The Warrnambool Planning Scheme controls land use and development within the municipality. It contains State and local planning policies, zones and overlays and other provisions that affect how land can be used and developed.
The planning scheme indicates if a planning permit is required to change the use of land, or to construct a building or make other changes to the land.
A copy of the planning scheme is on display at the Warrnambool Civic Centre during business hours or, can be accessed on line at the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning's Planning Schemes Online website.
What is a Planning Scheme Amendment?
Sometimes the Warrnambool Planning Scheme needs to be changed to reflect new circumstances. Changes to the scheme are known as amendments and the process for an amendment is set out in the Planning and Environment Act 1987. An amendment may involve a change to a planning scheme map (often a rezoning) or a change to the ordinance or written part of the scheme or both.
Current Amendments
C220warr Amendment
Overview
The amendment applies the Heritage Overlay to 2 Mortlake Road, Warrnambool (HO382) and realigns the HO145 map boundaries to reduce its application to the curtilage of 1A Reginald Grove, Warrnambool and the perimeter of the gate and cattle grid fronting 83 Raglan Parade, Warrnambool.
For further details, refer to the explanatory report about the amendment.
Details of the amendment
The Warrnambool City Council has prepared Amendment C220warr to the Warrnambool Planning Scheme.
The land affected by the amendment include:
- 2 Mortlake Road, Warrnambool.
- 83 Raglan Parade and 71 Raglan Parade, Warrnambool.
- 1A Reginald Grove, Warrnambool.
This amendment proposes to apply the Heritage Overlay (HO382) to 2 Mortlake Road, Warrnambool on a permanent basis and to reduce the extent of the Heritage Overlay (HO145) as it applies to 1A Reginald Grove, 83 Raglan Parade and 71 Raglan Parade Warrnambool.
You may inspect the amendment, any documents that support the amendment and the explanatory report about the amendment, free of charge, at:
- the Department of Transport and Planning website www.planning.vic.gov.au/public-inspection or by contacting 1800 789 386 to arrange a time to view the amendment documentation.
- the Warrnambool City Council website at https://www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/planning-scheme-amendments; and
- on request, during office hours, at the office of the Warrnambool City Council, at 25 Liebig Street, Civic Centre, Warrnambool VIC 3280
by contacting the office on 1800 789 386 to arrange a time to view the amendment documentation.
Any person may make a submission to the planning authority about the amendment. Submissions must be made in writing giving the submitter’s name and contact address, clearly stating the grounds on which the amendment is supported or opposed and indicating what changes (if any) the submitter wishes to make.
Name and contact details of submitters are required for the planning authority to consider submissions and to notify such persons of the opportunity to attend planning authority meetings and any public hearing held to consider submissions.
The closing date for submissions is 06 July 2026. A submission must be sent via email to the planning@warrnambool.vic.gov.au.
C216warr Amendment
The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C216warr to the Warrnambool Planning Scheme.
The Amendment comes into operation on 05th of December 2025, as published in the Victoria Government Gazette.
The Amendment implements the recommendations of the Warrnambool Planning Scheme Review 2023 by making changes to the Municipal Planning Strategy, local policies, and local schedules to zones, overlays, and general and operational provisions that are largely administrative in nature and where the intended effect of the respective clause is not changed.
A copy of the Amendment can be inspected, free of charge, at the Department of Transport and Planning website at www.planning.vic.gov.au/public-inspection or by contacting 1800 789 386 to arrange a time to view the Amendment. A copy of the Amendment can also be inspected, free of charge, during office hours, at the offices of the Warrnambool City Council, 25 Liebig Street, Warrnambool, or via the link above.
Exhibition of Amendments
Amendments are generally on exhibition for one month, notice of when an amendment is on exhibition appears in the Warrnambool Standard generally on a Wednesday and Saturday.
Anyone can view the amendment when on exhibition at Council’s Civic Centre located at 25 Liebig Street, Warrnambool.
Having your say
If you are affected by a planning scheme amendment, you can influence what is proposed and what gets approved. Anyone can inspect the amendment and make a submission if they have concerns about it.
Submissions must be in writing to Warrnambool City Council, PO Box 198, Warrnambool, VIC, 3280 and received by the last day of exhibition.
Contact
For all enquiries regarding planning scheme amendments, including rezonings, please contact our City Strategy and Development Team:
By phone
(03) 5559 4800
By mail
City Strategy and Development
Warrnambool City Council
PO Box 198 Warrnambool VIC 3280
By email
planning@warrnambool.vic.gov.au
In person
Warrnambool Civic Centre
25 Liebig Street,
Warrnambool Office hours: 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday