Midlands Golf Club’s housing development given green light
Developers of the Midlands Golf Club’s ‘Drew’s Paddock’ project received the planning permit for the first 33 lots from City of Ballarat in August. Construction is expected to start at the end of September this year.
The first stage of the development could be finished by February 2020.
It is part of the larger 111-lot development along Heinz Lane, with developers Villawood also recently submitting subdivision plans for the remaining 78 lots to council.
Villawood’s general manager Julian Perez said there’s “quite a deal of work to do” to complete the first stage, including creating drainage at the site and a new intersection on Heinz Lane.
The development facing the course’s 14th fairway was engineered by the Midlands Golf Club in 2017, as a “financial injection to shore up our future and also upgrade the facilities”, according to Midlands board member Robert Moore last year.
A master plan for Midlands Golf Club – which houses the Ballarat RSL and the Midlands Bowls Club – has already been created.
The meals and hospitality areas will be upgraded from the receipts of the development sales, with a new alfresco bistro expansion, new bar and outdoor areas and additional office space.
“We see the golf club as a real asset,” Mr Perez said.
