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. 

As the exhibition period for this amendment is now concluded, Council officers will review the submissions received, taking into account all matters raised, and the potential implications of those matters for landowners and the community.

Please be aware that submissions are public documents and copies may be made available to any person for the purpose of consideration as part of the planning process. Your personal contact details will not be published with your submission, and your personal information will be managed in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.

Once the submissions have been reviewed, a response for each matter raised will be determined and a report will be prepared for consideration at a future Council meeting. You will be advised of the date of the Council meeting, when it is confirmed, and of any opportunities to address Council at the meeting. The Council meeting agenda is usually available on Council’s website here on the Friday evening preceding the meeting.

If Council does not support all of the changes to the amendment sought by submitters, it will then decide whether to abandon the amendment, or request the appointment of a Planning Panel by the Minister for Planning.  A Panel is appointed by the Minister to hear submissions in response to an amendment, and to make recommendations or provide expert advice on whether or not the amendment should proceed. 

If a Panel is requested and appointed, you will be advised in writing and provided with an opportunity to make a presentation to the Panel at a public hearing. 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.

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.  

 

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