Towong 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 Towong Planning Scheme daily and records every change below.
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Recent amendments
We detected a change to Towong'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.
We detected a change to Towong'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.
The Towong Planning Scheme was updated from amendment VC312 to amendment VC313, with several changes made to Clause 14.03.
Towong's planning scheme was amended by C42towg: 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 40 Avondale Road Shelley and Georges Creek Road Talgarno from Public Conservation and Resource Zone to Rural Activity Zone to reflect private ownership by correcting an obvious error.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
Towong's planning scheme was amended by C38towg: 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 former Tallangatta Valley Primary School site from Public Use Zone 2 - Education to Rural Activity Zone.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
The amendment changed the date reference from 05/05/2026 to 16/06/2026 for VC312 in the Table of uses, specifically in Section 1 where the permit is not required.