Sanctuary Lakes Golf Club<\/a> was recently granted permits at VCAT to build 36 units near holes 4, 5 and 15 after several failed attempts to get the project over the line.<\/p>\nClub chair David Hunter previously told a Wyndham Council meeting the project would provide much-needed financial help for the club that has \u201coperated at a loss for most of the past nine years\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 18-hole course is privately owned by the golf club.<\/p>\n
However, nearby residents have slammed the decision, arguing it would exacerbate traffic in the estate and devalue properties.<\/p>\n
Jing Lu, whose house backs onto the fifth hole, said it was \u201cnot fair\u201d on the residents who had bought homes on the promise of \u201cgolf course views\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe bought this house at a higher price than normal because we were sold views of the golf course but now we won\u2019t be able to see anything,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Fellow resident Al Herbias said the plans were \u201chorrendous\u201d and that residents were blindsided by the golf club\u2019s proposal to build more houses.<\/p>\n
Mr Herbias said residents had offered various solutions to financially support the club, like a community membership program, but were cast aside by the club as not being sustainable.<\/p>\n
John Kalla, who lives on Meridian Close near hole 15 where more than 20 homes are slated to be built, said the additional traffic would make it a \u201cnightmare\u201d to navigate through the estate.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven getting out of Sanctuary Lakes will be very difficult, this outcome is very disappointing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sanctuary Lakes Golf Club general manager Josh McLean said this was an \u201cexciting milestone\u201d for the club and that it would \u201cwork openly and respectfully\u201d with impacted residents.<\/p>\n
He said the decision helped secure the future of the club, which faced \u201cincreasing financial pressure\u201d from rising maintenance costs.<\/p>\n
Wyndham councillors previously rejected a previous application by the club to build 30 units near holes 6 and 15, which received more than 400 objections from residents.<\/p>\n
The golf course \u2014 designed by Norman and architect Bob Harrison \u2014 has also hosted qualifiers for the Victorian Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Furious residents in Melbourne\u2019s west have teed off on a golf club for its plans to build more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":960334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[528217,528188,449172,377626,528186,528169,528209,528196,528192,382432,528174,377542,405513,528177,379416,528212,528173,528208,288580,528170,64,528200,63,455183,8879,56957,200392,528183,755,528190,528201,528176,528195,528189,1194,528215,528180,491663,528194,414477,528213,528206,528181,647,528175,528172,528184,524612,528216,528171,315803,62590,345105,528191,132295,528199,40555,528204,528179,528207,528182,528202,85,528193,507650,528187,382205,378533,528203,528214,528185,131558,528178,412094,528205,528211,386391,391669,63784,377794,391928,528210,487466,400227,1191,528197,21577,18043,528198],"class_list":["post-960333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-the-18-hole-course","tag-s-housing-plan","tag-s-proposal","tag-s-west","tag-30-units","tag-36-homes","tag-36-units","tag-5-and-15","tag-a-community-membership-program","tag-a-desperate-bid","tag-a-golf-club","tag-a-higher-price","tag-a-loss","tag-a-luxury-golf-club","tag-a-nightmare","tag-a-previous-application","tag-a-wyndham-council-meeting","tag-an-exciting-milestone","tag-angry-neighbours","tag-architect-bob-harrison","tag-au","tag-aussie-legend-greg-norman","tag-australia","tag-bounds","tag-cash","tag-concerns","tag-financial-pressure","tag-furious-residents","tag-golf","tag-golf-course-views","tag-greg-norman-designed-golf-course","tag-hole-15","tag-holes-4","tag-holes-6-and-15","tag-homes","tag-impacted-residents-he","tag-increased-traffic-and-property-devaluation","tag-its-course","tag-its-luxury-course","tag-its-plans","tag-kalla","tag-lakes-golf-club-general-manager-josh-mclean","tag-luxury-course","tag-melbourne","tag-meridian-close","tag-more-houses-mr-herbias","tag-more-than-20-homes","tag-more-than-30-homes","tag-more-than-400-objections","tag-much-needed-financial-help","tag-nearby-residents","tag-norman","tag-permits","tag-properties-jing-lu","tag-qualifiers","tag-resident-al-herbias","tag-residents","tag-residents-the-golf-course","tag-rising-maintenance-costs-wyndham-councillors","tag-sanctuary-lakes","tag-sanctuary-lakes-golf-club","tag-several-failed-attempts","tag-sports","tag-sustainable-john","tag-the-golf-club","tag-the-additional-traffic","tag-the-club","tag-the-decision","tag-the-estate","tag-the-estate-and","tag-the-fifth-hole","tag-the-future","tag-the-golf-club-however","tag-the-golf-course","tag-the-line-club-chair-david-hunter","tag-the-past-nine-years","tag-the-plan","tag-the-plans","tag-the-project","tag-the-promise","tag-the-residents","tag-the-victorian-open","tag-this-house","tag-this-outcome","tag-traffic","tag-various-solutions","tag-vcat","tag-views","tag-whose-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=960333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/960334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}