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The recent news that the State Government will proceed with a review of the Fishermans Bend Strategic Framework Plan means it's time to have a look at the current state of play up to this point.

The City of Port Phillip have been listing the majority of all proposed and approved planning applications within Fishermans Bend as part of any planning application that is lodged with the council within their part of the urban renewal area.

The latest applications which have been lodged and are currently being assessed by the City of Port Phillip are 165-167 and 179 Gladstone Street in South Melbourne.

Approved

• 161 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne
• 164 Ingles Street, Port Melbourne
• 6-78 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne
• 15-87 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne
• 199-201 Normanby Road, Southbank
• 89-103 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne
• 134-150 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne

Approved by the Planning Minister during 2010, prior to the rezoning of Fishermans Bend

• 400-430 City Road, Southbank

​These eight projects provide for 4,349 dwellings or roughly 8,000 new residents for Fishermans Bend should they be built. This equates to approximately 10% of the envisaged final population of around 80,000 residents.

Proposed

City of Port Phillip have given their provisional decision on the majority of all outstanding planning applications which have yet to be ruled upon by the MPA. Projects which have Council support include:

• 60-82 Johnson Street, South Melbourne
• 228-232 Normanby Road, Southbank
• 101 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne
• 165-167 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne
• 179 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne

Applications which have not gained support or in which City of Port Phillip have marked concerns include:

• 134-142 Ferrars Street, South Melbourne
• 2-4 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne
• ​​320-332 Plummer Street, Port Melbourne
• 171-183 Ferrars Street, South Melbourne
• 261, 271-281 Ingles Street Port Melbourne

It's worth noting that 60-82 Johnson Street is according to the MPA website close to a final decision, although their latest update was provided during January. It's believed the project is either approved or very close to.

And of the rest?

City of Port Phillip are not listing any Lorimer Precinct project within their April application summary, given the area falls within the City of Melbourne. All the applications below essentially abut Docklands, with ten towers spread across four development sites.

• 351-387 Ingles Street, Port Melbourne
• 150-160 Turner Street, Port Melbourne
• 85-93 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne
• 850-858 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne

Very much present on either respective architect's website as being active, yet not present on either the MPA register or City of Port Phillip's summary are both South Melbourne projects seen below. One wonders where the fortunes of these two developments lie?

• 166-168 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne
• 15-35 Thistlethwaite Street, South Melbourne

Addendum

There are indeed two April PDFs in circulation at the moment, showing either MPA or COPP delegated projects. Safe to say both above projects and a handful of newly found planning applications are alive and well.