Grantville growth sent back to the drawing board

BASS Coast Shire’s recent meeting presented a proposed development plan at 10-20 Grantville-Glen Alvie Road, Grantville. 

The development plan received two submissions to take into consideration when councillors were asked to endorse it.

The proposed development plan included: 

• A road down the centre of 10-12 Grantville-Glen Alvie Road to provide access to future residential lots 

• A second road bisected by the property boundary between 14-16 and 18-20 Grantville-Glen Alvie Road to provide future access to future residential development on these properties.  

• A 3-metre-wide reserve generally along the southern boundary proposed to provide direct pedestrian access to the existing reserve connecting Brazier St and Bass Highway to provide access to the future retail area.

However, Cr Clare Le Serve raised an alternative motion on the application stating that council should refuse to endorse the proposed development.

“At this stage I raise the alternative motion on the grounds that the proposed plan does not appropriately avoid and minimize the loss of native vegetation and the road layout does not provide an acceptable road network to adequately service all three lots to which it applies,” said Cr Le Serve. 

“We seek good planning for the community of Grantville, and it is for these reason that I put forward this application at this stage, I agree we need a development plan overlay for this area; however, this doesn’t address the private waste service and private road infrastructure.

“There is no evidence in the current proposal that 14-16 or 18-20 are interested in this subdivision or for it to go ahead in the near future. I acknowledge there will be trees planted in the subdivision, but I believe that with the small block sizes, that residence will be unlikely to be able to plant trees in their backyard. 

“At this stage the 20x300 sq meter lots doesn’t give a good outcome to the whole area, and I don’t know whether CFA emergency services will have access to the properties. Waste services can’t access the proposed allotments and all ratepayers should have access to Bass Coast waste services.” 

Council’s planning department confirmed that they worked with the developer on this proposal, but that ‘it isn’t ideal’, as the turning circle proposed isn’t sufficient for emergency service and waste management services to access the small blocks.

In which case private waste management would need to be sorted.

Based on the concerns, Cr Le Serve’s alternative motion was carried.