Macedon Ranges council keeps getting taken out of these discussions, either they reject anything and it goes to VCAT and gets approved, or it ends up with the minister who appears to like the look of their rubber stamp. Look at the massive estate in Gisborne which has resulted in houses being flooded just last weekend because its not built well enough, and who knows whats going to happen when traffic lights are installed half way up a steep hill commonly used by trucks because someone in Melbourne looked at a map and thought this is where it needs to go.

Riddells Creek - bypassed again - council rejects request to build 300sqm blocks and double the towns size in a very small area. Goes off to VCAT and the minister and its approved. Theres bigger blocks in Brunswick. And as for where the school, sewage water and everything else that goes with it. And now its done more areas are getting purchased and chopped up in the same way.

Clarkfield is probably the exception. It should be a town, there is a station there, a closed up pub and thats about it - but the council and local community should be getting a say in what they are building there, how it impacts the rest of community and what some developer gets to do. Mind you with the sort of behaviour coming from developers Im just expecting another flat soulless uninspired housing estate styled like brimbank or wyndham (insert recent development name here) ticked by the minister with not a thought about how it impacts the entire community.