Planning Scheme Amendments

The Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme is a legal document that sets out rules for using, developing and protecting land within our Shire. It contains state and local planning policies, zones, overlays and other controls.

Zones control land use (e.g. housing, agriculture, industry, retail, etc.) and overlays control development (e.g. building heights, setbacks, vegetation removal, heritage protection, flooding, etc.).

Changes to these rules are called planning scheme amendments. Amendments can change the mapping of zones and overlays, or the written content of policies or schedules to zones and overlays.

Amendments can apply to a single property or to land right across the Shire. They often:

implement a new Council policy, plan or strategy
respond to emerging issues or private requests
correct inconsistencies and minor errors, or
improve how the scheme operates.

Current Planning Scheme Amendments

Amendment C219morn: Housing for the Peninsula

New residential zones and updated design controls to protect neighbourhood character and meet existing and future housing needs.

Amendment C243morn - Somerville Technology, Industry & Business Park

An amendment to facilitate the use and development of the land for the Mornington Peninsula Technology, Industry & Business Park at 79 and 83 Bungower Road Somerville.

Amendment C247morn - Woodbyne residential precinct, Mornington

Combined Planning Scheme Amendment C247morn, Planning Permits P23/2400 and P23/2402 for subdivision, and a Development Plan propose to create a new residential estate in Mornington known as the “Woodbyne Precinct”.

C249morn & P20/2355 – 170 Boundary Road & 62 Collins Road, Dromana

A combined amendment to facilitate a 250 lot residential subdivision, a 6.99ha conservation area, public open space and associated infrastructure.

Amendment C286morn - Ocean Beach Road Sorrento Built Form Review

This Amendment proposes to apply permanent, mandatory building design controls to the Ocean Beach Road Commercial Precinct in Sorrento.

Amendment C295morn: Creswell Street East, Crib Point - revised DCP

Introduces a revised Development Contributions Plan to fund delivery of road and drainage infrastructure for residential properties in Creswell, Cooma and Glossop Streets, Crib Point.

Amendment C246morn - Elevating ESD Targets

An amendment that proposes to introduce new Environmentally Sustainable Design requirements for medium and large development proposals in urban areas.

Amendment C302morn - Municipal Heritage Review

Municipal Heritage Review - Area 4 and other places

Requesting an amendment

Amending a planning scheme is a process to change the law which can only be approved by the Minister for Planning. Council can be authorised by the Minister for Planning to prepare an amendment and run the formal process.

Anyone can ask Council to change the planning scheme. If you’re considering requesting a planning scheme amendment, you don’t need to fill out an application form, but please contact us to discuss your proposal before applying.

Please also note that you will need to pay significant fees at each stage of the amendment process. The fees are outlined on the State Government’s website.

The amendment process

Amending a planning scheme is a legal process that happens according to the rules set out in the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The process includes several key stages and can take a few years to complete, depending on how complicated the amendment is. The process generally involves:

Stage	Who’s involved?
Strategic Work Council prepares a strategy, plan or policy about a local planning issue with input from the community and experts	Council Community Experts Agencies
Amendment Preparation Council drafts an amendment to implement the strategic work	Council Experts Agencies
Authorisation Council drafts an amendment to implement the strategic work	Victorian Government
Public Exhibition The Minister for Planning allows Council to start the amendment process	Council Community Agencies
Planning Panel An independent Planning Panel considers the community submissions, holds a public hearing, and prepares a report with recommendations for Council	Victorian Government Council Community Experts Agencies
Council Decision Council reviews the Panel report and decides whether to adopt, change or abandon the amendment	Council
Minister Decision The Minister for Planning decides whether to approve the amendment.	Victorian Government
Gazettal The Minister for Planning publishes the amendment and it comes into effect	Victorian Government

Finished amendments

An amendment is finished when it’s:

approved and gazetted by the Minister for Planning,
refused by the Minister for Planning,
abandoned by Council, or
lapses because it is not finished within the required timeframes.

You can see all our completed amendments on the State Government’s website.

State Government Amendments

Sometimes the Minister for Planning makes amendments to all planning schemes across Victoria – known as “VC” amendments to the Victoria Planning Provisions (VPP). The Minister can also make amendments to a select group of planning schemes – known as ‘GC’ amendments. You can see these amendments on the State Government’s website.

More information

Visit these websites for more information about the:

Contact Us

Contact our Strategic Planning team by:

Phone: (03) 5950 1003
Email:  strategic.admin@mornpen.vic.gov.au
Mail: Strategic Planning
  Mornington Peninsula Shire
  Private Bag 1000
  Rosebud Victoria 3939