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    • Disability Access and Inclusion
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    • Health & Wellbeing
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  • Environment
    • Water
      • Our Water Future
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      • Saving Water
      • Stormwater
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    • Climate Change
      • What can you do with your community about climate change?
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      • What can your business do about climate change?
      • What can schools do about climate change?
      • What is the Shire doing about climate change?
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    • Natural Environment & Biodiversity
      • Our Natural Environment and Biodiversity
      • Plants of the Peninsula
      • Local Native Plants Guide
      • Wildlife of the Peninsula
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      • Bushland Reserves
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      • Nature Stewards program
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    • The Briars
      • About The Briars
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      • What's On at The Briars
      • The Briars Homestead and Gardens
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    • Learn more about sustainability
      • Eco Living Display Centre
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      • Sustainability Workshops
      • The Shire's Sustainability Education Program for Schools
      • Sustainability Workshops at Your Local Connection Points
    • Our Sustainability Education Program for Schools
    • Get Involved
      • Landcare on the Mornington Peninsula
      • Friends Groups of Bushland and Foreshore Reserves
      • Home Harvest Shares
      • Volunteer at the Eco Living Display Centre
      • Community gardens
      • How to become a Shire volunteer
    • Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
      • Western Port Biosphere image gallery
  • Activities
    • Camping
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      • Rosebud & McCrae Foreshore Camping
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      • Sorrento Foreshore Camping
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    • Sport & Recreation
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      • Mount Martha Public Golf Course
      • Skate Parks
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      • Sports Facility Development Standards
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    • Event Planning
      • Apply for an Event Permit
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      • Event Permitting Info Sessions
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    • Arts & Culture
      • Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
      • Local History
      • Arts & Culture Plan
      • Arts and Culture Advisory Panel (ACAP)
      • Creators Network
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      • Community Exhibition Spaces
      • Police Point Artist in Residence Program
      • Public Art
      • Promoting Your Activity
    • Parks & Reserves
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    • Child & Youth
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    • Business Events
  • Your Property
    • Rates & Valuations
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      • Valuations
      • Shire land sales
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      • Important update regarding Rates Notices
    • Animals and Pets
      • Responsible pet ownership
      • Dogs on the Peninsula
      • Community Animal Shelter and Animal Pound
      • Wildlife on the Peninsula
      • Pest Animals
      • Nuisance Animals
      • Domestic Animal Management Plan
    • Rubbish & Recycling
      • Bins
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      • Food and Green Waste
      • Waste and Recycling Guide
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      • Resource Recovery Centres & Hoppers
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      • Illegal Rubbish Dumping
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  • Building & Planning
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      • Get advice at Your Local Connection Points
    • Building
      • Thinking of Building a House
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    • Strategic Planning
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      • Environment Effects Statements (EES)
      • Submissions to the State Government
      • Position on the Future Role and Development of the Port of Hastings
    • Subdivisions
      • About Subdivision
      • Sustainable Subdivisions Framework
      • Construction Management Plan (CMP)
      • Construction of roads & drains
    • Coastal Planning
      • Our Beaches and Foreshores
      • Future of our foreshore
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      • Coastal and Marine Management Plans
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    • Engineering
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      • On-site Stormwater Detention
      • Drainage Easements - Rights and Responsibilities
      • Digital Data Submissions for Infrastructure Assets
      • Engineering Plan Assessment, Approval, Fees & Development Inspections
      • Construction Management Plan (CMP)
      • Vehicle Access to Shire Reserves
      • Road Openings / Drainage Connections - FAQs
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    • Heritage
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      • Assistance to Heritage Place Owners
      • Heritage Awards
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      • Heritage Studies
      • Conservation Management Plans
      • Ranelagh Estate Mount Eliza
      • Municipal Heritage Review
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      • Integrated Transport Strategy
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2025

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2024

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Private Bag 1000
Rosebud, Victoria, 3939
Email: customerservice@mornpen.vic.gov.au
Phone: 1300 850 600

Service centre and connection point operating hours and days vary by location.

 

Service Centres

Rosebud Office
90 Besgrove Street, Rosebud

Mornington Office
2 Queen Street, Mornington

Hastings Office
21 Marine Parade, Hastings 

Connection Points

Somerville
1085 Frankston-Flinders Road, Somerville

Dromana
359B Point Nepean Road, Dromana

Red Hill
137 Shoreham Road, Red Hill

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860–868 Melbourne Road, Sorrento 

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Mornington Peninsula Shire acknowledges and pays respect to the Bunurong people, the Traditional Custodians of these lands and waters.

We welcome and include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQA+, and multicultural community members of all ages and abilities.

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