Urban Development and Planning

Funding news disappoints Splendour's hometown

Urban Development and Planning - 31 July 2010 - 7:37am
The New South Wales north coast has given a frosty reception to the news that a Queensland festival site has been promised a $3 million upgrade.

London launches bike hire scheme

Urban Development and Planning - 30 July 2010 - 7:20pm
The first large-scale bicycle hire scheme in Britain will get under way in London on Friday (local time).

Scrap 'nightmare' city of Weddell, says Sawyer

Urban Development and Planning - 30 July 2010 - 5:22pm
Darwin's Lord Mayor Graeme Sawyer says the planned satellite city of Weddell is a nightmare and should not go ahead.

Overdue truck bypass opens

Urban Development and Planning - 30 July 2010 - 12:47pm
A truck bypass that cost $5.5 million will be officially opened at Millicent in south-east South Australia today.

Council takes dim view of lap dancing

Urban Development and Planning - 30 July 2010 - 11:35am
The Tweed Shire Council is to take legal action against a Tweed Heads lap-dancing club.

Palmview development project on hold

Urban Development and Planning - 30 July 2010 - 10:18am
The Sunshine Coast Regional Council has put its structure plan for the greenfield development at Palmview in south-east Queensland on hold.

School warning signs not enough: parents

Urban Development and Planning - 30 July 2010 - 10:00am
The New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) has installed fluorescent warning signs outside a Lake Macquarie primary school where parents are lobbying for a 40kph zone.

Second supermarket gets planning nod

Urban Development and Planning - 30 July 2010 - 9:43am
Almost two years after the initial application was submitted, the Macedon Ranges Council has approved a planning permit for a second supermarket in Woodend.

Administrators targeted in parking meter row

Urban Development and Planning - 30 July 2010 - 9:33am
Negotiations are continuing to come up with a new approach to parking meters in Wollongong CBD that will satisfy both shoppers, business owners and Wollongong council.

Aboriginal legal bid over bypass heritage row

Urban Development and Planning - 30 July 2010 - 8:16am
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has launched court action against the state's heritage council over the Brighton bypass land dispute.

Opposition wants housing project axed

Urban Development and Planning - 30 July 2010 - 7:01am
The New South Wales Opposition has criticised a social housing project at Narooma on the far south coast, saying the development should not go ahead at the proposed site.

Salvos' bottleshop concerns

Urban Development and Planning - 29 July 2010 - 8:00pm
A peak national welfare group wants a crackdown on Tasmanian liquor licensing laws for bottleshops.

Forum set to help design future satellite city

Urban Development and Planning - 29 July 2010 - 5:13pm
A forum will be held in Darwin this year to exchange ideas about the type of place the new satellite city of Weddell will be.

Resort plans boost case for airport

Urban Development and Planning - 29 July 2010 - 1:47pm
The Augusta-Margaret River Shire says proposed five-star resorts in south-west Western Australia would increase the need for an international airport to service the region.

Guidelines revealed for airport technology park

Urban Development and Planning - 29 July 2010 - 11:41am
Design guidelines have been released for the proposed Geraldton Airport Technology Park.

Cemetery spells death for Sydney market garden

Urban Development and Planning - 29 July 2010 - 11:25am
A second generation Chinese market gardener says his lease on Crown Land in Sydney's south shouldn't have to end to make way for a cemetery.

Oval resurfacing 'well overdue'

Urban Development and Planning - 29 July 2010 - 11:25am
Work will begin within the coming year on the resurfacing of the Queen Elizabeth Oval.

Council rejects rural rezoning plan

Urban Development and Planning - 29 July 2010 - 11:11am
Wingecarribee council has rejected a New South Wales Government proposal to further rezone rural land for two large housing developments at Moss Vale.

Council snubs fast-food restaurant again

Urban Development and Planning - 29 July 2010 - 10:18am
The Port Macquarie-Hastings council last night refused for a second time the application for a new fast-food outlet on Greenmeadows Drive.

Residents want 'flawed' Tillegra Dam dumped

Urban Development and Planning - 29 July 2010 - 9:32am
Some of the 100 people attending a Tillegra Dam forum in Newcastle last night say the project has already caused untold angst in the Dungog community.
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