Teesdale Structure Plan

The Teesdale Structure Plan has been developed with the local community and now further public comment is invited on the planning scheme amendment to implement the plan.

In preparing the new plan, Council undertook community consultation during a six week period, from 29 August to 20 October 2019. A total of 198 people completed the online and paper survey, or attended one of the two conversation posts held in the town. The TSP Community Engagement Report is available here. A full version of the infographic below can also be found here.

At its April 2020 Ordinary Meeting, Council endorsed the Teesdale Structure Plan 2020 and authorised the public exhibition of a planning scheme amendment to incorporate the plan into the Golden Plains Shire Planning Scheme. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition period was delayed, and took place from 26 November 2020 to 25 January 2021. During the public exhibition period, Council held an online drop-in session and two after-hours phone consultation for residents to discuss the plan with Council's Strategic Planning team. The team were also available to speak over the phone during the public exhibition period. At the conclusion of the exhibition period, Council had received 23 submissions from community members, developers and agencies, expressing diverse views on the content of the TSP.

At its March 2021 Meeting, Council approved a number of minor changes to the TSP and Amendment C92gpla based on the feedback it received during the public exhibition process. These changes include:

• Removing the depiction of paths from the TSP Strategic Framework Plan;
• Recognising the importance of preserving agricultural land in decisions to rezone land;
• Explicitly recognise a non-urban break between Bannockburn and Teesdale;
• Adding land west of Teesdale-Lethbridge Road as a reason for exclusion from any rezoning proposal;
• Changing references to ‘buffer’ in relation to the landfill within the North East Growth Precinct with ‘Landfill Investigation Area’;
• Including a Teesdale Stormwater review as a future action; and
• Adding the town boundary to the legend in Amendment C92G

While Council approved these changes, a number of objections to the TSP and Amendment C92gpla remain outstanding. To impartially consider and resolve these, Council referred all submissions to an independent Planning Panel to be appointed by the Victorian Minister for Planning.