PLANS for a multi-million dollar golf course resort at Big Hill are with the State Government, despite developers putting some of the land up for sale.
Greg Williams is selling 150 hectares of the 687.9 hectares he bought for the development between Belvoir Park Road and Big Hill.
The land will be sold in four lots of 17 hectares, 44 hectares, 47 hectares and 43 hectares.
“It’s been an expensive exercise so far,” he said.
“But it’s full-steam ahead . . . this leaves us with 526 hectares for the resort and it’s with the State Government.”Earlier this year the developers lodged an application asking for the Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme to be amended to allow the resort to go ahead.
The developers want to rezone 669 hectares of land at 120 Belvoir Park Road from farming to special use and introduce different planning controls for the purpose of development.
The proposal is for an 18-hole championship golf course, 110-room hotel, 100 serviced apartments, 450 dwellings and a 500-seat conference facility.
The present farming zone is used in rural areas and encourages the retention of farming land and sustainable land management practices.
The proposed zone provides for the use of land for specific purposes and allows for detailed land-use requirements.
However, residents have raised concerns about the environmental effects of the resort, whether it would become a residential development without a golf course, traffic issues and whether it was deemed acceptable under the city’s urban growth boundaries.
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