Shire begins managing Hastings reserve

Key points

• Mornington Peninsula Shire has accepted appointment as Committee of Management for 25 hectares of bushland in Hastings. Councillors voted unanimously at the 29 September council meeting to take on the land at 197A Henderson Rd, which the state government proposed to reserve.
• Council officers ranked it among the shire's top ten most significant natural sites.
• Councillors also asked the Department of Planning to consider adding an adjoining southwest parcel and to investigate a northeast site of about three hectares for social housing, subject to a flora and fauna assessment.