Amendment C149 - Lartrobe Planning Scheme Review 2024

• Amend zone maps 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 61, 62, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 82, 85, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 102, 103, 107, 108, 117, 118, 119 and 120 to include schedule number for Township Zone Schedule 1 from TZ to TZ1, Mixed Use Zone Schedule 1 from MUZ to MUZ1 and Low Density Residential Zone Schedule 1 from LDRZ to LDRZ1. This is to comply with Ministerial Direction on the Form and Content of Planning Schemes and include schedule number in map code.
• Amend zone maps 18, 19, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 63, 70, 72, 77, 96, 97, 101 and 121 to rezone land in ownership of Gippsland Water from current various zones To Public Use Zone 1.
• Amend zone maps 11, 14, 15, 37 and 44 to include schedule numbers in map code to reference Rural Conservation Zone schedules RCZ1, RCZ2 and RCZ3 separately.

• Amend overlay maps 57DPO and 62DPO to replace redundant Overlay DPO2 with overarching Overlay DPO6.
• Amend overlay map 63BAO to include 250m long section of the Victorian Transmission System (VTS) along the Traralgon-Maffra Road that APA identified was missed in Amendment C121.
• Council adopted documents and make other changes to ensure local policy aligns with the requirements of the Ministerial Direction: the Form and Content of Planning schemes.
• Amend Clause 14 (Natural resource management) to provide Subclause numbering to Clause 14.01-1L, insert new Clause 14.02-1L (Catchment and land protection).
• Amend Clause 17.04 (Tourism) to include Subclause numbering.

• Amend Clause 02.01 (Context) to include updated Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data and recognise the strategic directions for environmental risks including flooding and bushfire.
• Amend Clause 02.02 (Vision) to incorporate details of Council’s latest strategic directions by utilising language and terms from Council adopted policy documents.
• Amend Clause 02.03 (Strategic Directions) to include minor corrections to form and content, along with specific changes to:
  •     Clause 02.03-3 (Environmental risks and amenity) amended to include consideration to native vegetation removal within bushfire prone areas under the bushfire subsection. Existing planning controls relevant to flood prone areas acknowledged in the Floodplain management subsection.
  •     Clause 02.03-4 (Natural resource management) to include transition to a low or zero net emission future due to relevance of coal mines under Coal subsection.
  •     Clause 02.03-6 (Housing) to include consideration of environmental impacts on biodiversity and native vegetation in association with rural living land use and development under Rural residential development subsection.

• Amend Clause 11 (Settlement) to include Subclause numbering to each Town Structure Plan (TSP), rearrange towns to be in Alphabetical order and make minor form and content corrections.
• Amend Clause 12 (Environmental and landscape values), Clause 13 (Environmental risks and amenity), Clause 15 (Built environment and heritage), Clause 16 (Housing), Amend Clause 17 (Economic development), Clause 18 (Transport) and Clause 19 (Infrastructure) to include information from updated.
• Amend Clause 14 (Natural resource management) to provide Subclause numbering to Clause 14.01-1L, insert new Clause 14.02-1L (Catchment and land protection).
• Amend Clause 17.04 (Tourism) to include Subclause numbering.

• Amend Schedules to Clause 32.04 (Mixed Use Zone), 32.05 (Township Zone), 35.06 (Rural Conservation Zone) to include schedule numbering.
• Amend Schedules to Clause 32.07 (Residential Growth Zone), Clause 32.08 (General Residential Zone) and Clause 32.09 (Neighbourhood Residential Zone) to delete repetition and make changes to conform with Ministerial Direction: the Form and Content of Planning schemes and Planning Practice Note 91: Using the residential zones.
• Amend Schedules to Clause 35.03 (Rural Living Zone), 35.07 (Farming Zone) to reduce the minimum setback from a waterway, wetlands or designated floodplain.
• Amend Schedules to 35.06 (Rural Conservation Zone), by amending schedule 1 and inserting schedule 2 and 3 to separate the three existing minimum subdivision area sizes listed in Schedule 1 into three separate Schedules with corresponding mapping notations of RCZ1, RCZ2 and RCZ3.
• Amend Schedules to 37.01 to insert, amend and remove uses into Section 1, 2 and 3 tables. General changes provided throughout Schedules to improve form and content.
• Amend Schedules to 37.07 (Urban Growth Zone) and 37.08 (Activity Centre Zone) to include minor Form and content corrections.

• Amend Schedules to 42.01 (Environmental Significance Overlay), 43.02 (Design and Development Overlay), 43.04 (Development Plan Overlay), 44.03 (Floodway Overlay), 44.07 (State Resource Overlay) and 44.08 (Buffer Area Overlay) to include minor Form and content corrections.
• Amend 43.04 (Development Plan Overlay) to delete Schedule 2 as the purpose of the overlay is no longer required.
• Amend Schedules to 45.09 (Parking Overlay) to delete map diagrams from Reference document subsections.
• Amend Schedule 45.12 (Specific Controls Overlay) to include existing sites to table of contents.

Particular Provisions 

• Amend Schedule 51.01 (Provisions that apply to only a specified area) to remove unrequired site from table of contents.

General Provisions

• Amend Schedule to 66.04 (Referral of permit applications under local provisions) to update referral authority names.

Operational Provisions

• Amend Schedule to 72.03 (What does this planning scheme consist of) to update contents to the changes included in Amendment C149latr.
• Amend Schedule to 72.04 (Incorporated Documents) to remove unrequired site from table of contents.
• Amend Schedule to 72.08 (Background Documents) to insert new documents and update existing revised document details.
• Amend Schedule to 74.01 (Application of Zones, Overlays and Provisions) to include individual Rural Conservation Zone Schedules.
• Amend Schedule to 74.02 (Further Strategic Work) to recommended changes of the PSR.