BALLARAT PLANNING SCHEME

The Ballarat Planning Scheme sets out policies and provisions for the use and development of land in the City of Ballarat. 

You can view the current Ballarat Planning Scheme online at the Department of Planning and Community Development.

The Planning and Environment Act 1987 requires that the planning authority regularly reviews the provisions of the planning scheme.  The most recent review was complete on 2008/2009:

Ballarat Planning Scheme Review Report, February 2009 (1.03MB)

Incorporated Documents

Incorporated documents are essential to the proper functioning of the planning scheme and decision-making and must be taken into account by Council. Clause 81.01 and Schedule to Clause 81.01 of the Planning Scheme lists those documents that are incorporated in the Scheme. Schedule to Clause 81.01 lists the incorporated documents that the City of Ballarat has included in the Planning Scheme.  Links to these documents are contained below:

• Alfredton West Precinct Structure Plan 2011 (17,274KB)
• Australian Standard AS2021-2000, Acoustics – Aircraft Noise Intrusion – Building Siting and Construction, Standards Australia International Ltd
• Ballarat Heritage Precincts – Statements of Significance, 2006 (2,604KB)Ballarat Heritage Precinct Study Part A 2006 - Incorporated Plan (164KB)
• Ballarat Heritage Precinct Study Part A 2006 - Statement of Signifficance (954KB)
•  Ballarat Planning Scheme Heritage Control 2004 - Incorporated Plan (revised 2008) (134KB)
• Ballarat Strategy Plan 1998 (4,638KB)
• Ballarat Tourism Marketing Strategy (1995) (5,097KB)
• Ballarat West Groundwater Supply Project - Incorporated Plan (45KB)
• Concept Plans 1-5 titled Eureka Centre: June 18, 1996
• Goulburn-Murray Water Native Vegetation Code of Practice, February 2011
• Invermay Miniture Railway (July 2002) Incorporated Plan (828KB)
• Invermay Regional Study and Land Management Plan (1991) (7,706KB)
• Koala Plan of Management- Koala Planning Map (July 2006) (1,149KB)
• Lake Federation Resort Draft Master Plan (August 2004) (1,511KB)
• Lake Federation Resort Main Components Plan (August 2004) (299KB)
• Lake Federation Resort Staging Plan (August 2004) (276KB)
• Medical Centre Code of Practice (1995) (186KB)
• Mildura-Geelong Rail Freight Upgrade Project (September 2007) (33KB)
•  Plan for the future development of the Western Freeway titled “Proposed Works Area” and dated 26/7/2000

• Rail Infrastructure Projects (comprising the Rail Gauge Standardisation Project, the Regional Fast Rail Project and the Fibre Optic Project),December 2002

• Alfredton West Precinct Structure Plan 2011 (17,274KB)
• Australian Standard AS2021-2000, Acoustics – Aircraft Noise Intrusion – Building Siting and Construction, Standards Australia International Ltd
• Ballarat Heritage Precincts – Statements of Significance, 2006 (2,604KB)Ballarat Heritage Precinct Study Part A 2006 - Incorporated Plan (164KB)
• Ballarat Heritage Precinct Study Part A 2006 - Statement of Signifficance (954KB)
•  Ballarat Planning Scheme Heritage Control 2004 - Incorporated Plan (revised 2008) (134KB)
• Ballarat Strategy Plan 1998 (4,638KB)
• Ballarat Tourism Marketing Strategy (1995) (5,097KB)
• Ballarat West Groundwater Supply Project - Incorporated Plan (45KB)
• Concept Plans 1-5 titled Eureka Centre: June 18, 1996

