Amendment C108 - Ballan Precinct 5

Council has prepared Amendment C108 to the Moorabool Planning Scheme, at the request of request of Whiteman Property and Associates Pty Ltd on behalf of Wel.Co. 

The amendment is required to facilitate staged, masterplanned residential development of approximately 98.5 hectares of land that is identified as growth precinct 5 within the Ballan Framework Plan at Clause 11.01-1L-03 (11.01 (planning.vic.gov.au)) of the Moorabool Planning Scheme. The subject land is bounded by the Western Freeway (northern extent), Geelong-Ballan Road (western extent), Old Melbourne Road (southern extent) and the Werribee River (eastern extent). 

The amendment proposes to: 

  • Rezone the subject land from Rural Living Zone (RLZ) to Neighbourhood Residential Zone Schedule 10 (NRZ10);  

  • Apply the Development Plan Overlay Schedule 9 (DPO9) to the subject land;  

  • Apply the Vegetation Protection Overlay Schedule 2 (VPO2) to remnant native vegetation on the subject land and adjoining road reserves;  

  • Apply the Environmental Audit Overlay (EAO) to 5580 Geelong-Ballan Road, Ballan; and  

  • Remove the Design and Development Overlay Schedule 2 (DDO2) from the subject land. 

Have your say

The Amendment is on public exhibition from 24 January to 3 March 2025.

The best way to have your say is to make a submission while the Amendment is on public exhibition.  

Submissions can be made in the folloing ways;

Online

Via Council’s Have Your Say webpage: have Your Say 

Email & Post

Email: info@moorabool.vic.gov.au
Post:  Moorabool Shire Council, Att Strategic Planning, PO BOX 18, Ballan VIC 3342

Submissions must include your name and contact address, clearly stating why the amendment is supported or opposed, and indicating what changes (if any) you wish to be made.

Find out more

You can find out more about the amendment and view the amendment documents by visiting Council’s Have Your Say webpage 

Have Your Say

or

on the  Department of Transport and Planning website www.planning.vic.gov.au/public-inspection.

Hard copies of all Amendment documents can be viewed at Council’s Darley or Ballan offices, the Lerderderg Library or can be posted to you upon request.