Planning

Gas works light up Harbour Esplanade

March 28th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

Gas and electricity giant APA Group is carrying out works in Docklands to prepare for repairs and maintenance.

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Government puts Mission to Seafarers building out to tender

March 5th, 2025 - Sean Car

The Victorian Government’s Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) is inviting expressions of interest from commercial operators to activate the heritage-listed Mission to Seafarers building in Docklands.

“A complete rethink”: Calls for state government to return to E-Gate

February 26th, 2025 - Sean Car

With construction of the West Gate Tunnel Project nearing an end, calls are reemerging for the state government to revisit urban renewal in E-Gate to address critical shortfalls in housing, schools and open space.

New face leads Development Victoria

February 21st, 2025 - Sean Car

Docklands’ authority Development Victoria (DV) has a new CEO in former Lendlease and Mirvac figure Anne Jolic, who will lead the state government’s property development agency into its next critical phase.

High school hopes dashed as Costco site to be used for pathology

January 28th, 2025 - Sean Car

The Costco site in Docklands will not house a new secondary school as many local families had been hoping for, with the supermarket giant understood to have sold the building to a medical institution.

Central Pier vanishing before our eyes

January 28th, 2025 - Sean Car

Development Victoria says it is continuing to make “good progress” on works to remove Central Pier, but an expected end date remains unknown.

Future of heritage vessels in Docklands remains unclear

January 28th, 2025 - Sean Car

Heritage boating operators continue to await answers regarding their long-term futures in Docklands from Development Victoria, which says it expects to provide more information “in the coming weeks”.

Restoration of shipping control tower continues

January 28th, 2025 - Sean Car

Development Victoria says it is aiming to complete restoration of the historic North Wharf Shipping Tower by the middle of the year, but that it isn’t currently considering future uses for the structure.