Merri-bek 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 Merri-bek Planning Scheme daily and records every change below.
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Recent amendments
We detected a change to Merri-bek'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.
In Clause 32.07-6, the wording was changed to clarify that a fence associated with two or more dwellings on a lot or a residential building exceeds the maximum height specified in Clause 55.02-8.
The amendment updates clause 14.03-1S by changing references from "natural resources" to "earth and energy resources" throughout the text.
Merri-bek's planning scheme was amended by C234mbek: 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: "Implements Section 56 of the Heritage Act 2017 to ensure that places in the Planning Scheme are consistently identified with places in the Victorian Heritage Register.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
The amendment changed the date reference for the permit requirement for buildings and works associated with a Section 2 use from 20 April 2026 under VC307 to 16 June 2026 under VC312.