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
C219warr Amendment
The amendment updates the North of the Merri River Structure Plan (Mesh Pty Ltd, September 2011) and North of the Merri River Development Contributions Plan (Mesh, September 2011) to delete reference to the undergrounding of the existing high voltage powerlines; extends the life of the Development Contributions Plan from ten (10) years to (25) years; and updates the Structure Plan and Development Contributions Plan version reference to May 2024.
For further details, refer to the explanatory report about the amendment.
The Warrnambool City Council planning authority has prepared Amendment C219warr to the Warrnambool Planning Scheme.
The land affected by the amendment is confined within the North of the Merri River Structure Plan area, generally bound by Wollaston Road and a ridge line to the north, Caramut Road to the west and the Merri River to the south and east.
The amendment proposes to update the North of the Merri River Structure Plan and Development Contributions Plan to delete reference to the undergrounding of the existing high voltage powerlines. The change will provide benefit to the community by way of reduced costs to Council which will help support growth and the delivery of housing. The timeframe of the Development Contributions Plan has been extended as part of the updates.
The amendment updates the version references of the North of the Merri River Structure Plan and Development Contributions Plan within the Warrnambool Planning Scheme.
You may inspect the amendment, any documents that support the amendment and the explanatory report about the amendment, free of charge.
The amendment can also be viewed on request, during office hours, at the office of the planning authority, Warrnambool City Council, 25 Liebig Street, Warrnambool by contacting (03) 5559 4800 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 27 February 2025. A submission must be sent to the Warrnambool City Council at 25 Liebig St Warrnambool or via email to [email protected] and marked as Submission on Amendment C219warr.
The planning authority must make a copy of every submission available at its office and/or on its website for any person to inspect free of charge until the end of the two months after the amendment comes into operation or lapses.
WARRNAMBOOL PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C213warr
RIVERVIEW TERRACE REZONING
The Warrnambool City Council has prepared Amendment C213Warr to the Warrnambool Planning Scheme.
Amendment C213warr
This combined planning permit application and planning scheme amendment under section 96A of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 rezones land at 31, and 32-34 Riverview Terrace; Serendipity Drive; Casuarina Court, and properties at 4, 6, and 10-12 Hopkins Point Road, Warrnambool from Rural Living Zone to General Residential Zone 1. The amendment also deletes Schedule 2 of the Design and Development Overlay from the land and applies Schedule 17 of the Design and Development Overlay, with a number of minor changes to the content of Schedule 17. Planning permit application PP2022-0060 seeks approval for the two (2) lot subdivision of the land at Lot 1 PS 317314K, known as 32 Riverview Terrace, Warrnambool.
The amendment and planning permit application were exhibited from 18 April to 20 May 2024. Council received a total of six submissions.
As certain matters could not be resolved, Council requested the Minister for Planning appoint an independent Planning Panel to review and consider the submissions.
Following the appointment of the panel, a Directions Hearing was held on 31 July 2024, followed by the Panel Hearing on 27 August 2024.
The Panel report has now been received, and is available for inspection at the following link.
The Panel report will be considered by Council at an upcoming Council meeting.
Please direct any enquiries to Strategic Planner, Morteza Mirgholami by telephone on (03) 5559 4800, or email [email protected]
WARRNAMBOOL PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C214
19 HORNE ROAD REZONING, WARRNAMBOOL
The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C214warr to the Warrnambool Planning Scheme.
Amendment C214 came into effect on the 16 May 2024. It now forms part of the Warrnambool Planning Scheme.
Amendment C214warr facilitates the implementation of the Warrnambool Eastern Activity Centre Structure Plan (Mesh Pty Ltd, February 2020) by rezoning the land at 19 Horne Road, Warrnambool from Farming Zone (FZ) to the Commercial 2 Zone (C2Z); applying the Design and Development Overlay (DDO) Schedule 18 to the land; applying the Development Plan Overlay (DPO) Schedule 15 to the land; and correcting anomalies in Clause 11.03-1L-04 and the Schedule to Clause 72.08.
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 and online 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
[email protected]
In person
Warrnambool Civic Centre
25 Liebig Street,
Warrnambool Office hours: 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday