A DEVELOPMENT plan for a parcel of land in Rutherford Street, which will see the future development of 13 dwellings across a 13-lot subdivision, has been approved by Swan Hill Rural City Council.

The proposed unit development marks the first new build of this scale to take place within the town in the past five years.

Developers of the 1.1 acre site, located at 61A Rutherford Street, were requir...