Hepburn Planning Scheme

Hepburn is a unique place, valued by the community

Hepburn is characterised by townships within the Shire that reflect the varied historical patterns of development including indigenous heritage, early pastoral, 19th Century gold rush, agriculture, industry and forestry.

Peri-urban planning issues such as landscape, amenity, infrastructure, services, agricultural land production, rural land fragmentation, climate change, bushfire, peak oil, heritage, recreation and tourism have significant opportunities for the Shire but also place great constraints and limitations on land use and development.

As a popular area for tree changers, there are increasing pressures and demands placed on the Shire. For this reason, it is necessary to have clear policy directions for the long-term benefit of both local communities and the wider municipality.

These policy directions are contained in the Hepburn Planning Scheme under section 10 Planning Policy Framework

Hepburn was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Creswick, Shire of Daylesford and Glenlyon and parts of the Shire of Kyneton and Shire of Talbot and Clunes.

Preparation of the new format planning scheme began in 1998 based on a range of documents including the Hepburn Shire Land Use Strategy Settlement Review 1999. 

Planning for Hepburn’s Future

Around 15,810 people reside in the Shire’s towns and rural districts. By 2036, the resident population is projected to grow to 17,700 according to the Victoria In Future 2019 report.

Managing growth and development to ensure that the significant and unique values of the Shire remain protected is a constant challenge.

Strategic planning projects (insert link) analyse current issues and prepare the plans and strategies needed to guide land use and development towards the Shire’s planning objectives.

The Hepburn Planning Scheme is managed and maintained by our Strategic Planning Unit. Changes to the Scheme must go through a planning scheme amendment.

 

Planning Scheme Review

As a Planning Authority, the Shire is required to formally review its planning scheme every four years - see Planning Scheme Review 2022 

 

Background Documents

The documents listed below are the background documents as listed in the Schedule to Clause 72.08 (Background Documents). While these documents do not form part of the Hepburn Planning Scheme, they may: 

  • have informed the preparation of, or an amendment to, the Hepburn Planning Scheme
  • provide information to explain the context within which a provision has been framed
  • assist the understanding of the Hepburn Planning Scheme.

Central Springs Master Plan, Final (Land Design Partnership for Hepburn Shire Council, 2012)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-2L, 42.01 – Schedule 2

Central Victorian Mineral Springs Groundwater Management Area – Local Management Plan (Goulburn-Murray Rural Water Corporation, 2013)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-2L, 42.01 – Schedule 2

Clunes Flood Mitigation and Urban Drainage Plan, Final Study Report (North Central Catchment Management Authority, 2013)

C77hepb – 02.03-3, 44.04 – Schedules 1, 2 and 3

Code of Practice – Onsite Wastewater Management Publication 891.4 (Environment Protection Authority, 2016)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-1L, 42.01 – Schedule 1

Construction Techniques for Sediment Pollution Control Publication 275(Environment Protection Authority, 1991)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-1L, 42.01 – Schedule 1

Corangamite Regional Catchment Strategy2013-2019(Corangamite Catchment Management Authority, 2013)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 42.01 – Schedule 1

Creswick Flood Mitigation and Urban Drainage Plan, Final Report (North Central Catchment Management Authority, 2012)

C77hepb – 02.03-3, 44.04 – Schedules 1, 2 and 3

Creswick Shire Heritage Study: A Study of the Built and Environmental Heritage of Creswick Shire (Lester Tropman & Associates, Wendy Jacob, Chris McConville, Richard Aitken, 1990)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Creswick Shire Heritage Study: A Study of the Built and Environmental Heritage of Creswick Shire: Building Citations Index Appendix A - Volume 1 (Lester Tropman & Associates, Wendy Jacob, Chris McConville, Richard Aitken, 1991)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Creswick Shire Heritage Study: A Study of the Built and Environmental Heritage of Creswick Shire: Building Citations Index Appendix A - Volume 2 (Lester Tropman & Associates, Wendy Jacob, Chris McConville, Richard Aitken, 1991)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Cultural Landscapes Study of Creswick Goldfields Area (Chris McConville & Associates, 1989)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Daylesford and Glenlyon Conservation Study, Part 2, Volume 1, Environmental History(Wendy Jacobs, 1995)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Daylesford and Glenlyon Conservation Study, Part 2, Volume 2, Planning Recommendations(Wendy Jacobs, 2000)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Daylesford and Glenlyon Conservation Study, Part 2, Volume 3, Individual Citation Sheets For Significant Places(Wendy Jacobs, 2000)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Daylesford and Hepburn Springs Conservation Study (Perrott Lyon Mathieson, 1985)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Daylesford Neighbourhood Character Study(Planisphere for Hepburn Shire Council, October 2002)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 02.03-6, 15.01-5L, 43.05 – Schedules 1 – 6

