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At the monthly Planning Delegated Committee Meeting on Wednesday 8 November, Ballarat City Council considered the following items.  Ballarat Planning Scheme Amendment – Application PLP/2022/943The application before Council was to determine whether to grant a planning permit for the development of a commercial building in accordance with the Ballarat Planning Scheme at 222 Mair Street, Ballarat Central, which includes the demolition of exist...

The future is bright at the Learmonth Football Netball Club after the completion of a vital project to deliver modern netball facilities.City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr Des Hudson was joined by Member for Ripon, Martha Haylett MP to officially open the Learmonth Netball Courts and Lighting Project on Wednesday.The $781,703 project received $531,703 in City of Ballarat funding and $250,000 from the State Government’s 2021/22 Local Sports Infrastructure...

The City of Ballarat Ageing Well Services team looks a little different these days.  With a new direction and some new faces, the Ageing Well Services team are passionate about ensuring Ballarat is an age-friendly community. This means people of all ages feel valued, connected, included and respected.  The focus of the Ageing Well Services team is to work with and advocate for residents aged 55 and over. This includes a focus on healthy...

This week marked a major life milestone for hundreds of children in Ballarat with the commencement of kindergarten.

Excitement is building ahead of the 72nd annual Ballarat Begonia Festival, which is set to draw thousands of people to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens across the Labour Day long weekend (9-11 March).

This week we launched the action-packed Ballarat Begonia Festival, which will be the 72nd time this incredible festival will run in our great city.  This year’s program is bound to draw thousands of people to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens across the Labour Day long weekend.  The festival is a Ballarat institution that just seems to get better and better each year. Since it was first launched in 1953, the Ballarat Begonia Festival has b...

       Community Consultation      Closes       Little Bridge Bus Stop Redevelopment     8 February 2024          Tender No      Tender Description      Closes 2pm      2023/24-257...

More than 700 people provided their feedback to help develop the City of Ballarat’s new Open Space Strategy.  This is the first stage of a collaborative approach to guide how Ballarat’s open spaces will look in the city over the next 10 years.  The focus of this consultation stage was to understand how Ballarat uses open space and determine what are the community’s key priorities for open spaces, while also identifying some potential ri...

This February marks a significant milestone as the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial in Ballarat commemorates 20 years since its grand opening in February 2004.