Browsing: racing pigeons

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have rejected a planning application for use of land for pigeon racing, keeping, training, and breeding. At the 27 October council meeting, councillors voted unanimously to refuse the Balnarring planning application, which included a pigeon loft. Roger Langley submitted the application for use of the land at his holiday house in Balnarring Beach, which subsequently received 14 objections from community members. Cr David Gill, who submitted the motion for a Notice of Refusal, said it was one of the more difficult planning application decisions. “Sometimes there are professional opinions, and sometimes there are other opinions that…