priorities. In May 2025 council approved a permit to subdivide the land on the eastern edge of the gardens into 25 lots. The residential development is a key action of the Whittlesea Public Gardens Master Plan that council adopted in 2018. Council is funding the civil design of the
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development through its 2025-26 Capital Program. The construction timeline is subject to funding approval in the upcoming 2026-27 council budget. The construction works include building a new local road that extends northbound from Barry Road, with a connection through to Benaroon Drive, this construction is expected to start in 2027 and be completed in 2028. Once this infrastructure is in place and landowners have secured the relevant permits, construction of the new homes will commence.
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