Amendment C302morn - Municipal Heritage Review

Amendment C302morn proposes to implement the findings of the:

Mornington Peninsula Heritage Review – Area 4: Westernport and Hinterland, Vol. 1, 2 and 3 (RBA Architects, 2024),
Mornington Peninsula Heritage Review – Stage 5: Other Places: Methodology, Recommendations and Citations (Heritage Alliance 2023, revised April 2024)

and other site-specific reviews of places of potential heritage significance. It does this by proposing to include the identified places in the Heritage Overlay on a permanent basis.

Most sites are in the Westernport and Hinterland region of the Mornington Peninsula, while the places assessed in Stage 5 are geographically spread out across the Mornington Peninsula.

The amendment also proposes to:

make corrections to several existing Heritage Overlays,
update the incorporated document Heritage Design Guidelines: Sorrento Historic Precinct, and
add Ocean Beach Road Commercial Precinct Sorrento Heritage Policy for Planning Applications for Places in the Heritage Overlay (HLDC, 2015) as a Background Document.

What land is affected by the amendment?

The amendment proposes to apply the heritage overlay to the following properties as recommended by Mornington Peninsula Heritage Review – Area 4:

Proposed HO number	Description of place	Property address
Balnarring
HO544	Olana	30 Balnarring Beach Road
HO545	Balnarring Motors (former)	2996 Frankston-Flinders Road
Balnarring Beach
HO546	Robertson House	150 Balnarring Beach Road
HO547	Palmers Hill	67 Bayview Road,
HO548	Westernport Yacht Club	1 Foreshore Road
HO549	Hagger House	11 Library Road
HO550	Isaacson/Davis Beach House	23 Mason-Smith Road
Bittern
HO551	Browns Residence	101 Coolart Road
HO552	Creswell	10 Creswell Road
HO553	Bittern Community Hall	2426 Frankston-Flinders Road
HO554	Bittern Post Office (former)	2480 Frankston-Flinders Road
HO555	Windrest Dairy (former)	102 Myers Road
Crib Point
HO556	Wilson House	66 Park Road
HO557	Stony Point Railway Station Building	1a Stony Point Road
HO558	Drapery and Malouf & Sons Store (former)	a) 212 Stony Point Road b) 250 Stony Point Road
HO559	Stony Point Residential Precinct	a) 340 Stony Point Road b) 342 Stony Point Road c) 344 Stony Point Road d) 346 Stony Point Road e) 348 Stony Point Road f) 350 Stony Point Road
HO560	Crib Point Uniting (Methodist) Church	382 Stony Point Road
HO561	Crib Point War and Tingira Memorial	Tingira Place
Flinders
HO562	Hilbert	19 Cook Street
HO563	Taylor Homestead/Bimbi	41 King Street
HO564	Telegraph Superintendent’s Residence	119-121 Wood Street
Hastings
HO565	Lysaght Administration Block (former)	28 Bayview Road
HO566	Cusworth Orchard House	18 Boes Road
HO567	Hastings Station Ladies Waiting Room (former)	68 Church Street
HO568	Sunny Braes	95 Graydens Road
HO569	Sposito Cottage and Harrys House	2 and 4 Herring Street
HO570	Caldwell Residence	113 Salmon Street
HO571	St Marys Catholic Church	83 Victoria Street
Main Ridge
HO572	Earth House	1212 Mornington-Flinders Road
Moorooduc
HO573	Moorooduc Estate Winery and Residence	501 Derril Road
HO574	Moorooduc Hall	675 Derril Road
HO575	WWII Moorooduc Memorial Gateway	700 Derril Road
HO576	Merrivale	219 Eramosa Road West
Point Leo
HO577	Point Leo Boat Club	33 Western Parade
Red Hill
HO578	Red Hill Show Pavilion	184 Arthurs Seat Road
HO579	Mechanics Road Residential Precinct	a) 34 Mechanics Road b) 40 Mechanics Road c) 44 Mechanics Road
HO580	Devon Orchards Cool Store (former)	1211 Mornington-Flinders Road
Red Hill South
HO581	Paringa Road Remnant Orchard Fabric Group	a) 8 Paringa Road b) 31 Paringa Road c) 35 Paringa Road
Shoreham
HO582	Fitts Bungalow	21-25 Beach Road (now 23 Beach Road)
HO583	St Peter’s Church	7 Byrnes Road
HO584	Brunswick House	53 Byrnes Road
HO585	Shugg House	32 Shoreham Road
HO586	Whistlewood	642 Tucks Road
HO587	Higgins Fence and The Sheiling	643 Tucks Road
Somers
HO588	Junior Legacy Camp Hall (former)	87 Camp Hill Road
HO589	Marshall and Firestone Houses	a) 1 Coora Close b) 53 Tasman Road
HO590	Modernist Weekender	92 Tasman Road
Somerville
HO591	Hazelmere	143 Eramosa Road East
HO592	Avenel	151 Eramosa Road East
HO593	Shepherd Residence and Barn	157 Eramosa Road East
HO594	Somerville East Residential Group	a) 1/32 Eramosa Road East b) 1/38 Eramosa Road East c) 45 Eramosa Road East d) 60B Eramosa Road East e) 1033 Frankston-Flinders Road f) 1035 Frankston-Flinders Road
HO595	Stockton Coolstore (former)	1316 Frankston-Flinders Road
HO596	Glosterville and Moreton Bay Fig	43 Lower Somerville Road
HO597	Hotel Somerville	84 Station Street
Tuerong
HO598	Benton House	150 Coolart Road
Tyabb
HO599	Jouning Family Bungalow	52 Boes Road
HO600	Haddock House	96 Graydens Road
HO601	Bellman Hangar	73 Mornington-Tyabb Road

