Planning Scheme Amendments

We are required to regularly update the Wangaratta Planning Scheme.

Updates to the Scheme follow a process outlined in the Planning and Environment Act 1987, which generally involves developing a proposed amendment, publicly exhibiting the amendment to anyone affected by it, then seeking approval from Councillors and finally the Victorian Minister for Planning.

Details of proposed amendments and other recent amendments can be found below.

Proposed Amendments

C81 - Flood Overlay and Land Subject to Inundation Overlay

The amendment proposes changes to make sure land subject to flooding is classified using up to date information. It implements the findings of the Wangaratta Urban Waterways Flood Investigation Study Report 2017.

Status: A Planning Panel hearing was undertaken Nov 2020. Council will now consider the Panel report.

Land included: All land in the municipality affected by flooding from the Ovens and King Rivers, and Fifteen Mile, One Mile, Three Mile and Reedy Creeks.

More information: View the proposed amendment and check on its latest status here.

C76 Wangaratta Industrial Strategy

What the Amendment Does?

 The amendment implements the relevant recommendations of the Wangaratta Industrial Land Use Strategy 2017 into the Wangaratta Planning Scheme by:

  • Rezoning land and applying relevant planning overlays in accordance with the recommendations of the Strategy.
  • Amending the Local Planning Policy Framework to include the relevant recommendations of the Strategy.
  • Amend Schedules to the Special Use Zone and Design and Development Overlay to update these in line with current Victorian Planning Provision (VPP) templates and use current VPP land use terms. 

Status: Adopted by Council.

Land included: All Industrial Zoned and selected Commercial 2 Zoned land.

More information: View the proposed amendment and check on its latest status here.

C77 Wangaratta Aerodrome

 What the Amendment Does?

The Amendment proposed to implement the objectives of the Wangaratta Aerodrome Master Plan 2017 (WAMP) and the relevant objectives of the Wangaratta Urban Waterways Flood Investigation 2017 (WUWFI) by undertaking the following:

  1. rezoning land from the Public Use Zone 4 to Special Use Zone –Schedule 8;
  2. rezoning land from the Farming Zone to Special Use Zone –Schedule 8;
  3. applying the Design and Development Overlay (DDO) for airspace protection surfaces based on an Obstacle Limitation Surface (OLS) plan; and
  4. amending the Flood Overlay and the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay Maps in accordance with the WUWFI. 

The amendment does not alter the current Airport Environs Overlay as it applies to the airport and surrounding land. 

Status: Awaiting approval.

Land included: land at the Wangaratta Aerodrome and surrounding areas which are contained within the Obstacle Limitation Surface.

More information: View the proposed amendment and check on its latest status here.

C53 Corrections and Anomalies

Amendment C55 seeks to address anomalies that are currently present in the Wangaratta Planning Scheme by making minor technical changes, removing redundant policies and correcting minor mapping issues centred around incorrectly zoned land and boundary alignment issues.  

Council adopted this amendment in March 2020 and it has been submitted to the Minister for Planning for approval.

Recent Amendments

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning website lists the status of all current and recent amendments to the Wangaratta Planning Scheme.

View current and recent amendments

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