Current Status

The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C109wellPt1 to the Wellington Planning Scheme. The changes came into effect on Thursday 4 May 2023.

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Background – Split Amendment

Wellington Amendment C109well, as exhibited, proposed to delete Schedule 1 to the Environmental Significance Overlay (ESO1) from the residential areas in Golden Beach, Paradise Beach and the Honeysuckles.

At the ordinary Council Meeting of 4 October 2022, Council voted to split Planning Scheme Amendment C109 into two parts (C109wellPt1 and C019wellPt2), being:

• ‍Part 1 - All parts of the exhibited Amendment - except the proposed deletion of Schedule 1 to the Environmental Significance Overlay (ESO1) from the residential areas in Golden Beach, Paradise Beach and the Honeysuckles.
• ‍Part 2 - Proposed deletion of Schedule 1 to the Environmental Significance Overlay (ESO1) from the residential areas in Golden Beach, Paradise Beach and the Honeysuckles.

C109wellPt1 has now been formally approved, while C019wellPt2 has been abandoned.

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What is Amendment C109wellPt1?

Planning Scheme Amendment C109wellPt1 has facilitated a comprehensive restructure of the Wellington Planning Scheme (Planning Scheme) and includes minor revisions to some zone and overlay provisions to help reduce red-tape and make some types of new (minor) development such as sheds, easier.

The Amendment was a ‘mandated’ State Government requirement under the ‘Smart Planning’ program that applies to all planning schemes across Victoria to ensure state-wide consistency in how they are presented.

The Amendment has resulted in a new look, streamlined Planning Policy Framework (PPF), which integrates state, regional and local planning policy into a more succinct and user-friendly structure.

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Key changes

Amendment C109wellPt1 has made the following key changes to the Wellington Planning Scheme:

• Replaces the Municipal Strategic Statement and the Local Planning Policy Framework of the Wellington Planning Scheme with a Municipal Planning Strategy and Planning Policy Framework;
• Implements the recommendations of reports that underpin the Planning in the Economic Growth Zone project;
• Updates several schedules to the zones, overlays and operational provisions to be consistent with the Ministerial Direction on Form and Content; and
• Revises several zone and overlay schedules to remove permit triggers, introduce permit exemptions, and improve wording and efficacy of provisions.

Amendment C109wellPt1 provides a more concise Planning Scheme that is easier to navigate and administer and will deliver a greater level of certainty to the community and other stakeholders.

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Approved documents

• Wellington C109wellPt1 – Instruction Sheet
• Wellington C109wellPt1 – Explanatory Report
• Wellington C109wellPt1 – Ordinance
• Wellington C109wellPt1 – Maps
• Wellington C109wellPt1 – Port Albert Heritage Precinct Permit Exemptions (amended August 2019)

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Further Information

For further information on this Amendment please contact a member of the Strategic Planning Team on 1300 366 244.

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