Planning Scheme Amendments - Active or Recently Approved

Amendment status: Approval under consideration with the Minister for Planning 

At the Ordinary Meeting on 23 June 2025, Council resolved to adopt Amendment C232melt (Toolern Development Contributions Plan Review and Precinct Structure Plan Refresh) to the Melton Planning Scheme and submit the Amendment to the Minister for Planning for approval.

• Minutes of Meeting of Council - Monday 23 June 2025 (Item 12.8)(PDF, 164MB)

Planning Panel

The Panel Hearing for Amendment C232melt was held in-person over eight days between Monday 26 August and Monday 9 September 2024.

The Panel consisted of Con Tsotsoros (Chair), Andrew Grear, and Nicola Foxworthy.

In October, the Panel provided their report on the amendment. You can view the Panel’s report below:

• Planning Panel Report(PDF, 4MB)

You can view material considered by the planning panel in the links below.

Planning Panel Documentation

Council Submission

Expert Evidence Statements for Council

Expert Evidence Statements for Other Parties

Public Exhibition

Public exhibition of Amendment C232melt to the Melton Planning Scheme occurred between Thursday 11 April and Thursday 16 May 2024.

34 submissions were received during the public exhibition period:

• Submission 1 – Growland for the Sundar Estate(PDF, 861KB)
• Submission 2 – Resident in Weir Views(PDF, 364KB)
• Submission 3 – Country Fire Authority(PDF, 161KB)
• Submission 4 – Melton City Council(PDF, 211KB)
• Submission 5 – Resident in Weir Views(PDF, 962KB)
• Submission 6 – Resident in Thornhill Park(PDF, 95KB)
• Submission 7 – Melton City Council(PDF, 440KB)
• Submission 8 – Work Safe Victoria(PDF, 237KB)
• Submission 9 – Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation(PDF, 224KB)
• Submission 10 – Resident in Weir Views(PDF, 132KB)
• Submission 11 – Environment Protection Authority(PDF, 296KB)
• Submission 12 – Insight Planning Consultants for Miravor(PDF, 4MB)
• Submission 13 – Victorian Health Building Authority(PDF, 196KB)
• Submission 14 – Resident in Thornhill Park(PDF, 159KB)
• Submission 15 – Egis for Swarna Estate(PDF, 553KB)
• Submission 16 – Insight Planning Consultants for the Roman Catholic Trust Corporation(PDF, 4MB)
• Submission 17 – Insight Planning Consultants for Australian Unity Funds Management(PDF, 2MB)
• Submission 18 – Insight Planning Consultants for Miravor(PDF, 2MB)
• Submission 19 – Marshal for Exford Waters Estate(PDF, 2MB)
• Submission 20 – Human Habitats for Thornhill Gardens Estate(PDF, 2MB)
• Submission 21 – Breese Pitt Dixon for Ecnam Properties(PDF, 3MB)
• Submission 22 – Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools(PDF, 5MB)
• Submission 23 – YHS Projects for Ellerton Estate(PDF, 65KB)
• Submission 24 – Human Habitats for Awesome Deer Park Pty Ltd(PDF, 2MB)
• Submission 25 – Human Habitats for Burke Leading Pty Ltd(PDF, 2MB)
• Submission 26 – Homes Victoria(PDF, 312KB)
• Submission 27 – Low Cost Housing(PDF, 98KB)
• Submission 28 – Lendlease for Atherstone Estate(PDF, 604KB)
• Submission 29 – Landowner in Cobblebank(PDF, 253KB)
• Submission 30 – Landowner in Strathtulloh(PDF, 1MB)
• Submission 31 – Harmony Estate(PDF, 809KB)
• Submission 32 – Harmony Estate(PDF, 119KB)
• Submission 33 – Landowner in Strathtulloh(PDF, 54KB)
• Submission 34 – Melbourne Water(PDF, 327KB)

Late Submission

• Submission 35 – Department of Transport and Planning(PDF, 230KB)

Supplementary Submission

• Submission 12 -Miravor-Supplementary.pdf(PDF, 216KB)

• Submission 17 – Insight Planning Consultants for Australian Unity Funds Management(PDF, 190KB)

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 chose to make a submission, you consented 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 Melton City Council until two months after final approval of the planning scheme amendment.

Council Meeting 24 June 2024

At the Ordinary Meeting of Council of 24 June 2024, Council considered the 34 submissions received in response to Amendment C232melt to the Melton Planning Scheme during the public exhibition period. 

It was resolved at this Ordinary Meeting of Council that Council request the Minister for Planning appoint an Independent Planning Panel to review all submissions received and the planning scheme amendment.

