Surf Coast 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 Surf Coast Planning Scheme daily and records every change below.
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Recent amendments
We detected a change to Surf Coast'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 32.05-6, the requirement to construct or extend a dwelling on a lot less than 300 square metres has been modified to specify that it must meet the standards of Clause 54, specifically referencing clause 54.02-1 Street setback.
The amendment updates Clause 43.01 by changing the location from Mt Duneed to Moriac and specifies an interim control expiry date of 30 August 2027 for the property at 795 Hendy Main Road, Moriac.
The amendment updates Clause 14.03-1S by changing references from "natural resources" to "earth and energy resources" throughout the text.
In the Surf Coast Planning Scheme, Clause 37.07-1 has had the condition for an automated collection point removed, which previously required compliance with Clause 52.13-3 and 52.13-5.
Surf Coast's planning scheme was amended by C071Pt1: 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 30 Illawong Drive, Torquay from Low Density Residential Zone to Residential 1 Zone and apply Design and Development Overlay Schedule 1 to the land.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
Surf Coast'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.
Surf Coast'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.
We detected a change to Surf Coast's planning scheme (C150surf), for full accuracy, we're showing the amendment's own official government description directly: "Removes the Heritage Overlay (HO150) from 23 residential properties and a council reserve in the River View Estate, Winchelsea, that do not have heritage significance and amends the Schedule to Clause 43.01 (Heritage Overlay) to correct the heritage place listing for HO150.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
The amendment introduces new schedules to the Farming Zone, specifically Schedules 1, 2, and 3, which are now shown on the planning scheme map as FZ1, FZ2, and FZ3, respectively.