24th October 2011   A BREWERY planned for Cape Schanck has got the nod despite impassioned pleas from residents for it to be rejected. See the article here. For more about the Barragunda brewery development see this page

30th September 2011  BILLIONAIRE tycoon Solomon Lew’s controversial Mt Eliza pool has won a temporary reprieve. See the article here

20th September 2011   NO CHANGE to the peninsula’s urban-growth boundary.
That’s the unanimous decision from Mornington Peninsula council last week. See the article here

31st August 2011   A CALL for Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors to state their position on the controversial Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre proposal has been knocked back.

Environmentalist Andrew Raff made the request during public question time at last week’s council meeting.
Mr Raff asked for those who supported the aquatic centre being built on the Rosebud foreshore to stand so their position was unambiguous.  Read the article

22 August 2011   Some residents adjacent the Village Glen fear they will be pressured to sell their homes to the expanding Rosebud West retirement complex.

Residents also told the Leader they were concerned a planned land exchange between Mornington Peninsula Shire and the Village Glen along with the retirement complex’s expansion plans would leave them encircled.    Read the article

August 15th 2011   MORNINGTON Peninsula Council has again rehired chief executive Michael Kennedy without advertising the position.
The move was slammed by ratepayer groups, who were already irate after the council rehired Dr Kennedy in 2004 and 2008 without advertising the position he has held since 1999   Read the article

August 9th 2011   MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has rebuffed an offer from Planning Minister Matthew Guy to extend urban boundaries into protected green wedge-zoned land.

Mornington Peninsula Council mayor Graham Pittock said there was no way the green wedge boundaries would be changed.
“Mornington Peninsula Shire is very firm on keeping the boundaries where they are,” Cr Pittock said.
“It’s the one thing we are all agreed on - we have to maintain our green wedge.”   Read the article

August 9th 2011   Nepean state Liberal MP Martin Dixon, who has championed a foreshore location, said he was rapt the planning process was starting. “I am confident this is a positive step and finally we have both levels of government talking,” Mr Dixon said.

Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Graham Pittock said Mr Smith’s announcement had kickstarted the planning process, but maintained there was still “no certainty” on the location for the aquatic centre.  Read the article

August 5th 2011  The Village Glen has already lodged an appeal with VCAT against Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s failure to make a decision on an application to undertake earthworks and vegetation removal at the same site.

Mr Nilsson said there were always issues in planning and they were going through those processes.
He said the plans were for a further 36 units on a 2.4 ha block on nearby St Elmos Close.
“Nothing’s ever straightforward but everything can be overcome,” he said.   Read the Article

Libraries fear funding cuts

July 9th 2011 FUNDING for Victorian public libraries has been slashed by the Baillieu Government. The Municipal Association of Victoria, the peak body for Victorian councils, says all public libraries will feel the pinch of a $5 million cut over the next four years

The State Government will not increase funding in line with inflation and has also cut the actual amount it provides    Read the rest of the article

Buck back to council officers

July 5th 2011 Abstract: 'MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors will step back from making decisions on planning applications in the green wedge. Councillors voted at a recent meeting to delegate the decision-making back to shire officers'   Read this article here

July 5th 2011  A MOVE to cap height limits in the commercial centres of many peninsula towns to two storeys has been blasted as a “knee-jerk reaction”. Cr David Gibb spoke out as fellow Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors backed the move, which will affect most smaller towns.    

Read the full article here

July 5th 2011  Abstract: 'RESIDENTS pushing for shire CEO Michael Kennedy’s contract to be advertised have been effectively rebuffed by the Mornington Peninsula Council....  "After 13 years, the people of the peninsula need to be reassured that we have the most effective CEO at the helm, not just the most entrenched,” '   Read this article here

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