Amendment C103 - Hopetoun Park North

Council has prepared Amendment C103moor to the Moorabool Planning Scheme at the request of EMM Consulting, on behalf of Bacchus Marsh Property Group.  

The amendment is required to facilitate a master-planned residential development of approximately 62 hectares of land. The land is identified for residential development at Clause 11.01-1L-02 of the Moorabool Planning Scheme. 

The planned residential development would consist of approximately 400 dwellings on minimum size lots between 800m2 and 1500m2, active open space, community facilities, a local retail centre, local parks and shared trails.  

The amendment proposes to: 

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

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

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

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

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

Have your say 

The Amendment was on public exhibition from 21 March to 4 May 2025 and 32 submissions receivedAt the Ordinary Meeting of Council on 2 July 2025, Council resolved to request the Minister for Planning appoint an Independent Planning Panel to consider the amendment and all submissions received.

Following the public hearing, a report will be produced by the Panel, which Council must consider before it resolves to adopt, change or abandon the amendment. The Minister for Planning will then make the final decision in relation to the amendment after considering Council’s resolution and the recommendations of the Panel report.

 A Planning Panel has been scheduled for the following dates

The Panel Hearing can be accessed as follows:

In person: Darley Civic and Community Hub, Moorabool Shire Council offices, 182 Halletts Way, Darley

By video (Microsoft Teams): Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 472 280 293 666 0 Passcode: ho7tK3RP

By phone (audio only): dial +61 3 9070 4463 followed by 228428432#

Please note that there is a formal schedule of proceedings for these hearings. further information about the hearing process can be found on the PPV website

Date Time Meeting Room Teams Meeting link
Monday 29 September 2025 10am to 4.30pm North Wing Room 2 &3 Join the meeting now
Tuesday 30 September 2025 10am to 2.05pm North Wing Room 2 &3 Join the meeting now
Wednesday 1 October 2025 10am to 4.30pm North Wing Room 2 &3 Join the meeting now
Thursday 2 October 2025 10am to 4.30pm North Wing Room 2 &3 Join the meeting now
Friday 3 October 2025 10am to 2.30pm North Wing Room 2 &3 Join the meeting now

 

 

 

 

Find out more 

You can find out more about the amendment and view the amendment documents by visiting Council’s Have Your Say webpage  

or 

on the Department of Transport and Planning website

www.planning.vic.gov.au/public-inspection

Hard copies of all Amendment documents can be viewed at Council’s Darley or Ballan offices, the Lerderderg Library or can be posted to you upon request.