AREAS WE SERVICE
Urban planning advice across rural Victoria
The service is delivered online, allowing property owners, purchasers and project teams across rural and regional Victoria to obtain property-specific planning advice without needing an office visit.
Northern Victoria & Goulburn Murray
From the growth corridor around Wallan and Kilmore to the productive Goulburn and Murray river plains, this region combines expanding townships, farming land and significant river and floodplain systems. Common planning themes include rural-zone dwellings and subdivision, agricultural buffers, bushfire and flooding, wastewater, access and infrastructure servicing.
Municipalities: Mitchell Shire, Murrindindi Shire, Greater Shepparton, Campaspe Shire, Moira Shire and Strathbogie Shire.
Representative towns include Wallan, Kilmore, Broadford, Seymour, Beveridge, Wandong, Heathcote Junction, Pyalong, Tooborac, Yea, Alexandra, Kinglake, Eildon, Marysville, Buxton, Thornton, Shepparton, Mooroopna, Tatura, Dookie, Murchison, Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Tongala, Rushworth, Lockington, Gunbower, Cobram, Yarrawonga, Numurkah, Nathalia, Barmah, Strathmerton, Euroa, Nagambie, Violet Town, Avenel and Longwood.
Central Victoria & Goldfields
Central Victoria is shaped by historic goldfields towns, productive rural land, rural-living areas and growing commuter settlements. Planning commonly involves heritage and township character, farming and rural-residential interfaces, bushfire and native vegetation, catchments, wastewater and subdivision or development at town edges.
Municipalities: Greater Bendigo, Macedon Ranges Shire, Mount Alexander Shire, Central Goldfields Shire, Hepburn Shire and Loddon Shire.
Representative centres include Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat, Heathcote, Kyneton, Gisborne, Woodend, Romsey, Lancefield, Castlemaine, Maldon, Harcourt, Maryborough, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Daylesford, Creswick, Clunes, Trentham, Wedderburn, Boort and Inglewood.
North East Victoria
North East Victoria includes alpine valleys, tourism towns, river corridors and productive agricultural districts. Common planning themes include bushfire and landscape protection, steep land and access, native vegetation, rural dwellings and outbuildings, tourism uses, wastewater and development that responds to township or alpine character.
Municipalities: Rural City of Wangaratta, Benalla Rural City, Alpine Shire, Indigo Shire and Towong Shire.
Representative towns include Wangaratta, Glenrowan, Benalla, Bright, Myrtleford, Mount Beauty, Harrietville, Beechworth, Rutherglen, Chiltern, Yackandandah, Corryong, Tallangatta and Walwa.
Gippsland
Gippsland ranges from intensive dairy and farming districts to the Latrobe Valley, coastal settlements, lakes and forested hinterland. Planning themes often include productive agricultural land, bushfire and flooding, coastal or erosion risks, native vegetation, wastewater, access, settlement boundaries and the transition between rural, industrial and residential uses.
Municipalities: Baw Baw Shire, Latrobe City, South Gippsland Shire, Bass Coast Shire, Wellington Shire and East Gippsland Shire.
Representative towns include Warragul, Drouin, Trafalgar, Neerim South, Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, Churchill, Leongatha, Korumburra, Foster, Mirboo North, Wonthaggi, Cowes, Inverloch, San Remo, Sale, Maffra, Yarram, Rosedale, Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Orbost, Paynesville and Omeo.
Western Victoria & Central Highlands
From Ballarat’s growth fringe and the volcanic plains to the Grampians and south-west coast, this region combines productive farming, historic townships and varied landscape settings. Common planning themes include farming-zone dwellings and subdivision, heritage and township character, bushfire and native vegetation, flooding or drainage, access and servicing constraints.
Municipalities: Ballarat, Moorabool Shire, Golden Plains Shire, Pyrenees Shire, Ararat Rural City, Northern Grampians Shire, Southern Grampians Shire, Colac Otway Shire, Corangamite Shire, Moyne Shire and Glenelg Shire.
Representative towns include Ballarat, Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Darley, Bannockburn, Teesdale, Inverleigh, Beaufort, Avoca, Ararat, Stawell, Halls Gap, Hamilton, Dunkeld, Colac, Apollo Bay, Birregurra, Camperdown, Terang, Timboon, Port Fairy, Koroit, Portland, Casterton and Heywood.
Wimmera & Mallee
The Wimmera and Mallee are defined by broadacre agriculture, irrigation districts, river and wetland systems and widely dispersed service towns. Common planning themes include farming-zone dwellings and subdivision, protection of agricultural activity, native vegetation, flooding and salinity, water and wastewater, access, and servicing in small or remote settlements.
Municipalities: Horsham Rural City, Hindmarsh Shire, Yarriambiack Shire, West Wimmera Shire, Buloke Shire, Mildura Rural City, Swan Hill Rural City and Gannawarra Shire.
Representative towns include Horsham, Natimuk, Nhill, Dimboola, Jeparit, Warracknabeal, Murtoa, Hopetoun, Kaniva, Edenhope, Birchip, Donald, Charlton, Sea Lake, Mildura, Red Cliffs, Merbein, Ouyen, Swan Hill, Robinvale, Lake Boga, Kerang, Cohuna and Koondrook.
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You can still enquire. Rural Property Planning is an online service for rural and regional Victoria generally, subject to the matter being within scope and suitable for online planning advice.
PROPERTY-SPECIFIC ADVICE
How we assess your location
Advice considers the applicable Victorian planning scheme, zone, overlays, local schedules, publicly available property information and the client’s proposal. Controls can vary even within the same town, so advice is framed around the specific property and the decision you need to make.
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