Completed Planning Scheme Amendments

Completed and Recently Gazetted Amendments are listed here.

Amendment C127cola

The Minister for Planning is considering whether to prepare, adopt and approve Colac Otway Planning Scheme Amendment C127cola under section 20(4) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987.

The amendment applies to the following land: No Lot and Plan Number Address 1 Lot 1 TP100330 and L6 LP11661 56 Harris Road Elliminyt 2 Lot 2 & 3 PS723133, CM1&2 PS723133 62A-C Harris Road Elliminyt 3 Lot 1 TP089127 and Lot 9 LP51197 78 Harris Road Elliminyt 4 Lot 1 LP117616 90 Harris Road Elliminyt 5 Lot 5 PS403926 17 Colac-Lavers Hill Road Elliminyt 6 Lot 1 TP580946 45 Colac-Lavers Hill Road Elliminyt 7 Lot 8 LP11661 65 Colac-Lavers Hill Road Elliminyt 8 Lot 1 LP216353 75 Colac-Lavers Hill Road Elliminyt 9 Lot 2 LP216353 85 Colac-Lavers Hill Road Elliminyt.

Gazettal

Notice of the approval of the amendment was published in the Special Government Gazette on Thursday 21 December 2023.

Amendment C123cola

The Director, Development Approvals and Design, under delegation from the Minister of Planning exercised powers under Section 20(4) of the Planning and Environment Act to approve Amendment C123cola to the Colac Otway Planning Scheme

What the draft amendment does

The Amendment rezoned 50 hectares of land bounded by Sinclair Street South, Irrewillipe Road, Hart Street, and Harris Road, Elliminyt from the Rural Living Zone to the General Residential Zone.

The Amendment is in line with the Colac 2050 Growth Plan (Colac Otway Shire 2019). The Colac 2050 Growth Plan establishes a strategic framework for the future planning and development of Colac.

The subject land is identified within the Deans Creek Corridor and prioritises residential development through rezoning and installation of drainage and stormwater management infrastructure. The Amendment also applies a new Schedule 8 to the Development Plan Overlay (DPO8) to ensure the development occurs in accordance with the broad development principles of the Irrewillipe Road Framework Plan and provision of essential community infrastructure.

In addition, the Amendment applies an Environmental Audit Overlay to land at 145 Harris Road, Elliminyt which has been identified through preliminary site investigations as having a ‘medium’ potential for contamination.

Specifically, the Amendment makes the following changes to the Colac Otway Planning Scheme:

Rezone the land from Rural Living Zone to General Residential Zone – Schedule 1 in accordance with the Colac 2050 Growth Plan;
Apply a Development Plan Overlay – Schedule 8 to ensure comprehensive and coordinated development;
Apply an Environmental Audit Overlay to 145 Harris Road, Elliminyt.

Priority Project Standing Advisory Committee

The decision follows a Priority Project Standing Advisory Committee hearing held on 22 and 23 June 2003 to hear from submitters to the amendment.

Approved Amendment Documentation can be viewed here

Amendment C111cola

The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C111cola to the Colac Otway Planning Scheme.

The Amendment comes into operation on the date this notice is published in the Victoria Government Gazette.

The combined planning scheme Amendment and planning permit application facilitates the upgrade and expansion of the Red Rock Regional Theatre and Art Gallery in Cororooke. The Amendment rezones a 4,907 square metre portion of land at 30 Factory Road, Cororooke from Farming Zone to Township Zone. Planning permit PP219/2020-1 applies to 520 Corangamite Lake Road and 30 Factory Road, Cororooke and allows subdivision of the land into three lots, use of the land for a food and drink premises (café) and an on-premises liquor license, temporary use of the land for a store (tram storage), extensions and alterations to buildings and associated works, display of signage, alteration of access to a road in a Transport Zone 2, creation of an easement, and reduction of bicycle parking requirements.