• Minutes of Meeting of Council – Monday 24 June 2024.(PDF, 119MB)

Planning Panel

The Minister for Planning has appointed an Independent Planning Panel to hear and consider submissions.

In accordance with clause 4(2) of Ministerial Direction No,15 the following panel hearing days have been set for this amendment:

• Directions hearing - in the week commencing 22 July 2024
• Panel hearing - in the week commencing 26 August 2024

The Directions Hearing was held on 23 July 2024.

For more information on Planning Panels, please visit planningpanels.vic.gov.au/guides-and-resources/what-is-a-planning-panel

For more information on Amendment C232melt, please contact our Strategic Planning Team on 9747 7200 or email citysupport@melton.vic.gov.au

Amendment Description

Melton City Council has prepared Amendment C232melt to the Melton Planning Scheme to implement the recommendations of the Toolern Development Contributions Plan Review and Toolern Precinct Structure Plan Refresh, February 2024.(PDF, 3MB)

The amendment applies to any land in the City of Melton, which is covered by:

• Clause 37.07 Urban Growth Zone, Schedule 3 Toolern Precinct Structure Plan; and
• Clause 45.06 Development Contributions Plan Schedule 3, Toolern Development Contributions Plan.

The amendment will amend Schedule 3 to Clause 45.06 Development Contributions Plan to introduce revised charges in the Development Infrastructure Levy (DIL), which is to be paid by developers, and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), which is paid by the new homeowners in the Toolern PSP area (as shown in map below).

The proposed changes to the Development Infrastructure Levy (DIL) amounts are shown in the table below: 

  
The proposed changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) amounts payable by each dwelling is shown in the table below:

The amendment will make other changes to the Melton Planning Scheme, including the following:

• Amend Schedule 3 to Clause 37.07 Urban Growth Zone to make non-government schools a Section One Use, increase the shop floor area in Cobblebank Metropolitan Activity Centre where no permit is required, making a dwelling with a frontage of more than two metres in a Commercial 1 Zone a Section 2 Use, and adding a buildings and works provision for non-government schools. Changes have been made to ensure the schedule is consistent with the Form and Content of Planning Schemes Ministerial Direction (Minister for Planning, 19 January 2022).
• Amend the Schedule to Clause 43.01 Heritage Overlay to remove an individual place (HO74) 148-200 Abey Road, Cobblebank as it burnt down in 2014.
• Delete HO74 from 148-200 Abey Road, Cobblebank and amends Planning Scheme Map 8HO.
• Amend the Schedule to Clause 66.04 Referral of Permit Applications Under Local Provisions to move referral provisions from Schedule 3 to Clause 37.07 Urban Growth Zone to this provision.  Changes have been made to this provision to ensure the schedule is consistent with the Form and Content of Planning Schemes Ministerial Direction (Minister for Planning, 19 January 2022).
• Amend the Schedule to Clause 72.04 Incorporated Documents by inserting the following documents:
  1. Toolern Precinct Structure Plan (including Native Vegetation Precinct Plan), July 2011 (Amended June 2022); and
  2. Toolern Development Contributions Plan, July 2011 (Amended June 2022).

The amendment documentation is available, see links below, and can be viewed free of charge at the following locations:

• During office hours at:
  1. Melton Civic Centre, 232 High Street, Melton
  2. Caroline Springs Library and Learning Hub, 193-201 Caroline Springs Boulevard, Caroline Springs
• At the Department of Transport and Planning website.

Supporting Documents

Exhibition Documents

Background Documents 

Frequently asked Questions - Project Background

Frequently asked Questions - Precinct Structure Plan

Frequently asked Questions - Development Contributions Plan

Frequently asked Questions - Development Infrastructure Plan

Frequently asked Questions - Other

Amendment C231melt

Amendment status: Gazetted on 11 July 2025

The Minister for Planning has now approved Amendment C231melt to the Melton Planning Scheme. 

The Amendment implements the findings of the City of Melton Heritage Assessment Project (2020/21) by applying the Heritage Overlay to four individual places and making associated changes to the Melton Planning Scheme.

The amendment documents can be viewed on the Department of Transport and Planning website.

For more information please call our Strategic Planning Team on 9747 7200 or email citysupport@melton.vic.gov.au.

Amendment status: Gazetted on 19 June 2025

The Minister for Planning has now approved Amendment C243 to the Melton Planning Scheme. 

The amendment facilitates the relocation of horse-riding school operated by the Riding for Disabled Association of Victoria (RDAV) to a new temporary site (Bonnie Brook).

To do this, the amendment introduces a new Incorporated Document into the Planning Scheme and a corresponding Specific Controls Overlay will be applied to the land.

