Thursday, 23 June 2022

Southern Metropolitan Region

Ms CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (12:48): (1874) My constituency question is directed to the Minister for Planning. It is in relation to the site where the Bentleigh Club was formerly situated at 32–46 Huntley Road, Bentleigh. It has been sold off, and there is a proposed new development. Residents around this area are very concerned about the scale and density of the proposed development and the parking and traffic issues—it is a very congested, narrow street now—and the negative impact on the neighbourhood’s character is also particularly concerning to many residents in and around this area. I have been in correspondence with the Liberal candidate for Bentleigh, Debbie Taylor-Haynes, who has been meeting with these residents, and I am asking the minister: would he join with me and Ms Taylor-Haynes to meet with these concerned residents and to see firsthand the proposed development and how such a large development will impact on the local amenity?