A proposal to re-name the Kinglake West and Pheasant Creek areas with a combined name looks likely to be rejected by Murrindindi Shire Councillors at a meeting on Wednesday night (Jan. 23) at Yea.

Comments from the public overwhelmingly rejected the proposal last year, circulated by Murrindindi Shire CEO Craig Lloyd. Residents voiced their objections in The Local Paper and on social media.

An unnamed Shireicer recommends to Councillors that they:
• note the outcomes of the Kinglake West and Pheasant Creek Naming Survey
• determine not to proceed with renaming Kinglake West or Pheasant Creek, nor
proceed with combining the names to Kinglake West-Pheasant Creek
• note that, as previously included within the Planning Scheme, Kinglake West and
Pheasant Creek will be considered as one Township for the purposes of planning
• consider allocation of funding in the 2019/20 Murrindindi Shire Council Budget to
commence community consultation and design of works to improve the streetscape
and appearance of both townships, as the first stage of implementing the Kinglake
Flowerdale Toolangi Plan.

The Council agenda for this week’s meeting says: “Members of the community have continued to raise with Council a desire to have the names of Kinglake West and Pheasant Creek, including residential addresses in those areas, formally changed to Kinglake West-Pheasant Creek.

“If Council was to proceed with the suggestion, it would mean for example, the residential address of 1 Edenvale Crescent, Kinglake West, Victoria 3757 – would become 1 Edenvale Crescent, Kinglake West-Pheasant Creek, Victoria 3757.

“It was planned to supplement the online survey with a postal survey, however given the
overwhelming and very clear response from the community it was determined not to spend funds on a postal survey,” the report says.