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AMENDMENT GC252 – NEW ACTIVITY CENTRE CONTROLS IN ACTION

Released in September 2023, Victoria’s Housing Statement pledged clear planning controls that would help deliver 60,000 homes around an initial 10 activity centres. And as of Friday 11 April 2025, Amendment GC252 marked the first round of these new planning controls. We spent a few moments with UPco Planner Brigette McKay to get up to […]
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6 LEONARD COURT, SORRENTO

March 19, 2025
When the architects at Pleysier Perkins were engaged to renovate a private home on the Mornington Peninsula, little did they know it would turn out to be one of the oldest buildings in Sorrento – dating all the way back to the 1870s. With the help of UPco (and the backing of their intrepid client), […]
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AMENDMENT VC267: THE START OF A NEW HOUSING ERA

March 13, 2025
On 6 March 2025, the planning and development world was shaken up with the approval of Amendment VC267. These new changes are a slice of a bigger Plan for Victoria: part of which is to supply housing for all Victorians. With Amendment VC267 overhauling Clause 55 and introducing Clause 57, we caught up with two […]
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EMMA’S GUIDE TO EARNING: HOW WOMEN CAN GET WHAT THEY DESERVE 

February 26, 2025
Last year, the theme of 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD) was ‘Count Her In: Invest in Women, Accelerate Progress’ – in other words, giving women opportunities to build their capabilities, and strengthening their capacity to learn, earn and lead. These topics are always relevant to us at UPco. So, as we ready ourselves for IWD […]
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WHAT’S UP, AMANDA & HUGH? ANNIVERSARY REFLECTIONS

February 17, 2025
At UPco, two of our Directors recently celebrated significant anniversaries: 30 years with the business for Amanda Ring, and 20 years for Hugh Smyth. We caught up with Amanda and Hugh to reflect on the journey so far: what’s changed, what’s stayed the same and how they feel about the future. Thanks for catching up, […]
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