Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme — Amendment Tracker

Status: Actively monitored Last updated 3 October 2026 Current amendment: VC323 Region: Metropolitan Melbourne

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 Ranges Planning Scheme daily and records every change below.

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Recent amendments

VC323 2 October 2026
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We detected a change to Yarra Ranges's planning scheme (VC323) but haven't summarised it yet.

VC315 24 September 2026
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We detected a change to Yarra Ranges's planning scheme (VC315) but haven't summarised it yet.

VC313 18 September 2026
FormattingMinimal or no visible legal effect — formatting or housekeeping only. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

The amendment to clause 14.03-1S replaces references to "natural resources" with "earth and energy resources" throughout the text.

C185yran 31 October 2019
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Yarra Ranges's planning scheme was amended by C185yran: 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 mapping errors that occurred during the processing of Amendment C149yran which implemented revised flood modelling for Yarra Ranges by amending the existing Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) and Special Building Overlay (SBO) boundaries.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

C208yran 27 July 2023
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Yarra Ranges's planning scheme was amended by C208yran: 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: "Apply Schedule 2 to the Low Density Residential Zone to land at 27-33 Old Hereford Road, Mount Evelyn, to allow for a minimum lot size of 0.2 hectares.

C196yran 6 June 2022
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Yarra Ranges's planning scheme was amended by C196yran: 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: "The Amendment extends SCO13 of the Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme to include additional Project Land for the purposes of drainage works.

C194yran 13 August 2020
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Yarra Ranges's planning scheme was amended by C194yran: 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 surplus CFA land from PUZ1 to IN3Z to facilitate disposal.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

C090Pt3 16 June 2011
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Yarra Ranges's planning scheme was amended by C090Pt3: 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 land at 30 Heritage Lane, Healesville from a Public Use Zone Schedule 1 to a Green Wedge Zone Schedule 5.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.

GC171 3 September 2020
MajorA substantial change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

Yarra Ranges's planning scheme was amended by GC171: 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: "The amendment updates the mapping for the Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO) by deleting the BMO from three sites across the Mitchell, Pyrenees and Yarra Ranges Shires and applying the BMO to two sites in Moyne Shire to reflect the criteria as set out in Planning Advisory Note 46 - Bushfire Management Overlay Mapping Methodology and Criteria.

VC312 16 June 2026
MinorA small, low-impact change to this provision. Automated assessment, not an official government classification.

In Clause 53.02-5, the text was updated to change the capitalization of section headings, such as "GENERAL" to "General," and "PROPOSED VEGETATION" to "Proposed vegetation." The same formatting change occurred for "DWELLINGS AND SMALL SECOND DWELLINGS" to "Dwellings and Small Second Dwellings," "VULNERABLE PEOPLE" to "Vulnerable people," and "SUBDIVISION" to "Subdivision." In Clause 35.04-1, the term "Accommodation" was modified to clarify that it excludes "Dwelling" instead of "Residential building." In Clause 53.25, the reference to the Chief Executive Officer was changed to a Deputy Secretary.