East Gippsland Planning Scheme — Amendment Tracker
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 East Gippsland Planning Scheme daily and records every change below.
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Recent amendments
We detected a change to East Gippsland'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.
Clause 32.05-6 was amended to clarify that a dwelling can be constructed or extended on a lot less than 300 square metres if it meets the standards of Clause 54, specifically referencing clause 54.02-1 for street setback.
The East Gippsland Planning Scheme was updated with amendment VC313, which included several changes to Clause 14.03.
The East Gippsland Planning Scheme was updated to include a new Schedule 1 to Clause 43.03, which introduces an Incorporated Plan Overlay for Storth Ryes, Metung, requiring that a permit must not be granted for certain uses or developments until an incorporated plan is in place.
The amendment removed Schedule 9 to Clause 43.04 Development Plan Overlay, Schedule 1 to Clause 43.03 Incorporated Plan Overlay, and the requirement that a permit must not be granted until an incorporated plan has been incorporated into the scheme.
The amendment changed the date from 05/05/2026 to 16/06/2026 for VC312.