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Our services
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Bins, rubbish and recycling
- A to Z rubbish and recycling guide
- Bin fees
- Bin inspection program
- Bin services
- Bundled branch collection
- Business waste and recycling
- Changes to bin colours
- Charities and donation bins
- Composting
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- Find my bin days
- Food and garden bin collection
- Hard rubbish collection
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- Knox Transfer Station and Recycling Facility
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- Reduce your environmental impact
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Building and planning
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Planning services and permits
- 1161 Burwood Highway
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- Lysterfield Quarries
- Multi-unit developments
- Objecting to a planning application
- Permit condition plans
- Planning applications available for public view
- Planning applications for 621 Burwood Highway
- Planning enforcement
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- Subdivision
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- VicSmart for planning permit applications
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Building services and permits
- Advice for owner-builders
- Asbestos
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- Balustrades
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- Protecting neighbouring properties
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Land use planning
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- Completed planning scheme amendments
- Current planning scheme amendments
- Kingston Links Golf Course, Rowville (Amendment C142knox)
- Planning scheme review
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Policies and strategies - commercial
- Bayswater Renewal Strategy
- Boronia Structure Plan 2006
- Ferntree Gully Village Structure Plan (Amendment C129knox)
- Knox Central Structure Plan (Amendment C149)
- The Basin and Alchester Village Built Form Guidelines (Amendment C137knox)
- The Rowville Plan (Amendment C131)
- Upper Gully Strategy Plan (Amendment C162knox and C141knox)
- Policies and strategies – in progress
- Policies and strategies – residential, environment and employment
- Proposal to sell and exchange Council land
- Reference documents
- Residential development reports
- Social housing in Knox
- Victorian Government Initiatives
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Children, family and community services
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Children and families
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- Long day care
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Children and families
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Libraries, venues and facilities
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Find a venue or facility for hire
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- Libraries in Knox
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Find a venue or facility for hire
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Roads, streets, footpaths and drains
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- Engineering Guidelines for Development
- Nature strips
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- Retrofitting of Additional On-street Parking Infrastructure Policy
- Road and street maintenance
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- Unsightly properties
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Sports, parks, playgrounds and reserves
- Book a recreation or sporting facility
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- Sports and leisure
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What's happening
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Events, activities and festivals
- Knox Factor
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- Community training: Best practice financials for community groups and clubs
- Community training: Building a fundraising plan
- Community training: Grant writing
- Community training: Knox City Council Grant Programs Information Session
- International Women's Day networking event
- Make your home all electric
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News
- A revitalised route for Boronia
- Check out our new Knox waste trucks
- Cr Susan Laukens elected Knox Mayor
- Electoral irregularities
- Free Community Training Workshops
- Get growing with Gardens for Harvest
- International Women's Day networking event
- Join the Environment Advisory Committee
- Join the Knox Multicultural Advisory Committee
- Kindergarten community panel
- Knox recycling efforts a huge success
- Knox retailer networking session
- LED streetlight upgrades across Knox
- Local play just got more exciting
- Move Your Way returns for 2025!
