VCAT

  • Falls Festival’s demise ‘gutting’ for club

    Falls Festival’s decision to pull out of plans for a festival near Birregurra will cost the local footy club $250,000, setting back a pavilion redevelopment.

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  • Falls Festival VCAT showdown

    The legal battle to host Falls Festival near Birregurra is shaping up to be an old-fashioned standoff.  

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  • VCAT win for councillor

    A Surf Coast Shire Councillor is calling for more transparency in local governments after successfully pursuing a Freedom of Information case against her own council.

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  • Tribunal case for bottle-o

    The battle over a proposed big-name bottle shop at Apollo Bay will head to a planning tribunal.

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  • Council will defend liquor store decision

    Colac Otway Shire Council says it will engage an external representative if the developers of an Apollo Bay liquor store appeal a council decision to block the store.

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  • Cobden servo sign blocked

    The state planning umpire has upheld Corangamite Shire Council’s decision to block a permit for a floodlit promotional sign at a Cobden service station.

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  • Council quarry appeal queried

    A frustrated landowner has asked why Colac Otway Shire Council is spending ratepayers’ money on taking a business to a tribunal instead of going to the State Government to resolve an issue.

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  • Tribunal overturns Birre motel permit

    More than 35 Birregurra residents are celebrating a tribunal’s decision to overturn council approval for a motel development in the town, after proving plans were inaccurate.

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