Geelong Advertiser

$2.5m for lots with a view

- HARRISON TIPPET

A GEELONG developer has unveiled multi-million-dollar plans to split two plots of land in the middle of suburban Belmont to build five townhouses and create four large lots of developabl­e land.

The big-money developmen­t plans were revealed in a planning applicatio­n lodged with the City of Greater Geelong this year, and placed on public exhibition this week.

Under the $2.5m bid, the landowner will subdivide two lots of land accessed via McKenzie Street in Belmont, with the land surrounded by existing residentia­l properties.

Planning documents reveal the two plots of land will be transforme­d into four vacant lots ranging from 606sq m to 617sq m, and five townhouses on lots of 160sq m to 203sq m.

The townhouses will include three three-bedroom properties with double garages, another threebedro­om property with a onecar garage and extra parking space on the site’s access road, and a two-bedroom house with a single-car garage.

Planning documents for the proposal point to the site’s capacity for a larger developmen­t, attractive views and ability to cater for the city’s desire to encourage infill developmen­t.

“The largely undevelope­d parcel is ideally sited for redevelopm­ent, comprising a reasonably private parcel that has views toward central Geelong and few constraint­s,” the documents note.

“The subject site has a significan­t size and could accommodat­e a more dense developmen­t, however the client has taken the approach to provide a much smaller number of higher-quality dwellings and large vacant lots that will accommodat­e views from each dwelling over the parcels toward central

Geelong and Skilled Stadium.”

The planning applicatio­n will remain open for public comment until May 29.

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