Category Archives: Town Planning

What’s going on at Kyloring Housing Co-op?

By Eugenie Stockmann – Development Manager, Co-operation Housing Centrally located within the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, Kyloring Housing Co-operative will be a pocket neighbourhood of shared facilities and 25 private homes, designed to promote a healthy lifestyle, accessibility, and social connections, for successful ageing in place. UPDATE: Members and explorers gathered in ...

01
Dec
Byron Bay Affordable Housing Summit

Shelle and I recently had the great honour of being invited to Byron Bay by their Shire Council as the keynote speakers at its Affordable Housing Summit. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to visit the region and see our oldest daughter Amala, who’s been living and working there ...

19
Aug
Ecovillage lot sales eclipse predictions

Sales Update – Nov 2021 Ecovillage sales office holiday shutdown The Ecovillage Team is looking forward to a good break this holiday season and will close the sales office for a month on Friday, 17 December 2021 and reopen on Monday, 17 January 2022. Wormall Civil will be working on ...

10
Nov
Planning and design begins on Stages 4-5

Even though the project site is a flurry of construction activity, there is still a lot to design and planning work to do for future stages. Here’s an update on recent milestones and future planning activities: Community Centre We have now achieved Planning Approval from the Shire for the proposed ...

02
Sep
Renting, rentals, investments and tourism

The Witchcliffe Ecovillage will be a diverse community with a range of housing and accommodation options for everyone regardless of whether you’re an owner occupier, holidaying owner, tenant, tourist or backpacker. The policies, zoning and rules that govern short stay accommodation in particular can be tricky to navigate and are ...

27
Feb
Structure plan changes waiting for Council green light

Sustainable Settlements is proposing to modify the Ecovillage Structure Plan with changes that include: amending the zoning of our Cottage / Short-Stay lots to Tourism increasing the size of the Aged and Dependant Care Housing site to retain some existing trees increasing the density along Bussell Highway to facilitate clusters ...

27
Feb
New Ecovillage street addresses

Apart from the relief of finally receiving long-awaited lot titles and the settlement process commencing, I’m sure you all were excited to see your new street addresses whose Wardandi / Pibulmen names pay respect to the local indigenous fauna and traditional custodians of this land. You will note the new ...

17
Dec
Subdivision and creation of lot titles

The subdivision of land has many steps and can take considerable time. For a project of this complexity, there are also many layers to coordinate and the bureaucratic protocols of a variety of government departments to navigate. With the receipt of formal subdivision clearance letters from the Augusta-Margaret River Shire ...

13
Oct
Ecovillage street names approved

Ecovillage street names honour the Wadandi/Pibulmen cultural heritage of the Witchcliffe area We are excited to announce that the Ecovillage now has official street names for Stage 1, 2 and 3 roads approved by Landgate. We have chosen names that refer to the Wadandi/Pibulmen words for various local flora and ...

13
Oct