Southern Grampians Shire Council has recently received authorisation from the Minister for Planning to prepare and exhibit a planning scheme amendment to implement the recommendations of the Dunkeld Structure Plan and associated Urban Design Guidelines.
The Dunkeld Structure Plan was adopted by Council on 12 September 2012 following extensive consultation with landowners, residents, service agencies, government departments, land managers and the wider community. At this meeting, Council also resolved to seek authorisation from the Minister for Planning to prepare and exhibit a planning scheme amendment to implement the recommendations of the Dunkeld Structure Plan.
At Council’s meeting on 8 May 2013, Council also considered a proposal to rezone land known as ’20 Blackwood Dunkeld Road’ from the Farming Zone to the Industrial 3 Zone. At this meeting, Council resolved to seek authorisation from the Minister for Planning to prepare and exhibit a planning scheme amendment to rezone this land and to apply design and development guidelines to this land. The Dunkeld Structure Plan was subsequently modified to reflect this proposal as part of the recommended planning scheme changes contained in the Dunkeld Structure Plan.
Changes were recently made to the Dunkeld Structure Plan (2012) to re-instate this recommendation which was publicly exhibited as part of the Draft Dunkeld Structure Plan during April-May 2012. This proposal comprised a recommendation to rezone land at this address from the Farming Zone to the Industrial 3 Zone, and a recommendation to apply urban design guidelines to manage the form and layout of industrial development on the land.
The minutes of the 12 September 2012 meeting and 8 May 2013 meeting can be downloaded using the links at the bottom of this webpage, as well as the Final Dunkeld Structure Plan documents and associated Urban Design Guidelines.