Daylesford Neighbourhood Character Study – Daylesford Explanatory Brochure; Daylesford Township vision Brochure and Precinct Brochures One to Twenty-Two(Planisphere for Hepburn Shire Council, October 2002)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 02.03-6, 15.01-5L, 43.05 – Schedules 1 – 6

Daylesford Streetscape Study (Chris Dance Land Design Pty Ltd, 1996)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.01-lL, 15.01-5L 43.02 – Schedules 1 – 5

Daylesford Streetscape Study – Updated Recommendations (Chris Dance Land Design Pty Ltd and Essential Economics, 1998)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.01-lL, 15.01-5L 43.02 – Schedules 1 – 5

Domestic Wastewater Management Plan(Hepburn Shire Council, June 2014)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 42.01 – Schedule 1

Fertile Ground, Hepburn Economic Development Strategy(Hepburn Shire Council, 2016)

C80hepb – 02.03-7, 14.01-2L, 14.02-1L, 17.01-1

Grampians Central West Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan 2017(Grampians Central West Waste and Resource Recovery Group, 2017)

C80hepb – 02.03-7, 43.02 – Schedule 6

Guidelines: Noise from Industry in Regional Victoria(Publication 1411, Environmental Protection Authority, 2011)

C80hepb – 02.03-7, 14.01-2L, 14.02-1L, 17.01-1

Hepburn Biodiversity Strategy 2018 – 2021 (Hepburn Shire Council, 2018)

C80hepb – 02.03-2, 12.01-1L, 42.02 – Schedules 1 – 2

Hepburn Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2016 Background Report (Cunningham, Hemayet and Harmen, 2016)

C80hepb – 02.03-2, 12.01-1L, 42.02 – Schedules 1 – 2

Hepburn Heritage Strategy 2020 – 2030 (Hepburn Shire Council, 2020)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve Management Plan(CPG Australia for Hepburn Shire Council, 2009)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 14.02-2L, 42.01 – Schedule 2

Hepburn Planning Scheme Review, Data and Evidence Report(Plan2Place Consulting for Hepburn Shire Council, 2020)

C80hepb – 02.03, 02.04

Hepburn Planning Scheme Review, Stakeholder and Community Engagement Report(Plan2Place Consulting for Hepburn Shire Council, 2020)

C80hepb – 02.03, 02.04

Hepburn Planning Scheme Audit and Review Report (Plan2Place Consulting for Hepburn Shire Council, 2020)

C80hepb – 02.03, 02.04, 11.01-1L

Hepburn Shire Restructure Plan Project Report(Meinhertz, December 2012)

C80hepb – 02.03-3, 45.05 – Schedules 1 – 2

Hepburn Significant Tree Register Nominations 2011 - Statements of Significance Report with Planning Scheme Amendment(Planit and TreEcology for Hepburn Shire Council, November 2015)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 12.01-1L, 15.03-1L, 42.02 – Schedules 1 – 2

Hepburn Structure Plan Review(Planit and Hepburn Shire Council, September 2006)

C80hepb – 02.03-1, 02.03-5, 02.03-6, 11.01-1L, 15.01-1L, 15.01-3L, 15.01-5L, 32.08 – Schedule 1, 32.09 – Schedules 1 – 4

Infrastructure Design Manual(Local Government Infrastructure Design Association, 2020)

