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Orphanage apartment project tests suburban planning laws and our appetite for change

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Orphanage apartment project tests suburban planning laws and our appetite for change
The Age
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Orphanage apartment project tests suburban planning laws and our appetite for change
Converting a historic orphanage in Surrey Hills to housing would be “unlawful” for a council to approve, but it’s a test case for the state government’s appetite to back medium and high-rise developments outside designated activity centres.
Orphanage apartment project tests suburban planning laws and our appetite for change
Converting a historic orphanage in Surrey Hills to housing would be “unlawful” for a council to approve, but it’s a test case for the state government’s appetite to back medium and high-rise developments outside designated activity centres.
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