Planning permit

  • Councillors approve five houses

    Colac Otway Shire’s councillors have granted permits for new homes to be built at Apollo Bay, Birregurra, Irrewillipe East, Murroon and Wongarra, with their new delegation powers. 

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  • Development applications on exhibition

    Colac Otway Shire Council is currently exhibiting plans for subdivisions and houses across the shire.

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  • Colac Otway to consider housing and supermarket

    A council planning meeting today will determine the fate of a 27-house development in Colac and a retail development in Apollo Bay.

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  • Birregurra event venue receives council permit

    A wedding events space in Birregurra has been given the green light on a permit, after operating for years without the correct permit.

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  • Hotel plan for Colac

    A proposed three-storey, 20-room residential hotel, with function room, café and medical centre in central Colac would aim to provide modern visitor accommodation, short-term worker accommodation and business opportunities, if it gains planning approval.

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  • Wartime onion factory demolition proposed

    A historic but dilapidated former onion-drying factory in Colac West could be demolished over safety concerns.

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  • Motel expansion gets the green light

    A 16-unit expansion of Port Campbell’s motel has the green light, about two decades after developers initially proposed a major hotel for the site.

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  • New home needs costly reports before approvals

    Colac Otway Shire Council has deferred a decision on a proposed Coragulac home for the second time, over concerns about a former landfill nearby.

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