Bayside Planning Scheme — Amendment Tracker

Status: Actively monitored Last updated 2 October 2026 Current amendment: VC323 Region: Metropolitan Melbourne

A planning scheme amendment is a formal change to a council's planning scheme, the legal document that controls land use and development in its area. Amendments can rezone land, introduce or vary overlays, or update local planning policy, and each one is gazetted by the Victorian Government before it takes legal effect. PolicyPing checks the Bayside Planning Scheme daily and records every change below.

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Recent amendments

VC323 2 October 2026
Verified sourceThis update is shown using the amendment's own official record or its exact wording, rather than a PolicyPing-generated summary — verified directly from source.

We detected a change to Bayside's planning scheme (VC323): for full accuracy, we're showing the amendment's own official government description directly: "Amend clause 59.05 (Building and works in an overlay) to enable a VicSmart application for land within an EMO to be accompanied by the information specified in the EMO, including information specified in a schedule to the EMO.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

GC306 30 September 2026
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

The clause was changed to specify that approvals are now required for land within the Precinct Zone Schedule 1, rather than for land in Suburban Rail Loop East structure plan areas.

VC315 24 September 2026
Verified sourceThis update is shown using the amendment's own official record or its exact wording, rather than a PolicyPing-generated summary — verified directly from source.

We detected a change to Bayside's planning scheme (VC315), for full accuracy, we're showing the amendment's own official government description directly: "Amendment VC315 makes changes to the Victoria Planning Provisions and all planning schemes to introduce a series of refinements to the residential development requirements at Clauses 54, 55 and 57 to improve clarity, consistency and environmental performance across the residential codes.

VC313 18 September 2026
FormattingMinimal or no visible legal effect — formatting or housekeeping only. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Clause 14.03-1S was updated to change references from "natural resources" to "earth and energy resources." The amendment removed the requirement for planning schemes to ensure conditions on land use are consistent with the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 and added provisions to support the development of clear buffer areas around extractive industry activities.

C199baysPt1 24 October 2024
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Bayside's planning scheme was amended by C199baysPt1: Planning Vic's own gazettal document manifest confirms this amendment changed planning scheme maps only, with no ordinance or schedule text amended, so there is no clause-level wording for PolicyPing to compare; the amendment's own official government description reads: "The amendment rezones the Highett Grassy Woodland from Residential Growth Zone, Schedule 3 (GRZ3) to Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

C161bayspt2 6 February 2020
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Bayside's planning scheme was amended by C161bayspt2: Planning Vic's own gazettal document manifest confirms this amendment changed planning scheme maps only, with no ordinance or schedule text amended, so there is no clause-level wording for PolicyPing to compare; the amendment's own official government description reads: "The amendment corrects the extent of the Heritage Overlay HO662 applying to 1A Murphy Street, Brighton.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

C179bays 9 July 2020
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Bayside's planning scheme was amended by C179bays: Planning Vic's own gazettal document manifest confirms this amendment changed planning scheme maps only, with no ordinance or schedule text amended, so there is no clause-level wording for PolicyPing to compare; the amendment's own official government description reads: "Rezone land at 5A Railway Crescent, 2-6 Willis Street and 1-25 Koolkuna Land, Hampton from part Residential Growth Zone and part Public Use Zone 4 (Transport) to Commercial 1 Zone.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

C179bays 9 July 2020
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Bayside's planning scheme was amended by C179bays: Planning Vic's own gazettal document manifest confirms this amendment changed planning scheme maps only, with no ordinance or schedule text amended, so there is no clause-level wording for PolicyPing to compare; the amendment's own official government description reads: "Rezone land at 5A Railway Crescent, 2-6 Willis Street and 1-25 Koolkuna Land, Hampton from part Residential Growth Zone and part Public Use Zone 4 (Transport) to Commercial 1 Zone.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

GC246 1 July 2026
∅ Data correctionThis corrects a text-extraction error on PolicyPing's side (e.g. a PDF-parsing artifact) — it is not a change made by the council to the scheme. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

This update did not change the scheme text.

GC246 1 July 2026
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Under review: the source document for this council did not change, but the extracted text differs.