Amendment C243morn - Somerville Technology, Industry & Business Park

The amendment applies to land at 79 and 83 Bungower Road, Somerville.

The land is currently zoned Special Use Zone (Schedule 1 – Port Related Uses) which prohibits a range of industrial and warehouse-based uses if they are not linked to a port-related or marine service industry.

However, the land has been identified within the Port of Hastings Development Strategy (2018) and Melbourne Industrial and Commercial Land Use Plan (MICLUP) (2020) as land that should be considered for alternative industrial development.

The Mornington Peninsula Industrial Land Use & Infrastructure Assessment and Rezoning Strategy (2020) prepared by Hansen Partnership on behalf of Mornington Peninsula Shire also identifies the land as having the potential to accommodate industrial development given the location and characteristics of the site.

Amendment C243morn will provide for a broader range of uses in the proposed Mornington Peninsula (Somerville) Technology, Industry & Business Park.

The proposed new local policy and Development Plan Overlay (Schedule 24) will guide the future use and development of the land by:

• ensuring long-term opportunities for the establishment of strategic industries, manufacturing, research & development, smaller start-ups and small to medium enterprises through the provision of lots and buildings of varying sizes
• discouraging uses that should be more appropriately located in commercial centres or conflict with the primary focus of the precinct
• providing recreational open space which will contain facilities such as a sporting oval with walking and cycling tracks for the benefit of workers, visitors to the area and residents
• incorporating the Brunnings homestead heritage site into the open space area to ensure the protection of the homestead and any significant trees
• requiring the use of a range of environmentally sustainable practices and initiatives, such as the use of renewable energy, sustainable building design and best practice water and waste management throughout the site, and
• providing well-designed landscaped buffers where needed to ensure that an appropriate transition occurs between the new precinct, adjoining properties and surrounding zones.

You can view all the amendment/combined amendment and planning permit documents free of charge:

• online at the State Government’s website
• in person (on request) by visiting one of our customer service centres during office hours:
  - 90 Besgrove Street, Rosebud VIC 3939 (Rosebud Office)
  - 2 Queen Street, Mornington VIC 3931 (Mornington Office)
  - 21 Marine Parade, Hastings VIC 3915 (Hastings Office)

You can also read more about the amendment in the 25 February 2025 Council agenda and minutes. 

The amendment was publicly exhibited from 30 March 2023 until 12 May 2023.

Council received a total of 115 submissions.

Yes. Council decided at the Council meeting on 25 February 2025 to refer submissions to an independent planning panel for review and recommendations. The panel was appointed by the Minister for Planning. 

Yes. A Directions Hearing was held on 2 April 2025. The Panel Hearing was held on 12 May 2025 until 15 May 2025.  

The panel delivered its report to Council on 24 June 2025. All panel-related documents including Council’s submission to the panel and the panel’s report can be found in the Document Library below. 

Council considered all submissions and the panel’s report and decided to adopt the amendment with changes during the Council meeting on 23 September 2025.  Council/Committee Meeting Agendas and Minutes - Mornington Peninsula Shire   You can view the updated amendment documents in the attachments to the meeting minutes.

Council has notified all owners and occupiers of land affected by the amendment of this decision. 

Council submitted the amendment to the Minister for Planning for approval on 6 October 2025.

Council is waiting for the Minister for Planning to decide whether to approve the amendment with or without changes.

If the Minister approves the amendment, a notice will appear in the Victorian Government Gazette and the amendment will come into effect. The planning scheme will be updated on the day of the gazettal notice.

If the Minister refuses the amendment, the planning scheme will not change.

We will notify all affected landowners and occupiers of the Minister’s decision as directed by the Minister.

The Minister’s decision on the amendment cannot be appealed.

• call us on (03) 5950 1003
• email us at strategic.admin@mornpen.vic.gov.au
• ·visit the State Government’s website for more information about:
  • the planning scheme amendment process
  • planning panels and how public planning panel hearings work

Download: FAQs(PDF, 709KB)
Download: Industrial Land Use & Infrastructure Assessment and Rezoning Strategy (Hansen Partnership 2020)(PDF, 18MB)
Download: Current zoning subject site and surroundings(PDF, 50KB)
Download: Current zoning - Somerville and 79-83 Bungower Road(PDF, 491KB)
Download: Render - Proponents vision(PNG, 9MB)

Download:  Responsible Authority Evidence Statement - John-Paul-Maina - Traffic - 29-April-2025.pdf(PDF, 4MB)
Download: Responsible Authority - Part A submission to Planning Scheme Amendment C243morn – 23 April 2025(PDF, 870KB)
Download: Responsible Authority – Part B submission to Planning Scheme Amendment C243morn – 8 May 2025(PDF, 497KB) 
Download: (PDF, 400KB)042.-Council-Part-C-submission.pdf(PDF, 400KB)
Download: (PDF, 1MB)Mornington-Peninsula-C243morn-Panel-Report.pdf(PDF, 1MB)