Property Council demands more Melbourne shoebox apartment plague

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By Leith van Onselen

In November 2016, the Victorian Government implemented C270 planning controls, which attempted to boost the quality of apartment construction by laying-out setbacks, building separations, plot ratios and podium heights, as well as allowing developers to only exceed density limits if they met a public benefit threshold.

Now, the Property Council has used a 104-page report it commissioned to seek the removal of C270. From The AFR:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.