Incorporated and Reference Documents

This page contains a list of documents referred to or incorporated into the Golden Plains Planning Scheme, which help guide land use and development proposals. 

Background Documents

Background documents provide background information to assist in understanding the context within which a particular policy or provision has been framed. Background 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. Background documents in the Golden Plains Planning Scheme currently include:

Bannockburn Town Centre Investment Strategy

Bannockburn Growth Plan

Bruces Creek Master Plan

CCMA Regional Catchment Strategy

Corangamite Regional Catchment Strategy 2021-2027

Corangamite Waterway Strategy

Gheringhap Structure Plan

Golden Plains Heritage Study Stage 1

Golden Plains Heritage Study Stage 2

Golden Plains Shire Rural Land Use Strategy

Infrastructure Design manual is available here.

Inverleigh Structure Plan

Northern Settlement Strategy

Review of South East area Golden Plains Shire

Smythesdale Urban Design Framework

Strategic Bushfire Risk Assessment for the Bannockburn Growth Plan Investigation Area 

Teesdale Structure Plan 

South West Landscape Assessment Study

The Burra Charter 2013

Incorporated Documents

All Incorporated documents in the Golden Plains Planning Scheme can be viewed here.