27 January 2011
Four Yarra community members have been recognised in Yarra Council’s annual Australia Day Awards.
31 January 2011
Yarra Council is seeking community feedback on a proposal to lease the former Social Club building at Victoria Park to the Collingwood Football Club Foundation.
02 February 2011
Yarra residents who witness acts of alleged tree vandalism are being asked to report the matter immediately to Council.
03 February 2011
The six-week community consultation on plans for the redevelopment of Richmond’s Channel Nine site begins next week.
07 February 2011
Yarra Council is among the first group of Victorian Councils to introduce Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) requirements for planning permit applications.
11 February 2011
Construction of a raingarden at North Fitzroy’s Edinburgh Gardens is on track, with Council expected to consider tenders at its February meeting.
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17 February 2011
Council has accepted all recommendations by independent consultants Ernst & Young following their assessment of Yarra’s fraud and corruption control procedures.
17 February 2011
Yarra Council is expected to make decisions on two planning matters at a Special Council meeting next week.
22 February 2011
Yarra Council is seeking a meeting with the Minister for Planning Matthew Guy to discuss the government’s intentions for a multi-million dollar redevelopment of Richmond Station.
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23 February 2011
Yarra Council has rejected a planning permit application for a redevelopment of the heritage-protected Dimmeys site in Cremorne.
23 February 2011
Yarra Council will advise Heritage Victoria that it opposes the construction of a classroom building at the Abbotsford Convent site.
16 March 2011
Yarra Council will seek community feedback in coming months on a proposal for many outdoor areas to be made smoke-free.
24 March 2011
Council is encouraging Yarra residents to clean out their cupboards or pick up a bargain at next month’s Garage Sale Trail.
04 April 2011
Council fears new tree pruning rules could threaten hundreds of trees in Yarra.
06 April 2011
Finishing a $7.8 million upgrade of the Collingwood Leisure Centre, preparing for construction of the North Fitzroy Library and restoring a Richmond community facility are among the highlights of Yarra Council’s Proposed 2011/2012 Budget.
15 April 2011
The Yarra community now has a new champion for carbon reduction, with the launch of the Yarra Energy Foundation.
18 April 2011
Construction of a Clifton Hill sporting pavilion could start in late 2011 after Council last week approved plans for the pavilion.
18 April 2011
Channel Nine’s popular renovation show The Block has started filming its next series in Richmond.
20 April 2011
Local not-for-profit community groups are invited to apply for funding under Council’s 2012 Annual Grants program, which opens today.
21 April 2011
The proposed North Fitzroy Community Hub has secured a home on St Georges Road, enabling the next stage of planning to begin on the $13.2 million project.
27 April 2011
Dame Nellie Melba will be celebrated in a series of free public events in May to mark the 150th anniversary of her birth in Richmond.
04 May 2011
Council has welcomed the State Government's funding for the return of Circus Oz to Collingwood and a study into the Doncaster rail link.
05 May 2011
Yarra businesses can now sign up to a program that saves them money on their bills and helps them reduce carbon emissions.
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18 May 2011
Yarra Council is urging the State Government to consider trialling a supervised injecting facility to help reduce rates of public injecting, overdoses and discarded syringes.
24 May 2011
Yarra Council will request that the Minister for Planning appoint a joint independent planning panel and advisory committee to consider more than 100 submissions about the proposed redevelopment of Richmond’s Channel 9 site.
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31 May 2011
Yarra City Council has welcomed Heritage Victoria’s refusal to issue a permit for the construction of a classroom building at the Abbotsford Convent site.
03 June 2011
A free service that transforms barely-used backyards into productive food gardens was among the award-winning ideas recognised at the 2011 Yarra Sustainability Awards this month.
03 June 2011
The Yarra community will have an opportunity to walk a mile in the shoes of a refugee, when the Refugee Realities event comes to Collingwood Town Hall this month.
08 June 2011
Yarra Council has reversed its decision to impose a fee on traders for the use of outdoor heaters.
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09 June 2011
A $31 million capital works program will get underway in Yarra in the next financial year after Council adopted its 2011/2012 Budget earlier this week.
30 June 2011
Collingwood is about to become a little greener with the opening of the Peel Street Park.
20 July 2011
The fertility of possums in North Carlton’s Curtain Square is set to be restricted under a two-year trial, aimed at reducing the park’s possum population and reviving its unhealthy trees.
21 July 2011
The local community was unlikely to have much of a say in the development of important sites in Yarra after the Minister for Planning seized planning control of them, Yarra Council said today.
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28 July 2011
A proposed 17-storey development in Abbotsford would appear monolithic and should not be approved, Yarra Council decided last night.
29 July 2011
Council has approved a permit to demolish a 1950s Council-owned building near the Collingwood Town Hall, but the demolition won’t occur until the full Council has made a formal decision to proceed with it.
02 August 2011
The City of Yarra has been named Victorian Sustainable City of the Year at the annual Sustainable Cities and Clean Beach Awards.
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17 August 2011
Yarra Council will advise Heritage Victoria that it does not support the construction of a new classroom building at the heritage-listed Abbotsford Convent site.
31 August 2011
New figures showing ambulances are attending more than 250 heroin overdoses in Yarra each year support the need for a trial supervised injecting facility, Yarra Mayor Alison Clarke said.
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19 September 2011
Yarra Council is on the look-out for unsafe, illegal rooming houses operating above shops, after another property in Victoria Street had to be evacuated earlier this month.
19 September 2011
Work is underway to build a new maternal and child health facility at the redeveloped North Richmond Community Health Centre, as the completion of the first stage of the redevelopment was celebrated over the weekend.
27 September 2011
Cyclists are encouraged to join in a free community breakfast at North Fitzroy’s Edinburgh Gardens to celebrate national Ride to Work Day on Wednesday 12 October.
20 October 2011
An independent planning panel and advisory committee set up to review the proposed 550-dwelling development of Richmond's Channel 9 site has recommended the development be approved.
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08 November 2011
Yarra Council is urging people camping at Edinburgh Gardens to end their stay at the popular residential park peacefully.
09 November 2011
Yarra Council will inform Heritage Victoria that it objects to a redevelopment proposal which would see a 17-storey building constructed near the iconic brew tower at the former Yorkshire Brewery in Collingwood.
09 November 2011
Views of one of Melbourne’s most beloved buildings will be spoilt after VCAT approved a 10-storey building on Cremorne’s Dimmeys site, Yarra Mayor Alison Clarke said today.
11 November 2011
Campers at the Edinburgh Gardens have left the gardens peacefully.
14 November 2011
Yarra Council is calling on the State Government to abandon its support for an east-west road tunnel, saying the project would harm the liveability of Melbourne’s inner-city.
18 November 2011
Melbourne icon Victoria Park will enter a new era as a major community recreation space at a massive celebration event in early December.
30 November 2011
Yarra Council won’t appeal to the Supreme Court against VCAT’s approval of a 10-storey development on the heritage-listed Dimmeys site.
07 December 2011
Yarra Council is already acting to improve its processes in light of the Victorian Auditor General’s report on managing contaminated sites, tabled in State Parliament today.
16 December 2011
Protecting Yarra from over-development and calming traffic will be two priorities of Yarra Council in 2012, according to newly-elected Mayor Cr Geoff Barbour.
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21 December 2011
Yarra Council has approved a $400 million redevelopment of the former Channel 9 site in Richmond subject to the maximum height being reduced to six storeys and other important conditions.