VIC Approved / gazetted GREATER BENDIGO · Exhibited

Amendment C274gben (Greater Bendigo)

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Implements some of the recommendations from the Heathcote Township Plan (City of Greater Bendigo, August 2024) by inserting new local policy and a strategic framework plan for Heathcote into the Planning Policy Framework; rezoning several parcels of land to address an oversupply of commercial land in the town centre and correct anomalies and errors; reducing the extent of Heritage Overlay (HO778) from land where it is not required; applying the Design and Development Overlay, Schedule 6 to land at the urban-forest interface; deleting the Neighbourhood Character Overlay, Schedule 1 where the Heritage Overlay applies; and applying an Environmental Audit Overlay to potentially contaminated land.

Status date
30 July 2025
Exhibition
·
Gazettal
30 July 2025
Outcome
ApprovedWithChanges

Greater Bendigo

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Amendments tracked
235
Last 12 months
9
Approval rate
87%

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Your next step if this rezoning affects you. Submissions are how the decision-maker hears from the community.

  1. 1 Rezonings happen through planning scheme amendments under the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The council exhibits the amendment and invites submissions.
  2. 2 Make a written submission to the council during the exhibition period, stating whether you support or oppose the amendment and why.
  3. 3 If unresolved submissions remain, they are referred to an independent planning panel, where submitters can be heard before the council decides.
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Stage history

  1. Approved / gazetted

    source label: “Finished:ApprovedWithChanges”

    Status date 30 July 2025 · Observed 12 June 2026 → current

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