The planning application for a major housing development in Peterborough will have to be re-advertised after triggering a suite of objections as well as questions from the local council.
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Warrnambool developer GOR Retreat Peterborough lodged an application for a proposed 33-lot subdivision at 8 Hamilton Street (the Great Ocean Road) in July. But in late August Moyne Shire Council sent an email to objectors saying the developer was amending the application.
The changes will reduce the number of proposed accommodation units and lots, as well as "providing more information requested by council". The application will then have to be re-advertised for further public feedback to determine whether objectors' issues have been resolved.
The development site originally received a planning permit for a large motel and restaurant back in 2014, but the project never advanced beyond a small slab of concrete being laid in the middle of an empty block. There were several objectors to the original plan, which went to the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal, but one objector said the new project was "even worse" than the previous one.
Moyne economy and place director Jodie McNamara said the council couldn't provide any detail on the amendments, or the council's requests for the developer to provide extra information.
"The amended application will be put on public notice in due course," she said.
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Ben Silvester
Correspondent covering key issues across regional Victoria, based in Melbourne.
Correspondent covering key issues across regional Victoria, based in Melbourne.
