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LOCKERBIE BRUMBY
MELBOURNE, Sept 24 AAP - A plan to build a large suburb on Melbourne's fringe might be considered, but it does not need to breach the government's urban boundary, says Victorian Premier John Brumby.
Australia's largest property developer, Delfin Lend Lease, has proposed the suburb, to be called Lockerbie, at Kalkallo, 30 km north of Melbourne, Fairfax reported today.
It would house up to 35,000 people but would require the Victorian government to extend the boundary it imposed on Melbourne's urban growth in the Melbourne 2030 planning strategy, the report said.
Under the plan, 1,100 hectares...