To cease the use of the horse-riding school at the existing site (Aintree), the amendment also amends the existing Incorporated Document with an earlier expiry date to correspond with this relocation to the new temporary site.

The amendment documents can be viewed on the Department of Transport and Planning website

For more information please call our Strategic Planning Team on 9747 7200 or email citysupport@melton.vic.gov.au 

Amendment Status: Gazetted on 14 November 2023

The Minister for Planning has now approved Amendment C240 to the Melton Planning Scheme. 

Amendments to the Melton Planning Scheme which apply a Specific Controls Overlay and corresponding Incorporated Document to support the development of the New Melton Hospital.

The amendment documents can be viewed on the Department of Transport and Planning website.

For more information please call our Strategic Planning Team on 9747 7200 or email citysupport@melton.vic.gov.au.

Amendment Status: Gazetted on 3 November 2023

The Minister for Planning has now approved Amendment C239 to the Melton Planning Scheme. 

The amendment Updates the Plumpton & Kororoit Infrastructure Contributions Plan and the Infrastructure Contributions Overlay applying to land within the Plumpton and Kororoit precincts, and makes associated changes to the Melton Planning Scheme.

Amendment documents can be viewed on the Department of Transport and Planning website.

For more information please call our Strategic Planning Team on 9747 7200 or email citysupport@melton.vic.gov.au.

Amendment status: Gazetted on 20 April 2023

The Amendment introduces and applies a Public Acquisition Overlay to part of land at 206–388 Beattys Road, Fraser Rise, to facilitate land acquisition for Indoor Recreation – Aquatic Centre, in accordance with the Plumpton Precinct Structure Plan.

The Melton Planning Scheme has been updated and the revised planning controls have now been implemented. The gazettal of this amendment follows adoption of the amendment at an ordinary meeting of Council on 14 November 2022.

You can view the amendment, any documents that support the amendment, and the Explanatory Report about the amendment, free of charge at the following locations:

• At the Department of Transport and Planning website.
• Melton City Council Civic Centre 232 High Street, Melton 3337 (8.30am–5pm).

For more information please call Kate Barclay, Property and Investment Coordinator on 9747 7200 or email: citysupport@melton.vic.gov.au

Amendment status: Gazetted on 18 November 2022

The Amendment proposes to implement the recommendations of the City of Melton Electronic Gaming Planning Policy Project Reference Document, June 2017 in order to guide the location of electronic gaming machines in the municipality.

In particular, the Amendment:

• Inserts a new Local Planning Policy for Electronic Gaming into the Melton Planning Scheme at Clause 22.13, including the City of Melton Responsible Gambling Policy, October 2014 and the City of Melton Electronic Gaming Planning Policy Project Reference Document, June 2017 as reference documents.
• Amends the Particular Provisions at Clause 52.28, Schedule to Clause 52.28 Gaming.

The exhibited amendment can be inspected free of charge at the Department of Transport and Planning website

For more information please call our Strategic Planning Team on 9747 7200 or email citysupport@melton.vic.gov.au.

Amendment status: Gazetted on 21 July 2022

The Minister for Planning has now approved Amendment C229 to the Melton Planning Scheme.  The amendment was gazetted on 21 July 2022.

The land affected by the amendment is the driveway of 501 Brooklyn Road, Brookfield shown in the map below (hatched area). The amendment removes a redundant Public Acquisition Overlay Schedule 1 (PAO1) from the land.

Specifically, this amendment:

• Deleted Public Acquisition Overlay Schedule 1 (PAO1) from 501 Brooklyn Road; Brookfield.
• Amended the Melton Planning Scheme Map No 7PAO to delete the PAO1 at 501 Brooklyn Road, Brookfield

The amendment was authorised for exhibition under Section 20(2) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 requiring limited notification to landowners, occupiers, agencies and prescribed Ministers only. The public exhibition period for this amendment occurred between 22 February – 22 March 2022 and one submission was received which is available to view below.

• C229melt Submission 1 Redacted.pdf(PDF, 47KB)

Submissions are part of an open public process undertaken in accordance with the Planning and Environment Act 1987 where all parties affected by the planning scheme amendment can provide input.

You may inspect the amendment, any documents that support the amendment, the explanatory report about the amendment and the submission received(PDF, 47KB), free of charge.

At the City of Melton website on the links below

• Melton C229melt Explanatory Report(PDF, 2MB)
• Melton C229 Instruction Sheet(PDF, 41KB)
• Melton C229melt Map D PAO(PDF, 216KB)

At the Department of Transport and Planning website.

For more information please call our Strategic Planning Team on 9747 7200 or email: citysupport@melton.vic.gov.au