• Goulburn-Murray Water Native Vegetation Code of Practice, February 2011

• Invermay Miniture Railway (July 2002) Incorporated Plan (828KB)
• Invermay Regional Study and Land Management Plan (1991) (7,706KB)
• Koala Plan of Management- Koala Planning Map (July 2006) (1,149KB)
• Lake Federation Resort Draft Master Plan (August 2004) (1,511KB)
• Lake Federation Resort Main Components Plan (August 2004) (299KB)
• Lake Federation Resort Staging Plan (August 2004) (276KB)
• Medical Centre Code of Practice (1995) (186KB)
• Mildura-Geelong Rail Freight Upgrade Project (September 2007) (33KB)
• Plan for the future development of the Western Freeway titled “Proposed Works Area” and dated 26/7/2000
• Rail Infrastructure Projects (comprising the Rail Gauge Standardisation Project, the Regional Fast Rail Project and the Fibre Optic Project),December 2002 

Reference Documents

Reference documents provide background information to assist in understanding the context within which a particular policy or provision has been framed. Reference documents have only a limited role in decision making as they are not part of the planning scheme. They do not have the same status of incorporated documents or carry the same weight. The reference documents in the Ballarat Planning Scheme currently include:

• Ballarat Bicycle Strategy (June 1999) (289KB)
• Ballarat Central Business Area Strategy Plan (1995) (24,060KB)
• Ballarat City Council Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management Part 1 (August 2006) (1,399KB)
• Ballarat City Council Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management Part 2 (August 2006) (2,094KB)
• Ballarat Health Precinct Study (March 2006)(970KB)
• Ballarat Heritage Precincts Study Part A (2006) 1 (29,056KB)
• Ballarat Heritage Precincts Study Part A (2006) 2 (29,996KB)
• Ballarat Heritage Precincts Study Stage 2 (2003) (5,143KB)
• Ballarat Region Conservation Study 1999-2004 (8,668KB)
• Ballarat Stormwater Management Plan (February 2002)(441KB)
• Ballarat Strategy Plan (1998) (4,638KB)
• Ballarat Tourism Marketing Strategy (1995) (5,097KB)
• Ballarat Urban Character Study (1999) (9,050KB)
• Ballarat Urban Character Study Guidelines (1999) (1,970KB)
• Ballarat West Growth Area Plan, Tract Consultants Pty Ltd(2009) (14,461KB)
• Ballarat Local Drug Action Plan 2001-2004
• Canadian Valley Outline Development Plan (2005) (2,681KB)
• Catchment Management Authority Strategies and Native Vegetation Plans
• City of Ballarat Advertising Signs Guidelines (1,169KB)
• City of Ballarat Car Parking Strategy
• City of Ballarat Native Vegetation Mapping and Review of the Vegetation Protection Overlay (VPO1),August 2005 (2,319KB)
• City of Ballarat Retail Development Strategy 2003: Essential Economics with MPN Retail and Property Services (1,776KB)
• City of Ballarat Roadside Management Plan (2000) (5,788KB)
• Corangamite CMA Floodplan Management Strategy (2002) (3,735KB)
• Congaramite CMA Regional River Health Strategy
• Extractive Industry Interest Areas - Ballarat Supply Area (1997) (1,433KB)
• Guidelines for preventing the spread of weeds
• Health, Medical and Professional Land Use Management Plan Vol 1 (1995) (2,555KB)
• Health, Medial and Professional Land Use Management Plan Vol 2 (1995) (1,579KB)
• Invermay Regional Study and Land Management Plan, May 1991, Rural Planning Australia
• Linear Network of Communal Spaces (LINCS) Strategy (1996) (14,749KB)
• Miners Rest Outline Development Plan (1994) (2,967KB)
• Mount Clear Outline Development Plan (1994) (1,000KB)
• Outline Development Plan for Buninyong Township, December 1993; John Bettett & Associates (1,523KB)
• Outline Development Plan for Urban Development Areas at Brown Hill, Shire of Bungaree, June 1993; Network Planning Consultants (1,850KB)
• Road Safety Strategic Plan 2001
• Safer Design Guidelines for Victoria (1,488KB)
• The Victorian Greenhouse Strategy 2002 (744KB)
• Victoria's Biodiversity Strategy