Planning and heritage
East Melbourne & Jolimont Magazine Summer 2019
Local magazine published by the East Melbourne Group covering matters of local concern. Community news.
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East Melbourne Housing Classifications - review 2000
In 2000 the City of Melbourne initiated a review of property classifications in East Melbourne. The proposal was to remove all the properties from the Heritage Inventory which had a grading of E or F. In the future the Inventory would only include four levels of classification, from A to D.
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 364-370
Newspaper clipping about a new development that will take place at 364-370 Albert Street, East Melbourne. The plans were modified from the original application and approved after a VCAT hearing. The article also mentions other major developments in the area, many of which were objectors at the hearing.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 181-189. Grounds for objecting to the VCAT appeal
A document prepared by neighbour Richard Williams, for VCAT hearing in the case of 181-189 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. The Applicant had been refused a permit by the Council to build three three-storey apartments on the site in 2014.
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East Melbourne, Hoddle Street 1081, Ascot - fire
Newspaper clipping reporting a suspiscious fire that occured at a property in East Melbourne. The address is not given but the property was Ascot, 1081 Hoddle Street, East Melbourne. The property had recently been the site of a planning application for a mult-storey building.
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Fight to save the Ola Cohn Centre
Two items pertaining to the planned sale of the Ola Cohn Centre which would have meant the loss of the building to its occupiers, The Melbourne Society of Women Sculptors and Painters.
1. A letter to members of the East Melbourne Group seeking support in fighting the sale.
2. A newspaper clipping from similar date outlining the issue.
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Jolimont Street planned office building 'flawed'
Newspaper clipping reporting on the proposed re-development of 86-88 Jolimont Street. Initial plans for the new office building were rejected by Council. Report gives a detailed background to the story.
The developer is named as Geoff Harris, philanthropist and Flight Centre co-founder. Previous owner of the site was Cricket Victoria.
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Kick for Demons
Newspaper clipping reporting on plan by the Melbourne Football Club to build a training ground in Yarra Park with associated office building over the adjacent railway line. Residents, led by the East Melbourne Group, strongly opposed the plan.
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