A multi-million-dollar housing project in Ararat is edging closer to its development phase after municipal leaders gave the green light to a planning process.
Ararat councillors unanimously agreed to approve the process for Green Hill Lake Estate project, a plan 16 years in the making, at a council meeting last night.
Council chief executive Tim Harrison said the council approval for the project represented a step closer to meeting a ‘desperate’ need for housing in the region.
“This means that we can then move forward to unlock those lots of land our community so desperately needs as well as create jobs around construction and also create a better future for Ararat,” he said.