What is proposed

The application in detail, with a source for every figure. Everything here comes from documents Council has advertised.

The application

• Application numberPP-909/2025
• Address297–307 Roslyn Road, Highton
• Lodged31 October 2025
• ApplicantMetropol Planning Solutions Pty Ltd
• Estimated cost$2,500,000
• Existing conditionsDescribed in the application form as a single dwelling
• LandLot 1 and Lot 2 on LP95274, Certificate of Title Volume 8942 Folio 716

Source: Application Form, p.1, and Council’s application page.

The childcare centre

• Places116 children
• Room breakdown88 places across four rooms for ages 3–5; 16 places for ages 2–3; 12 places for ages 0–2
• Hours6:30 am to 6:30 pm, weekdays
• Childcare site area2,630.5 m²
• Building area873.0 m², single storey
• Outdoor play areaApproximately 843.5 m²

Source: FI – Planning Report, p.6; Application Plans, drawing TP100 Rev B.

Parking and access

• Spaces for the centre25, including one accessible space. Six are in tandem pairs; three inboard tandem spaces are marked staff-only, leaving 22 for staff and for pick-up and drop-off.
• Spaces for the dwelling2, in a double garage
• Planning scheme requirementThe applicant’s report calculates 25 required for the centre (0.22 spaces per child) and 2 for the dwelling — 27 required, 27 proposed. On the applicant’s figures the requirement is met and no reduction is sought.
• Vehicle accessA single new crossover at the north-eastern part of the Roslyn Road frontage. The existing Roslyn Road crossover would be removed.

Source: FI – Planning Report, p.6 and Table 3; Application Plans, drawing TP100 Rev B.

This matters for what you write. Council’s guide says objections about street parking availability can only be considered where an application seeks to reduce the statutory parking requirement. This one does not. See What Council can consider.

The dwelling

The application includes one two-storey dwelling facing Remony Avenue, with access from Remony Avenue, a double garage and private open space at the rear. Its maximum height was reduced to 7.334 m during the application.

The applicant’s planning report states that no permit is required for the use or development of this dwelling under the zone. If you are writing a submission, this is worth knowing before you spend it on the house.

Source: FI – Planning Report, pp.4 and 21; RFI Response, p.1.

Permit triggers

The applicant’s report identifies three clauses under which a permit is required:

• Clause 32.09-2 — to use land for a child care centre
• Clause 32.09-10 — to construct buildings or carry out works for that use
• Clause 44.05-2 — to construct buildings or carry out works in the Special Building Overlay

Council’s advertised description of the proposal also includes removal of native vegetation, which does not appear in that table. A separate Biodiversity Assessment is advertised and addresses vegetation removal, so this may simply be a difference in how the two documents are organised. It is a reasonable thing to ask Council about.

Source: FI – Planning Report, Table 2, p.20; Council application page, Proposal field.

Site context

• ZoneNeighbourhood Residential Zone, Schedule 8 — identified as an incremental change area
• OverlaysDesign and Development Overlay Schedule 14; Special Building Overlay (in part)
• Combined land areaApproximately 8,241 m² across both lots
• NearbyThe applicant’s report identifies Highton Primary School and Bellevue Preschool Centre within 200 metres

Source: FI – Planning Report, pp.9 and 20; official DEECA and VicPlan property reports.

Staging

The applicant’s planning report describes this application as “the first stage of the development of the wider site”, with the balance intended for future residential development. It refers to a separate permit granted on 9 January 2026 (PP-825/2025) realigning the two existing lots, and to proposed Plan of Subdivision PS930686Y.

The July 2026 civil peer review also refers to a townhouse proposal at the same property under application PP-102/2026, and assesses its drainage alongside this one. The number of townhouses, the status of that application and how it relates to the final subdivided lots are not established by the documents advertised for PP-909.

Source: FI – Planning Report, p.4; FI – Peer Review, p.1.