VCAT Hall of Fame: Rock festival
In 2019 VCAT shot down the Bass Coast Shire Council and gave the green light to the Pyramid Rock festival organisers.
Planning: our future
In this second last week of our planning series we look at planning from both an objector and developers’ perspective, battles, failures and controversies.
VCAT hall of fame
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) is the state body that makes rulings on planning disputes, aiming to find common ground between objectors, developers and the shire.
There are numerous examples over the past decade of VCAT battles, showing developers often but don’t always win, and ultimately – and critically – VCAT is guided by our local policies.
ROCK FESTIVAL
In 2019 VCAT shot down the Bass Coast Shire Council and gave the green light to the Pyramid Rock festival organisers for a second, annual music festival on Phillip Island to be held in February or March.
Council had voted to issue a permit for a one-off music festival at the Phillip Island racetrack but would not issue an ongoing annual permit until it had assessed the full impacts of the first one.
Opposing an open ended and ongoing permit, the council argued at VCAT the time had come to draw the line at the number of large events held on Phillip Island, until a full review was completed.
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