Swan Hill 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 Swan Hill Planning Scheme daily and records every change below.
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Recent amendments
We detected a change to Swan Hill'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 text was modified to clarify that a dwelling can be constructed or extended on a lot less than 300 square metres if it meets specific standards of Clause 54, with the reference to "Building height" being removed from the list of applicable standards.
The Swan Hill Planning Scheme was updated from amendment GC218 to amendment VC313, resulting in several changes to Clause 14.03.
In the Swan Hill Planning Scheme, the date in Clause 45.12-s1 was changed from 09/01/2025 to 04/09/2026.
Swan Hill's planning scheme was amended by C76swan: 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 the site from Public Conservation and Resource Zone to Farming Zone.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
Swan Hill's planning scheme was amended by GC100: 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: "Changes the planning provisions at five sites currently owned by the Victorian Government located in Cranbourne West, Thornton, Piangil, Boorhaman and South Morang.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
The amendment changed the date from 05/05/2026 to 16/06/2026 for VC312.