Man with a plan
Jason Dowling
June 24, 2011Matthew Guy wants to throw out the state's planning system and start afresh. But not everyone is happy about it.
Guy has hit the ground running.
The energetic 37-year-old, once referred to in Parliament as the Liberal Party's answer to Bart Simpson, is approaching planning in Victoria like it is a snow dome that has sat on the shelf for 10 years and needs a good shake.
He has also established a ''housing affordability unit'' in the Planning Department and made planning changes to encourage new housing in regional centres such as Ballarat and Traralgon.
The metropolitan policy will be informed by a raft of reviews that were promised in the lead-up to the election. They include a ''liveability audit'' that will look at a neighbourhood's population capacity and services, an audit of government-owned land to consider places available for development, a review of green wedge areas, a population strategy and a stocktake of public open space.
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