- New playground at Tim Neville Arboretum now open
- Paving the way, sustainably
- Protecting our green areas and significant spaces
- Removal of pine trees at Koolunga Native Reserve
- Reusable Nappy Workshop
- Revitalising Boronia
- Safer streets for Boronia
- Showcase your creativity by reimagining waste
- Take time out in nature with Biodiversity Month
- Winning government grants and tenders workshop
- Arts in Knox
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Major projects and initiatives
- Capital Works Projects at Sports Facilities
- Chandler Road shared path and road renewal project
- Demolition of Knox Basketball Stadium (Boronia)
- Gilbert Park upgrades
- Kings Park pavilion
- Lewis Park Masterplan
- Marie Wallace Park Upgrade
- Park Ridge Reserve Upgrade
- Tormore Reserve pavilion upgrade
- Wantirna Reserve redevelopment
- Community groups and volunteering
- Explore Knox
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Event Calendar
- Bee Gees Revival
- Both Sides, Rachel Beck
- Burt Bacharach (Featuring Michael Cormick)
- Diamond
- Downtown, the Songs of Petula Clark Featuring Melissa Langton
- Everly Brothers & Buddy Holly
- FRITZ (School Holiday Feature Show)
- Ferntree Gully Community Arts Centre - Term 1 Classes (Adults)
- Ferntree Gully Community Arts Centre - Term 2 Classes
- Knox Fest 2025
- Lady Be Good, The Songs of Ella Fitzgerald (Featuring Nina Ferro)
- Melbourne Comedy Showcase (ft. Dave O’Neil, Billy Stiles and Sonia Di Iorio)
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
- Move Your Way - Movement for Mind Activities
- Ol’ Blue Eyes, Frankly Sinatra
- Pets in the Park
- STUFF! (School Holiday Feature Show)
- Sincerely Yours, Dame Vera Lynn (Featuring Victoria Mantynen)
- Sunglasses at Night. The 80-‘s Apocalypse Sing-Along Cabaret
- Tenori
- The Beatlez
- The Waiting Room, Born in a Taxi
- Tis the Season – A Very Jazzy Christmas Spectacular
- Wish Upon A Star – The Disney Songbook (ft. Danielle Matthews)
- Women of Wit
- You’re An Instrument (School Holiday Feature Show)
- Knox eNews
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Events, activities and festivals
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Our Council
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About Council
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Council committees
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- Councillors and meetings
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Grants
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- Council grant framework policy
- Empowering Communities program
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- Jobs and careers
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Policies, strategies and plans
- Active Knox Plan
- Asset Plan 2022 to 2023
- Asset management plan
- Bridge Asset Management Plan
- Building Asset Management Plan
- CEO Employment and Remuneration Policy
- Carpark Asset Management Plan
- Casual Hire of Community Facilities Policy
- Child, Youth and Seniors Plan
- Climate Response Plan
- Community Engagement Policy
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- Complaints Policy
- Domestic Animal Management Plan
- Drainage Asset Management Plan
- Election Period Policy
- Electric Line Clearance Management Plan
- Electronic Gaming Machine Policy
- Financial Plan 2023 to 2033
- Footpath and Shared Path Asset Management Plan
- Future waste management initiatives
- Gender Equality Action Plan
- Graffiti Management Policy
- Housing changes lives
- Integrated Transport Plan
- Key Life Stages Plan - Youth Actions
- Kindergarten Infrastructure and Services Plan (KISP)
- Knox Arts Policies
- Knox Biodiversity Resilience Strategy
- Knox CARES Strategy 2022 to 2027
- Knox Community and Council Plan
- Knox Cycling Action Plan
- Knox Key Life Stages Plan
- Knox Mobility Study
- Knox Municipal Fire Management Plan
- Knox Parking Compliance Strategy
- Knox Parking Policy
- Knox Pavilion Strategy
- Knox Play Space Plan
- Koolunga Native Reserve Future Directions Plan
- Liveable Streets Plan
- Media Policy
- Memorials Policy
- Mental Health Action Plan
- Municipal Emergency Management Plan
- Open Space Asset Management Plan
- Open Space Plan
- Our Customer Strategy
- Payment Assistance Policy
- Playground Asset Management Plan
- Policies for leasing Council facilities
- Principal Pedestrian Network
- Public Toilet Implementation Plan
- Reconciliation Action Plan
- Retail Activation Strategy
- Road Asset Management Plan
- Road Management Plan
- Road Register
- Statement of Commitment for Reducing Alcohol Harm
- Stormwater Quality Management
- Strategic Asset Management Plan
- Street Tree Asset Management Plan
- Use of Synthetic Surfaces on Council's Active Reserves Policy
- Visual Surveillance Devices Policy
- Waste Collection Services Policy
- Waste and Resource Strategy
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Legislation and local laws
- Abandoned cars and impounded goods
- Amenity Local Law
- Council lease information
- Documents for public inspection
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