Amendment C103 - Hopetoun Park North

Council prepared Amendment C103moor to the Moorabool Planning Scheme at the request of EMM Consulting, on behalf of Bacchus Marsh Property Group.  The Amendment has been approved by the Minister for Planning and came into effect on 21 May 2026.

The amendment: 

  • Rezones the subject land from Farming Zone (FZ) to Neighbourhood Residential Zone Schedule 8 (NRZ8); 

  • Applies the Development Plan Overlay Schedule 7 (DPO7) to the subject land;  

  • Applies the Design and Development Overlay Schedule 17 (DDO17) to the subject land;  

  • Applies the Environmental Significance Overlay Schedule 7 (ESO7) to remnant native vegetation on the subject land;  

  • Removes the Design and Development Overlay Schedule 2 (DDO2) and Significant Landscape Overlay Schedule 1 (SLO1) from the subject land. 

Timeline

2021 - EMM Consulting, on behalf of Bacchus Marsh Property Group request a planning scheme amendment.

February 2024 - At the Ordinary Meeting of Council, it was resolved to seek authorisation from the Minister for Planning to prepare and exhibit Amendment C103moor.

November 2024 - The Minister for Planning authorised Amendment C103moor.

21 March to 4 May 2025 - The Amendment was exhibited and 32 submissions were received.

July 2025 - At the Ordinary Meeting of Council, it was resolved to request the Minister for Planning appoint an independent Planning Panel to consider the submissions received.

29 September to 3 October 2025 - The Planning Panel Hearing was held where submissions to Amendment C103moor were heard.   

November 2025 - The Planning Panel’s report was released. Moorabool-C103moor-Corrections-Report.pdf(PDF, 4MB)

March 2026 - At the Ordinary Meeting of Council, it was resolved to adopt the Amendment and submit it to the Minister for Planning for approval.

21 May 2026 - The Minister for Planning approved Amendment C103 and the Amendment came into operation.

Find out more 

You can find out more about the amendment and view the amendment documents here:  

Department of Transport and Planning website

Hard copies can be viewed at Council's Darley or Ballan offices and the Lerderderg Library.  

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