GC112 – 02.03-9, 19.03-2L

Itinerant Potato Diggers’ Huts in the Trentham and Little Hampton District (Hepburn Shire Council, June 2020)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Jubilee Lake Reserve Management Plan(CPG Australia for Hepburn Shire Council, 2009)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 14.02-2L, 42.01 – Schedule 2

Lake Daylesford Reserve Management Plan(CPG Australia for Hepburn Shire Council, 2009)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 14.02-2L, 42.01 – Schedule 2

Land Capability Assessment of the Creswick Water Supply Catchments (Soil Consevation Authority, 1979)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-1L, 42.01 – Schedule 1

Mineral Springs Risk Assessment for the Central and Hepburn Springs Region, Daylesford, Central Victoria (Sinclair Knight Merz for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, 1996)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-2L, 42.01 – Schedule 2

North Central CMA Region Loddon River System Environment Water Management Plan(North Central Catchment Management Authority, 2015)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-1L, 14.02-2L, 42.01 – Schedules 1 and 2

North Central RegionalCatchment Strategy 2013-2019 (North Central Catchment Management Authority, 2013)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-1L, 12.01-1L, 42.01 – Schedule 1

Planning Permit Applications in Open, Potable Water Supply Catchment Areas (Department of Sustainability and Environment, 2012)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-1L, 42.01 – Schedule 1

Recommended Separation Distances for Industrial Residual Air Emissions(Publication 1518, Environmental Protection Authority, 2013)

C80hepb – 02.03-7, 11.01-1L, 14.01-2L, 14.02-1L, 17.01-1

Reflect, Hepburn Reconciliation Action Plan(Hepburn Shire Council, 2019)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-2L, 43.01

Shire of Kyneton Conservation Study – Trentham Conservation Area – Pages 117 To 1066(David Bick, Phyllis Murphy and John Patrick, and Susan Priestley for Shire of Kyneton, 1990)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

South West Victoria Landscape Assessment Study Regional Overview Report: Executive Summary(Department of Planning and Community Development, June 2013)

C80hepb – 02.03-2, 12.05-2L, 42.03 – Schedules 1 – 2

South West Victoria Landscape Assessment Study Character Papers(Department of Planning and Community Development, June 2013)

C80hepb – 02.03-2, 12.05-2L, 42.03 – Schedules 1 – 2

South West Victoria Landscape Assessment Study Significance Papers(Department of Planning and Community Development, June 2013)

C80hepb – 02.03-2, 12.05-2L, 42.03 – Schedules 1 – 2

South West Victoria Landscape Assessment Study, Municipal Toolkit – Hepburn Shire Council(Department of Planning and Community Development, June 2013)

C80hepb – 02.03-2, 12.05-2L, 42.03 – Schedules 1 – 2

Talbot and Clunes Conservation Study, Part A Study Report(Richard Aitkens, 1988)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Talbot and Clunes Conservation Study, Part B Background Information (Richard Aitkens, 1988)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

The Heritage Overlay - Guidelines for Assessing Planning Permit Applications in Heritage Overlays(Heritage Victoria and Heritage Council, Draft, February 2007)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Upper Coliban Integrated Catchment Management Plan(North Central Catchment Management Authority and Coliban Water, 2019)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-1L, 42.01 – Schedule 1

Urban Stormwater - Best Practice Environmental Management Guidelines(Victorian Stormwater Committee, 1999)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-1L, 42.01 – Schedule 1

Victorian Mineral Springs Strategic Master Plan 2015-2024(Victorian Mineral Water Committee, December 2015)

C80hepb – 02.03-4, 14.02-2L, 42.01 – Schedule 2

Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy(Hepburn Shire Council, January 2014)

C80hepb – 02.03-7, 43.02 – Schedule 6

Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens, Conservation Management Plan (Lee Andrews and Associates Heritage Consulting, 2007)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens Master Plan(Laidlaw & Laidlaw Design for Hepburn Shire Council, February 2017)

C80hepb – 02.03-5, 15.03-1L, 43.01

 

 

 

 

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