DUNKELD DEBATE

A COMPLEX matter concerning planning applications for 135 Fairburn Street, Dunkeld was heard by the Southern Grampians Shire last week; the landowner is expecting to offer boutique group accommodation with this view. Adjacent landowners have lodged objections, but the applications were passed with one councillor voting against. Photo: LARA FITZPATRICK.

By Mark Rabich

April 18, 2023 | 4:00 PM

LAST week’s Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) meeting opened with a long and complex discussion relating to a proposal for four self-contained group accommodation dwellings at the foot of Mt Sturgeon, but the outcome to approve the plan still has at least a Supreme Court case pending to resolve the matter entirely.

135 Fairburn Street sits just north-west of the centre of Dunkeld, near the Consolidated School and is prime real estate, with spectacular views of the southern end of the Grampians towering over a significant part of the horizon.