13 July 2024

In The Age today: Shenley Croft, a very interesting 1906 Edwardian Art&Crafts style house in Mangarra Road Canterbury by architect John Edmond Burke was unfortunately largely destroyed by fire in Dec last year, and @cityofboroondara is trying to force the owner to rebuild. It was sold to a property investor in 2019, and been vacant ever since; I’m not sure what he was hoping to do with it because it has an HO, and it’s not an area where apartment developments predominate.

Council are asking the minister to enforce section 6B of the planning act, which was introduced after the Corkman debacle, and says no permit for anything other than a reconstruction should be granted if a heritage place has been unlawfully demolished or fallen into disrepair. Not sure that applies here, and it’s pretty far gone anyway, I couldn’t imagine a restoration would be anything more than a new house reusing some salvaged elements, so it will be interesting to see what happens.

First image The Age, next two via FB, rest from 2029 sale.

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