Benalla Planning Scheme — Amendment Tracker

Status: Actively monitored Last updated 2 October 2026 Current amendment: VC323 Region: North East Victoria

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 Benalla 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 Benalla'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.

VC315 24 September 2026
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

The changes to Clause 32.05-6 and Clause 32.05-7 include the removal of specific references to "Building height" and the addition of "Street setback" as a standard for constructing or extending dwellings and small second dwellings on lots less than 300 square metres.

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

The Benalla Planning Scheme was updated from amendment VC312 to amendment VC313, resulting in several changes to Clause 14.03.

C033bena 28 May 2021
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Benalla's planning scheme was amended by C033bena: 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 land at 48 Four Mile Road Benalla from Farming Zone to General Residential Zone by amending Planning Scheme Map 9.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

C38bena 9 May 2019
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Benalla's planning scheme was amended by C38bena: 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: "Combined S96 Amendment and planning permit.

C38bena 9 May 2019
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Benalla's planning scheme was amended by C38bena: 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: "Combined S96 Amendment and planning permit.

GC52 29 September 2016
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Benalla's planning scheme was amended by GC52: 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: "Rezones surplus government land at Warrenbayne, Markwood, Glenmaggie, Seymour, Daylesford, Brunswick, North Melbourne and Somerville", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

GC66 24 May 2018
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Benalla's planning scheme was amended by GC66: 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: "Rezones land parcels in Berrys Creek, Dunkeld, Goorambat and Wodonga", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

C42bena 10 February 2022
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Benalla's planning scheme was amended by C42bena: 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 land at Gay Street, Benalla, known as the former Benalla College Oval, from Public Park and Recreation Zone to General Residential Zone - Schedule 1 in the Benalla Planning Scheme.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

GC255 30 April 2026
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Benalla's planning scheme was amended by GC255: 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: "Corrects the mapping of the Environmental Significance Overlay in the Ballarat, Baw Baw, Benalla, Colac Otway, Golden Plains, Greater Bendigo, Hepburn, Horsham, Loddon, Macedon Ranges, Mansfield, Mitchell, Moorabool, Mount Alexander, Pyrenees, South Gippsland, Surf Coast and Wodonga Planning Schemes to align with the gazetted Special Water Supply Catchment Areas declared under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.