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<\/p>\nA BELLARINE vineyard is planning to revamp its outdoor dining area and showcase a new gin venture that it hopes will attract more visitors and tourism dollars to the region.<\/p>\n
Bellarine Estate has lodged a planning application with the City of Greater Geelong to renovate the outdoor space at its Thirty Acres Distillery, which operates out of the winery building on Portarlington Road.<\/p>\n
Construction would involve rendered landscape walls to provide privacy and sound barriers to outside, a covered outdoor eating area, beer garden, extended bar to serve outside plus new entrances and landscaping<\/p>\n
Proponents say the $50,000 project would be a \u201cmodest\u201d addition to the existing business.<\/p>\n
The application proposes no changes patron limits, but would be for \u201cgeneral improvement to the existing outdoor dining area\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Planning documents argues the plan would contribute to economic and tourism development on the Bellarine Peninsula, in line with council planning for the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposal would only have a positive contribution to the quality of the built environment and presentation of the existing restaurant from the public realm.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposal is consistent with the strategic vision for the Peninsula and the economic function of facilities such as the Bellarine Estate.\u201d<\/p>\n
The City of Greater Geelong is advertising plans until July 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A BELLARINE vineyard is planning to revamp its outdoor dining area and showcase a new gin venture that it hopes will attract more visitors and tourism dollars to the region. Bellarine Estate has lodged a planning application with the City of Greater Geelong to renovate the outdoor space at its Thirty Acres Distillery, which operates […]<\/p>\n