The Minister has granted the following permit(s) under Division 5 Part 4 of the Act:

Permit No.	Description of land
PP219/2020-1	30 Factory Road and 520 Corangamite Lake Road, Cororooke

Approved Amendment Documentation can be viewed here.

Amendment C118cola

The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C118cola to the Colac Otway Planning Scheme. The Amendment comes into operation on the date this notice is published in the Victoria Government Gazette (28 July 2022).

The Amendment amends the schedule to Clause 43.01 Heritage Overlay to refer to the Colac Otway Planning Scheme Heritage Control, HO305 – Murray Street Precinct Colac, Incorporated Plan 2020; amends Schedule 8 to Clause 43.02 Design and Development Overlay to change the signage category from Category 3 to Category 1; amends the schedule to Clause 72.04 Documents Incorporated in this Planning Scheme to update the Murray Street Precinct, Colac Statement of Significance and include the Colac Otway Planning Scheme Heritage Control, HO305 – Murray Street Precinct Colac, Incorporated Plan 2020; amends the schedule to Clause 72.08 Background Documents to update the Colac Otway Heritage Study Volumes 1 and 2 (Mary Sheehan & Assoc., 2003); and amends Planning Scheme Map No.11HO to remove some non-contributory properties from the fringe of the HO305 Murray Street Precinct.

Approved Amendment Documentation can be viewed here.

Amendment C116cola

Colac Otway Shire and the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority (CCMA) have prepared the Birregurra Flood and Drainage Strategy 2021.

Council considered the Amendment and the Planning Panel Report at the Council meeting on the 29th June 2022 (meeting minutes). At this meeting Council resolved to adopt the Amendment and forward it to the Minister of Planning for approval.

The Amendment was gazetted on the 8th September 2022 and is now finalised.

Approved Amendment Documentation can be viewed here.

Amendment C119cola

Colac Otway Shire has prepared the Erosion Management Overlay Review 2021 and Amendment C119cola.

The Review streamlines and simplifies the current Erosion Management Overlay (EMO) in the Shire. The EMO is located primarily in the coastal, southern and central parts of the Shire. It is the key planning tool to manage the impacts of land slip within the Shire. It is applied to land prone to erosion, landslip and other land degradation processes and seeks to minimise land disturbance and restrict inappropriate development.

The Review focused on opportunities to remove areas from the current EMO mapping where the risk of landslip does not warrant such controls. The EMO mapping was amended, removing or reducing the coverage of over 500 Shire properties from the Overlay coverage.

Amendment C119cola implements the findings of the Review.

The Amendment modifies the previous EMO Schedule to increase planning permit exemptions and minimise permit submission requirements. The revised Schedule increases the range of works exempted from requiring a planning permit. The Schedule also decreases the requirements for geotechnical assessments in some circumstances.

Amendment C119cola was approved and gazetted on 21 September 2022.

Approved Amendment Documentation can be viewed here

Amendment C113cola

The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C113cola to the Colac Otway Planning Scheme.

The Amendment rezones a surplus school site in Cressy from Public Use Zone 2 - Education to Township Zone, applies a Design and Development Overlay and amends the requirement for a public open space contribution.

The Amendment comes into operation from the 31st March 2022.

Approved Amendment Documentation can be viewed here

Amendment C121cola

The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C121cola to the Colac Otway Planning Scheme.

The Amendment reintroduces heritage policy provisions which were inadvertently removed by Amendment C108cola. The Heritage Design Guidelines for each of the twelve precincts are included as separate Incorporated Documents in the planning scheme.

The Amendment comes into operation from the 18th March 2022.

Approved Amendment Documentation can be viewed here

Amendment C090cola

The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C090cola to the Colac Otway Planning Scheme.

The Amendment implements the findings of the Deans Creek and Barongarook Creek Flood Study (2017) through changes to the Floodway Overlay (FO) and the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) maps and schedules to improve the performance of the Colac Otway Planning Scheme in responding to flood events in Colac and surrounds.

The amendment comes into operation from the 30th July 2021.