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Clients realize
that re-zoning of land and applications for development permits
are becoming increasingly difficult and time-consuming, with
more and more authorities involved in the process, and legislation
covering redevelopment potential ever more complex and restrictive.
ACA has an enviable record in achieving such re-zonings and
permits, often with very sensitive sites. Our attention to
detail, and the deep knowledge of environmental factors and
sound planning principles are responsible for this, in addition
to being experienced in firstly identifying, and then talking
constructively with those authority officers capable of recommending
approvals.
 No
matter how seductive a site might appear for resort or residential
development - views, undulations, treestands - it may be
only as valuable as its susceptibility to being cost-effectively
rezoned and approved for such purposes. The ACA group often
determines for investment and development clients
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which
of several sites in a region will be most easily approved.
This results from quick, thorough analyses of each site's
potential for integrating golf into the development fabric,
addressing issues of access, services, layout and environmental
values, worked through according to sound planning principles.
Reporting on such site selection issues as an early exercise
often saves clients very great angst and resources later
on.
ACA's planners
and designers have created innovative subdivision techniques
to exploit environmentally - sensitive open-space corridors
and nodes, including wetlands. Some examples of recent
and present ACA resort planning, and residential subdivision
designs include the award winning Thirteenth Beach Golf
Resort at Barwon Heads and The Dunes Golf Links in the
Mornington Peninsula, Victoria - both of which are ranked
highly in the top golf courses in Australia . Overseas, the ACA group has successfully planned large-scale
allotments for residential communities in the USA , India
, China and Northern Ireland , all with golf courses threading
through the subdivisions.
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