Sale CBD, 38-50 Macarthur Street, Sale (2025)

Development Plan Application

DPO1 - Development Plan – Land bound by Desailly, Macarthur & Reeve Street and New Railway Road, Sale - 38-50 Macarthur Street, Sale (Ref: DP3/2025)

• Demolish the existing building at 38-50 Macarthur Street, Sale, which is used for a Timber Yard & Trade Supplies; and,
• Construct a new two storey commercial building with an underground carpark beneath it to accommodate shops at ground floor level and office space at the first floor level.

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What is a Development Plan

A Development Plan is a design tool which illustrates preferred development outcomes and identifies the necessary key infrastructure required to facilitate development of a large area of land in a co-ordinated and integrated manner. It prevents a piecemeal approach to development and avoids poor land use planning outcomes, which can lead to disjointed and underserviced growth.

For more details, please refer to the Development Plan Information Sheet.

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Sale – Planning Background

The Development Plan sits between the high-level planning direction provided by Clause 11.01-1L Sale & Wurruk of the Wellington Planning Scheme, and detailed planning permit applications for subdivision and development, which are lodged by development proponents.

As a long-established area identified for commercial development in the Sale & Wurruk Strategy Map at Clause 11.01-1L Sale, Wurruk and Longford of the Wellington Planning Scheme, the land subject to the Development Plan Overlay 1 (DPO1) has been in its existing Commercial 1 Zone (C1Z) (or its predecessor the Business Zone (BZ)) since at least the year 2000. The fundamental principle of commercial use for the land has therefore been formally established in legislation.

As a requirement of the Wellington Planning Scheme, the Development Plan has been prepared to demonstrate, in detail, how the land can be developed for general residential living purposes, in accordance with the relevant planning provisions. The Development Plan for Development Plan – Sale CBD (DPO1) - 38-50 Macarthur Street, Sale has been prepared in response to the requirements of Clause 43.04 of the Wellington Planning Scheme: Development Plan Overlay – Schedule 1 (DPO1).

A well-formulated Development Plan serves as a ‘linking’ tool between the established planning direction and on the ground development outcomes and in doing so, aims to guide Council, development proponents and the community on how this area of Sale should be developed over time.

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Development Plan Overlay 1 (DPO1) Area

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Draft Development Plan

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Public Notification

The draft Development Plan is currently on a period of public notification (from Thursday 13 November 2025 - Thursday 27 November 2025), as per the requirements of DPO1.

Documents associated with the draft Development Plan can be found below:

• DPO1 – Copy of Title
• DPO1 – Development Plan Report  
• DPO1 – Indicative Development Plan
• DPO1 – Architectural Drawings  
• DPO1 – Stormwater Management Plan
• DPO1 – Drainage Plans
• DPO1 – Waste Management Plan  
• DPO1 – Traffic Report

Comments / feedback on the draft Development Plan can be provided in the following ways:

1. In writing to: Strategic Planning Team, PO Box 506, SALE VIC 3850
2. Via email to (DP3/2025 - Development Plan Application)  

Any comments / feedback must be made in writing and include your name and contact details (address, phone number and email address). Please ensure that any comments / feedback are submitted by Thursday 27 November 2025.

Please note that Council may provide copies of any comments / feedback received to the Development Plan proponent / applicant as part of the draft Development Plan application process (including electronically). Your personal information will be protected as per the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. This includes no unauthorised disclosure of personal information that is not reasonably required for the primary purpose of its collection.

Any comments / feedback received will be considered, and where considered appropriate and relevant to do so, used to inform the final Development Plan.

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Next Steps

At the conclusion of the public notification period, Council Officers will consider all comments and feedback received, and where appropriate and relevant to do so, will use these comments / feedback to inform the final Development Plan.

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Further Information

Should you require further information, please contact Caragh Button (Strategic Planner) on Tel: 1300 366 244 or email: strategicplanning@wellington.vic.gov.au

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