A new 110-place childcare centre could be built in Maddingley to help cater for the area’s booming growth in young families.
Development Holding Pty Ltd has lodged plans for the new ‘Eden Academy’ centre to be built on a vacant block of land in Griffith Street.
A planning report for the $2 million project lodged with Moorabool council notes the centre would cater for 110 children in total, with 44 spread across three rooms for babies to three-year-old children and 66 spread over three rooms for three-to-five-year-old children.
An outdoor play yard would be built and parking for 24 cars would be provided on the east side of the building, accessed from Powlett Street.
An acoustic fence would be built to help cut down the amount of noise escaping the centre.
The centre would operate 6.30am to 6.30pm weekdays.
“The proposed building is single storey and low key to blend in and maintain the residential environment and character setting of the site facing both Powlett Street and Griffith Street,” the report states.
“In the rapidly growing suburb of Maddingley and broader Bacchus Marsh, the provision of childcare centre facilities is fundamental to enable the community to participate in the diverse range of business, education, health, community service sectors etc. that constitute the fabric of our community.”
Moorabool council is yet to make a decision on the proposal.
Benjamin Millar
