Current Status

The public exhibition period closed on Monday 29 April 2024. Submissions were received (please see the Document Library) and assessed by Council officers. As there were no objecting submissions, a response to submissions was prepared and reported to Council at the July 2024 meeting. The recommendation put to Councillors was to adopt the responses as presented and forward the amendment to the Minister for Planning.

Council adopted the responses to submissions as presented and the amendment was prepared and forwarded to the Minister for Planning for a decision on 8 August 2024. Approval is currently 'under consideration' by the Department. The Minister's decision will be notified via a notice placed in the Victorian Government Gazette in due course.

Community Consultation - Have Your Say

Consultation Undertaken for this Amendment (21 March to 29 April 2024)

Mildura Rural City Council has prepared Amendment C121mild to the Mildura Planning Scheme. The amendment was open for public comment from 21 March 2024 as published in the Victorian Government Gazette. Written submissions were invited to be provided prior to close of business on Monday, 29 April 2024.

Please click here to access the full suite of amendment documents for viewing and download from the Department of Transport and Planning website. These documents include the Notice of Preparation of an Amendment, the Explanatory Report, and proposed changes to Maps and Clauses to the Planning Scheme along with other documents supporting the amendment.

The Notice of preparation of an amendment and the Guidelines for making a submission are also in the document library on this page. These documents can be used to see general information about the amendment, accessing the amendment documents and how to send a written submission to Council.

What does the amendment propose?

Amendment C121mild proposes to rezone land at 13 Dal Farra Road, Irymple to a low density residential purpose.

More specifically, the amendment proposes to:

• Rezone the land from the Farming Zone (FZ) to the Low Density Residential Zone, Schedule 1 (LDRZ1).
• Apply the Design and Development Overlay, Schedule 16 (DDO16 – 13 Dal Farra Road, Irymple) to the land.
• Apply the Development Plan Overlay, Schedule 2 (DPO2 – Low Density Residential Areas) to the land.
• Apply the Salinity Management Overlay (SMO) to the land.
• Inserts a new Schedule 16 to the Design and Development Overlay (DDO16) into the planning scheme.

How is council giving notice to landowners, interested parties and key groups?

The Planning and Environment Act 1987, requires Council to notify anyone that it considers may be affected by an amendment and is writing directly to landowners and property occupiers adjacent to the land, along with other key interest groups to tell them about the amendment, along with other types of advertising in the media such as the local newspaper and this webpage.

How can I access the documents and make a submission?

Please refer to the document library for the Notice of preparation of an amendment along with the Guidelines for making a submission about a planning scheme for general information about accessing the amendment documents and making a submission to the amendment.

The notice and guide provide broad information on some matters to consider including in your written submission, how to send your submission to Council and the closing date for written submissions, along with other important details about the amendment and the next steps in the statutory process.

Your Privacy

Please note that submissions are provided to the Planning Authority in accordance with the Planning and Environment Act 1987. Submissions are part of an open public process where all parties affected by the planning scheme can provide input into the amendment. If you choose to make a submission, you consent to your submission being made public, and being identified as the author of the submission. Your submission will be made available for public inspection at Mildura Rural City Council until two months after final approval of the planning scheme amendment.

When the formal comment period closes, Council will consider the submissions received and prepare a response to the matters raised for reporting to Council. Councillors will be asked to resolve on the responses prepared to the matters raised.