Planning Scheme Amendment VC248 – Changes to Bushfire Control
Planning Scheme Amendment VC248 came into effect on 5 May 2026, updating Victoria’s bushfire planning provisions.
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Bushfire Prone Area Mapping Updated
On 10 September 2019 the Bushfire Prone Area Map for Victoria was updated, including parts of Ballarat, Bass Coast, Baw Baw, Cardinia, Casey, Golden Plains, Greater Geelong, Hume, Latrobe, Macedon Ranges, Melton, Mitchell, South Gippsland, Surf Coast, Warrnambool, Wellington, Whittlesea, Wodonga, and Wyndham municipalities.
Bushfire Prone Areas – Game Changer
In December 2017 planning scheme amendment VC140 was introduced into the Victorian Planning Provisions. The amendment inserted an updated Clause 10 & 13 to the VPPs. The changes include, inter alia, a requirement for responsible authorities to:
Bushfire Mapping – New & Updated Provisions
Victoria’s State Government has identified areas of Victoria still at risk of extreme bushfire, including those affected by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, which are not included in the Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO).
Removal of Vegetation versus Fire Protection
Regular readers will be aware that significant changes to the state-wide bushfire planning controls were undertaken in mid 2014.