The amendment proposes to apply the heritage overlay to the following properties as recommended by Mornington Peninsula Heritage Review – Stage 5:

Proposed HO number	Description of place	Property address
Boneo
HO602	Cairns Family Cemetery	352 Boneo Road
Merricks Beach
HO603	Bram House	71 Merricks Beach Road
Mornington
HO604	Sea House	1/57 Caraar Creek Lane
HO605	Oakwood	13 MacDonald Grove
Mount Eliza
HO606	McDonald House	14 Glen Shian Lane
HO607	Moorooduc Quarry (former)	106 Two Bays Road
Mount Martha
HO608	Yellow Robins	42 Dominion Road
Portsea
HO609	Peninsula Beach House	101 Back Beach Road
HO610	Alekna House	16-18 London Bridge Road
HO611	Mandalay House (formerly Griffin House)	3696B Point Nepean Road
Rosebud
HO612	Arthur Merric Boyd House	62 Rosebud Parade
Shoreham
HO613	Greenways	4 Higgins Lane
Somers
HO614	Hildebrand House	57 Parklands Avenue
Sorrento
HO615	Carnegie House	7 Kildrummie Court
HO616	Cox House	8 Wrights Close

The amendment proposed to delete the heritage overlay from the following places:

HO Number	Description of place	Property address
HO195	Clovelly	3664 Point Nepean Road, Portsea
HO227	Western Park	1-21 Sandy Point Road, Somers
HO429	Nil	751 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud

The amendment proposes to correct or update the existing heritage overlay mapping at the following places:

HO Number	Description of place	Property address
HO43	St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church	1-17 Constitution Hill Road, Sorrento
HO181	Hindson House	3440 Point Nepean Road, Portsea
HO303	Clarke Orchard House	26 Lower Somerville Road, Somerville
HO311	John Brunning & Sons Complex	48 O’Neills Road, Tyabb
HO543	Fenton Hall	181 Bittern-Dromana Road, Merricks North

Why is the amendment needed?

The amendment is required to recognise and protect places of heritage significance having regard to the findings of the Mornington Peninsula Heritage Review, Area 4: Westernport and Hinterland, Vol. 1, 2 & 3 (RBA Architects, 2024) and Mornington Peninsula Heritage Review 2023 Stage 5 – Other Places – Methodology, Recommendations and Citations (Heritage Alliance 2023, revised April 2024).

Where can I see the amendment documents?

You can download copies of the draft amendment documents from the Document Library on this webpage. You can also read more about the amendment in the 11 June 2024 Ordinary Council Meeting.

For more information about the Municipal Heritage Review, please see: Municipal Heritage Review - Mornington Peninsula Shire

When will public exhibition start?

Exhibition of the amendment will start within the next couple of months. Before it starts, Council will send notices about public exhibition to all landowners and occupiers directly affected by the amendment, as well as anyone else that may be materially affected. Council will also advertise the amendment in the Government Gazette and local newspapers.

The notices will explain:

what the amendment is about

where to view all the documents

how to have your say

Will interim controls apply?

A separate planning scheme amendment, Amendment C301morn was lodged concurrently seeking to apply the heritage overlay to the same identified properties on an interim basis while permanent controls were sought via C302morn. On 28 August 2026, the Department of Transport & Planning confirmed that this request for interim controls, in accordance with the new Victorian Local Heritage Guidelines 2026, was not supported.

How can I have my say?

You can have your say about the amendment during exhibition. Your feedback must be in writing and sent to Council before exhibition finishes. You’ll find instructions on how and when to make a submission on this webpage and in the notices sent out by Council in the coming weeks.