Our progress so far...

Our VCAT Compulsory Conference took place online through Zoom from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm on April 19. We had an independent Urban Planner...

We have dates for the VCAT hearing to appeal the decision made by Macedon Ranges Shire Council not to grant us a Change of Use permit....

Congratulations Dylan Alcott, Australian of the Year 2022. Dylan Alcott made history this week, becoming the first person with a visible...

Mark's Country Place recognises and celebrates today, December 3, as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. We have learned...

We have heard from the MRSC Planning Department that they are recommending the Council Review Board refuse our application to grant a...

We have heard that the Planning Department has completed their report and will place the application on a Council list for review. After...

It is sometime since we last posted on this blog as there has been very little to add or expand on. However, it seems that the wheels are...

It has been sometime since our last blog post on the MCP site. We reached somewhat of an impasse a few weeks ago with the Macedon Ranges...

Here we are in February and we have achieved an important milestone -the Change of Use Permit Application is now in the advertisement...

It seems no time at all since we posted Christmas and New Year wishes on this blog site, and now here we are three weeks into January...

To all those who have visited our blog this year and watched our progress, we wish you a happy, peaceful and healthy Christmas, New Year...

In June we applied to the Macedon Ranges Shire Council Planning Department for a Change of Use Permit. As the property is in a farming...

IDPwD is a United Nations observed day celebrated internationally every year on December 3. It aims to increase public awareness,...

Although sometimes it seems our plans for developing the site of MCP are moving at a snails pace, things are slowly beginning to take...

Spring is definitely in the air with blossom, new leaves, daffodils, longer days and warmer weather. Sadly, owing to Covid-19, the 48th...

If you have been thinking that it is a while since we posted anything on this blog, you'd be right. We are still waiting on the Planning...

We have had difficulty in visualising exactly where the cross-over, entrance, car park and the shed will sit on the block. So last Sunday...

Last week, on 16th June, we submitted an application for a Use Permit to the Macedon Ranges Shire Council Planning Department. This is...

Although life has been somewhat restricted in the last few weeks due to Covid-19 and the lockdown, we have been quite busy. Between 11th...

On 11th February, 2020, the sale was completed on a 4.2 hectare (10 acre) block of land in Deep Lead Lane, Kyneton, which will become the...

From personal experience (see our story below), we realised that there are insufficient safe recreational outdoor facilities for those...

In the beginning... This is the first post on the Mark's Country Place blog. Our intent with this blog is to document the evolution of...