Yarra 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 Yarra Planning Scheme daily and records every change below.
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Recent amendments
We detected a change to Yarra's planning scheme (VC323) but haven't summarised it yet.
Clause 32.09-6 was amended to remove specific references to standards of Clause 54, specifically clause 54.02-1 Street setback and clause 54.02-2 Building height, while retaining the overall requirement for constructing or extending a small second dwelling on a lot less than 300 square metres.
The amendment updates Clause 14.03-1S by changing references from "natural resources" to "earth and energy resources" throughout the text.
Yarra's planning scheme was amended by C333yara: 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: "Amendment C333yara applies to land at 549?555 Church Street, Richmond.
Yarra's planning scheme was amended by GC237: 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 declared freeway and arterial road land to Transport Zone 2 (TRZ2) and delete redundant Public Acquisition Overlays, following the completion of road projects.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
Yarra's planning scheme was amended by GC237: 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 declared freeway and arterial road land to Transport Zone 2 (TRZ2) and delete redundant Public Acquisition Overlays, following the completion of road projects.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
In Clause 45.12-s1, the date was changed from 22 July 2026 to 6 August 2026, and a new schedule, SCO23, was added for the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Sackville Street Properties.
The amendment introduces new schedules to Clause 43.06, specifically Schedules 11 to 23, which establish built form overlays for various precincts including Heidelberg Road, Brunswick Street Shops, Smith Street Shops, and others.
Clause 43.06-7 was added, establishing that development must respond to the planned urban structure, building typologies, and future character for the land.
We detected a change to Yarra's planning scheme (GC278), for full accuracy, we're showing the amendment's own official government description directly: "The Amendment updates the Warrnambool and Yarra Planning Schemes to reinstate and update Incorporated Documents for approved developments at 81?89 Rupert Street, Collingwood, 6 Eccles Street, Warrnambool, and 462-482 Swan Street, Richmond.