{"id":23699,"date":"2025-03-19T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T05:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/?p=23699"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T05:59:59","slug":"kerrie-residents-warn-tiny-homes-could-create-big-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/latest-news\/2025\/03\/19\/kerrie-residents-warn-tiny-homes-could-create-big-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny homes, big problems?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kerrie residents have warned a proposal for four short-stay accommodation ‘tiny homes’ could create big problems if approved at 131 Shannons Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Provider ‘Shacky’ has plans for group accommodation at the 35.38 hectare site but nearby residents have alerted council to road and safety risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Resident Helen Franklin said Shannons Lane was a single-carriage, dirt road that was “impassable most of the year”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“It’s a road that is 4WD access only at the best of times,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The site is located within the Rural Conservation Zone, and the surrounding area has a rural character with larger allotments used for varying forms of agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Ms Franklin said the area had poor phone reception and she was frequently called on to assist drivers who had become trapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“I’m not really up for that happening more frequently than it already does as the result of these tiny homes,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Plans show access to the group accommodation would be provided via a new crossover from Shannons Lane with carparking located closer to the site entrance about 250 metres from the group accommodation.
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Living opposite the applicant’s property, Andrew Chambers confirmed the road was “unable to withstand additional traffic”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“If you are driving along Shannons Lane, and another car approaches, it is necessary to reverse one car into a driveway in order for one of the cars to pass,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“The proposal will obviously create additional traffic, together with noise and dust from guests entering and leaving the accommodation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Objectors were concerned about travellers using the accommodation not understanding the fire dangers, and insufficient access and emergency evacuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“It’s an extremely dangerous place to live and you might say \u2013 why do any of us live here?” resident David Skewes said.
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Objectors also raised concern about loss of amenity, inconsistency with neighbourhood character, and impact to local wildlife. There was a total of seven objectors to the application. The council is expected to make a decision on the application at a future meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n