VIC Approved / gazetted GREATER GEELONG · Ministerial

Amendment C240 (Greater Geelong)

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The amendment applies to approximately 559 hectares of rural land known as the Armstrong Creek West Precinct (ACWP) bounded by the Surf Coast Highway, the Melbourne to Warrnambool Railway line, Ghazepoore Road and an irregular boundary along Armstrong Creek, Whites Road and Feehans Road. The amendment proposes a number of changes to the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme to facilitate the future urban development of the ACWP. The amendment amendms clause 21.11, applies a schedule to the Urban Growth Zone to the land, applies a Development Contributions Plan Overlay, partially removes the Vegetation Protection Overlay, removes the Environmental Significance Overlay and Land Subject to Inundation Overlay and applies the Floodway overlay to land in the area. The amendment also makes changes to the schedules to the Mixed Use Zone and Business 1 Zone, inserts schedules to the Urban Growth Zone, Development Contributions Plan Overlay, to clause 52.16 and amends clauses 61.03 and 81.01.

Status date
7 Mar 2013
Exhibition
·
Gazettal
7 Mar 2013
Outcome
Approved

Greater Geelong

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Last 12 months
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Approval rate
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  1. 1 Rezonings happen through planning scheme amendments under the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The council exhibits the amendment and invites submissions.
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Stage history

  1. Approved / gazetted

    source label: “Finished:Approved”

    Status date 7 Mar 2013 · Observed 12 June 2026 → current

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