What we are proposing

Council is proposing to remove the reserve status and sell the drainage reserve traversing 26 Van Ness Avenue, Glen Iris, which is shown cross-hatched on the plan below (‘the Land’). The Land is shown as Lot 1 on proposed Plan of Subdivision PS934395P and is currently in the Certificate of Title Volume 12327 Folio 895.

Council is proposing to sell the 73.2m2 section of land to the property owner of 26 Van Ness Avenue, Glen Iris for the sum of $11,000 inclusive of GST.  This is in line with Council’s Discontinuance of Roads and Reserves Policy.

Conditions of sale

• The purchasers must pay Council’s costs related to the removal of reserve status and sale of the Land totalling $22,560.
• The purchasers must consolidate the title of the land with the title for 26 Van Ness Avenue, Glen Iris within 12 months of completion of the sale of the Land.

Have your say

Council is inviting submissions on this proposal to sell the Land. You can make a submission before 22 December 2025.

You can:

• post your submission to Chief Financial Officer, City of Boroondara, Private Bag 1, Camberwell VIC 3124
• email your submission to [email protected]
• provide your submission in person at the Council offices, 8 Inglesby Road, Camberwell.

In your submission, please quote reference no. 50/521/00526.

You can also ask to appear at a Council or committee meeting in person or have someone represent you. Council will notify you of the date, time and place of the meeting once it is determined.

How we manage submissions and make our decision

We manage all submissions and personal information in line with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.

We will consider all submissions in line with section 223 of the Local Government Act 1989. 

After we have considered the submissions, we may decide to discontinue and sell the Road, part of the Road, or not to discontinue and sell the Road.

This notice is in line with section 114 of the Local Government Act 2020 and Council’s Community Engagement Policy.

More information

If you have any queries, you can contact Mathura Rajanayagam, Senior Property Advisor, on (03) 9278 4695.