What is a planning scheme amendment?

A planning scheme amendment involves either a change to a planning scheme map, a change to the written part of the scheme, or both.

Amendments to a planning scheme can have significant planning implications as they change the way land can be used or developed, thereby changing the basis of planning decisions in the future.

The draft amendment C256ball specifically proposes to:

• Insert the Ballarat North Precinct Structure Plan in a new schedule to the Urban Growth Zone (UGZ)
• Insert the Ballarat North Development Contributions Plan in a new schedule to the Development Contributions Plan Overlay (DCPO).
• Inserts the Ballarat North Native Vegetation Precinct Plan in the Schedule to Clause 52.16 Native Vegetation Precinct Plan of the Ballarat Planning Scheme.
• Delete parts of the Floodway Overlay (FO) applied to land within the south-east corner of the precinct and replace it with the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) to allow for development.
• Apply an Environmental Audit Overlay (EAO) to land identified as having high risk for potential contamination
• Removes existing EAOs from land that has been identified as having low or medium risk for potential contamination
• Apply the Heritage Overlay to five places (three on Olliers Road, one on Gillies Road, and one on Sims Road)
• Apply the Public Acquisition Overlay (PAO) to some land required for future drainage assets