The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has approved the third and final stage of Hallmarc’s 10-building masterplanned community, in Melbourne’s southern suburbs.
Agreement was reached at a tribunal-mandated compulsory conference between the Melbourne-based residential, commercial and retail developer and the Bayside City Council.
The decision allows Hallmarc’s plans for four buildings with 245 apartments to go ahead in Highett, about 16km south-east of Melbourne CBD.
The buildings will include a mix of one, two, three and four-bedroom apartments, as well as a cafe, gym, swimming pool, cinema, business lounge and a network of communal open spaces.
Hallmarc said it had sold out the two previous stages of the masterplan, made up of a total six buildings.
It’s the third time this year Hallmarc has gone through VCAT for rulings.
In January the tribunal came down in the developer’s favour, approving a 184-warehouse project at Lots A and B, Akuna Drive, Williamstown North, after planning permission was refused by Hobsons Bay City Council.
And last month the developer won approval from the tribunal for a mixed-use residential building in Melbourne’s north-western suburbs, amending and deleting a series of conditions imposed by the Banyule City Council.
In that case, Hallmarc had applied to build an eight to 10-storey mixed-use structure after the council agreed to sell the air rights above one of its owned and operated carparks at Heidelberg, about 11km from Melbourne city centre.
