Macedon Ranges Planning Scheme — Amendment Tracker

Status: Actively monitored Last updated 2 October 2026 Current amendment: VC323 Region: Central 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 Macedon Ranges Planning Scheme daily and records every change below.

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Recent amendments

VC323 2 October 2026
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We detected a change to Macedon Ranges'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
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We detected a change to Macedon Ranges'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.

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

C138macr 23 July 2020
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Macedon Ranges's planning scheme was amended by C138macr: 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 Lot 1 on TP879826E, Walshes Road, Woodend from Public Use Zone - Service and Utility (PUZ1) to Rural Conservation Zone, Schedule 1.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

C069Pt1 12 May 2011
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Macedon Ranges's planning scheme was amended by C069Pt1: 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 and resolves a number of mapping anomalies by applying the Residential 1 Zone to 17 Wedge St and 17-21 Ebden St Kyneton CA22 and CA23 Section 42 Corinella Rd 2 Earnshaw St and part 39 Forest St Woodend applying the Business 1 Zone to 22-24 Jenning St Kyneton applying the Township Zone to 6 Robertson Drive Newham removing the DPO (Schedule 8) from 3 Couzens Lane and 1821 Romsey Rd Romsey| and rezoning several public land parcels to the appropriate public land zone.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

GC58 12 January 2017
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Macedon Ranges's planning scheme was amended by GC58: 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 at 601 Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon to Public Use Zone 7 and at 31-35 Albert Road Drive to Public Use Zone 2 for State Government to effectively use the land.", 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.

Macedon Ranges'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.

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

Macedon Ranges'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.

VC312 16 June 2026
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

The amendment VC312 updates the date from 05/05/2026 to 16/06/2026 in multiple instances, indicating a change in the effective date of the provisions.