Amendment C203port Planning Scheme Review

About the Amendment

• Council endorsement 7 July 2021

  At the 7 July 2021 Ordinary Council Meeting, Council decided to:

  • Endorse the draft Municipal Planning Strategy, local policies and supporting documents as a basis for Amendment C203port to the Port Phillip Planning Scheme.
  • Request the Minister for Planning to authorise the preparation and exhibition of Amendment C203port Planning Scheme Review to the Port Phillip Planning Scheme.
  • Place Amendment C203port on exhibition.

  The Council report and attachments, containing the draft amendment documents, and minutes can be accessed in the Council meetings and agendas.

• What the Amendment does

  Amendment C203port is a targeted review of local content in the planning scheme to improve its usability and enable better decision making.

  All policies currently in the Local Planning Policy Framework of the Port Phillip Planning Scheme have been reviewed and translated into the new format to simplify and improve its structure, function and operation and remove unnecessary regulation.

  Most of this translation is ‘policy neutral’ and does not alter the meaning of the policy. Where it is not policy neutral, it introduces gives effect to adopted Council strategies and plans such as Act and Adapt, Art and Soul, Don't Waste It!, In Our Backyard, and Move, Connect, Live.

  In particular the Amendment proposes to:

  • Implement the Port Phillip Planning Scheme Audit 2018 and the land use and development directions of Council’s adopted strategies and documents.
  • Update the Port Phillip Planning Scheme to comply with Victorian Government changes to planning schemes regarding language, format and structure introduced by Amendment VC148.
  • Update local heritage policy to implement new Heritage Design Guidelines, which provide detailed and illustrated guidance on eleven development themes, informed by extensive consultation undertaken in 2019.
  • Introduce new local VicSmart planning provisions to enable quicker assessments of some minor types of planning permit applications.
  • Remove eleven Incorporated Documents from the Port Phillip Planning Scheme as they are obsolete.

  To view the proposed amendment, register to attend a community information session and for details on making your written submission, please visit: https://haveyoursay.portphillip.vic.gov.au/c203port

• Why is the amendment required?

  Council is required to regularly review its planning scheme. The last review was completed in 2011. The starting point of the review was the 2018 Planning Scheme Audit.

  The amendment is also required to translate the local content into the new State Government format and implement work that has been undertaken through Council's Heritage Program.

• Contact a Strategic Planner

  For further information about this project, please visit https://haveyoursay.portphillip.vic.gov.au/c203port 

  Or contact the City Strategy and Policy team:

  Email: strategicplanning@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  Phone: 03 9209 6777