All planning schemes state-wide will be translated as part of the Department of Land, Water and Planning’s (DELWP) reform program called ‘Smart Planning’ to make Victoria’s planning system more efficient, accessible, open and collaborative.
The translation has introduced a newly-formatted Municipal Planning Strategy and Local Planning Policy within the Planning Policy Framework, nested under relevant State planning policy themes. The changes are structural only and do not alter the intent of the existing local planning policy contained in our planning scheme.
Now that the translation is complete, the Mount Alexander Planning Scheme is structured with the Planning Policy Framework (including state, regional and local) entirely integrated at Clauses 10-19. The state, regional and local policies will now be listed together, below their relevant themes.
Further to this, the Municipal Planning Strategy will be relocated to Clause 2 of the Planning Scheme, for the purpose of succinctly explaining the context for the municipality and providing overarching strategies for the major land use and development matters that affect it. The new Municipal Planning Strategy is based on the former Municipal Strategic Statement and focusses on strategic priorities and includes the context, vision, strategic directions and frameworks plans for our Shire.
The translation will not affect the process for submitting a planning permit application. For all information regarding planning permit applications see the Planning Services page of our website.