INFASTRUCTURE Vision for a smaller planet Andrew Gray THE VPELATHE ARG Planning victorianrevue / planning / environmental / law / association / volume 94 March 2015 1 / VPELA Revue March 2015 VPELA Board Members Contents Executive President President 3 Tamara Brezzi Minister 7 T: 8686 6226 Shadow Minister 8 E:
[email protected] Editorial 11 Vice President (Planning) News from Planning Panels 12 Jane Monk News from VCAT 14 T: 9651 9678 E:
[email protected] Places Vice President (Legal) Urban Renewal Tip Top, Brunswick 15 Adrian Finanzio Rethinking the strip: Bridge Road 19 T: 9225 8745 Medelin, Columbia: changing the game 26 E:
[email protected] Traditional activity centres 41 Secretary VPELA UDIA Singapore Tour 46 Michael Deidun The Business T: 9628 9708 E:
[email protected] Planning in Victoria 2015? 5 Planning improvements at City of Greater Geelong 9 Treasurer Rory’s Ramble 23 Jane Sharp VCAT seminar 24 T: 9225 7627 Municipal Matters: Accretion 32 E:
[email protected] The Fast Lane 37 Executive Director Shining through or Shady? Solar panels and VCAT 38 Jessica Cutting Legal World 43 T: 8392 6383 Seminar Report: Fire and Planning 48 E:
[email protected] Planning Xchange 55 Executive Director Julie Reid People T: 8571 5269 Traffic engineering; my way 17 E:
[email protected] A day with Susan Brennan QC 21 Under the microscope: Bert Dennis 35 Members Jeff Akehurst 45 Frank Butera T: 9668 5564 New Board members 54 John Carey T: 8608 2687 YPG Jennifer Jones T: 0409 412 141 Mimi Marcus T: 9258 3871 YPG Master Class articles 50 Jillian Smith T: 9651 9542 YPG Bowls Event 52 Natasha Swan T: 0427 309 349 YPG Committee 52 Adam Terrill T: 9429 6133 Con Tsotsoros T: 8392 6402 Christine Wyatt T: 9208 3601 Newsletter editor: Bernard McNamara M: 0418 326 447 E:
[email protected] T: 9699 7025 VPELA PO Box 1291 Camberwell 3124 www.vpela.org.au T: 9813 2801 Cover photo: Minister Richard Wynne addressed an enthusiastic crowd at the VPELA Christmas Party.