Tuesday, 29 October 2024

Southern Metropolitan Region

Georgie CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (13:02): (1190) My constituency question is for the Minister for Planning, and it is in relation to a number of issues but particularly around the backlog of strategic planning work that needs authorisation. Some of these issues that are pending go back to November 2023. I particularly want to make note of the areas around Bentleigh and Bentleigh East and the C247 Bentleigh East design and development overlay controls lodged with the minister for approval earlier this year. There is the Bentleigh structure plan, and also the McKinnon heritage review has been lodged. I really want to understand this because we know that back in 2014 the member, Mr Staikos, had real concerns around development. At the time he said:

I attended the Glen Eira Council Meeting last night to support local Bentleigh residents objecting to inappropriate development on their streets.

This is the current member. These issues are very important for the Glen Eira council and local residents who have done a lot of work on these issues, and I would ask the minister to provide the community with where they are at.