Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Southern Metropolitan Region

Mr HAYES (Southern Metropolitan) (12:17): (1908) My question is to the Minister for Planning. Minister, residents of Hawthorn have contacted my office absolutely aghast at the lack of democracy and the government secrecy around the rezoning of the Melbourne University site at 442–450 Auburn Road, Hawthorn. The 81 residents would like to know why the development of this site has bypassed the public planning process when there is no reasonable basis for the use of section 20(4) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 to bypass the ordinary permit process and no reasonable basis for the rezoning of the land in a similar manner from public education use to residential growth zone.