Amendment C046 (Bayside)
The Amendment is focused around the Highett Neighbourhood Activity Centre. The study area is bounded by Wickham Road to the north the Frankston Railway line to the west Bay Road to the south Beaumaris Parade and Herbert Street to the east. The Amendment proposes to change the Bayside Planning Scheme by: Revising the following components of the Municipal Strategic Statement: Clause 21.04 Vision and Overarching Goals Clause 21.05 Housing Clause 21.06 Activity Centres Clause 21.11 Open Space Clause 21.12 Infrastructure. A new local policy titled Highett Neighbourhood Activity Centre is proposed to be included in Local Planning Policy Framework section of the Bayside Planning Scheme under Clause 22.08. The policy aims to implement the Highett Structure Plan. The new local policy referred to in Amendment C39 is to be altered to include the proposed Mixed Use Zone north of Bay Road. The Building Envelope Key Map is to be altered to include the relevant properties detailed in the Highett Structure Plan. Rezone properties in Medium Density Residential area to Residential 3. Rezoning all industrial sites to Residential 3. Rezone land in the Bay Road corridor not affected by Amendment C39 to Mixed Use. Rezone all Business 2 areas to Business 1. Rezone one property from Residential 1 to Business 1. Design and Development Overlay Two Design and Development Overlay Schedules are proposed to be prepared identifying areas that have specific requirements relating to the design and built form of new developments. Highett Activity Centre (Bayside Part) Apply a three storey height limit to the commercial area west of the railway line. Preferred Medium Density Residential Areas (Highett) Encourage consolidation of lots to promote apartment-style development to a maximum height of 3 stories or 9.0 metres. An Environmental Audit Overlay is to be applied to all industrial land to be rezoned to Residential 3 zone within the amendment area in order to ensure that an environmental audit is undertaken prior to future redevelopment of such land.
- Status date
- 15 Feb 2007
- Exhibition
- ·
- Gazettal
- 15 Feb 2007
- Outcome
- ApprovedWithChanges
Bayside
Council profile →- Amendments tracked
- 160
- Last 12 months
- 10
- Approval rate
- 82%
How to object or make a submission
Your next step if this rezoning affects you. Submissions are how the decision-maker hears from the community.
- 1 Rezonings happen through planning scheme amendments under the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The council exhibits the amendment and invites submissions.
- 2 Make a written submission to the council during the exhibition period, stating whether you support or oppose the amendment and why.
- 3 If unresolved submissions remain, they are referred to an independent planning panel, where submitters can be heard before the council decides.
General information about the public submission process, not legal advice. Confirm the current process and deadlines with the council or the official source before acting.
Stage history
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Approved / gazetted
source label: “Finished:ApprovedWithChanges”
Status date 15 Feb 2007 · Observed 12 June 2026 → current
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Planning disputes in Bayside
Tribunal and court decisions naming this council, newest first. A signal of contested development in the area, not legal advice.
- Cassell v Bayside CC [2026] VCAT 372 VCAT· 25 May 2026· Cassell v Bayside CC [2026] VCAT 372
- Commins v Bayside CC [2026] VCAT 278 VCAT· 21 Apr 2026· Commins v Bayside CC [2026] VCAT 278
- MacDonald v Bayside CC [2026] VCAT 115 VCAT· 20 Feb 2026· MacDonald v Bayside CC [2026] VCAT 115
- Liakos v Bayside CC [2026] VCAT 2 VCAT· 19 Feb 2026· Liakos v Bayside CC [2026] VCAT 2
- Cimino v Bayside CC [2025] VCAT 1096 VCAT· 11 Dec 2025· Cimino v Bayside CC [2025] VCAT 1096
- Gillis v Bayside CC [2025] VCAT 1087 VCAT· 9 Dec 2025· Gillis v Bayside CC [2025] VCAT 1087