UPDATE - Final Decision pending

A decision was made at the Council Meeting on 21 April 2026 to progress this amendment. It is currently awaiting final approval by the Minister for Planning. Details can be found here Amendment C165egip on the DTP website.

About Amendment C165egip - Corrections

Council is required to correct errors and anomalies to ensure that the East Gippsland Planning Scheme is up to date, accurate and efficient in its operation.

Amendment C165egip proposes to make various corrections to the mapping of zones and overlays, and ordinance, in order to resolve anomalies within the East Gippsland Planning Scheme. The anomalies include redundant overlay and zoning provisions, land affected by multiple zones, and zoning that is inconsistent with land use. This amendment effects 119 properties which are either publicly owned or managed or privately owned.

• 14 properties are publicly owned or managed and are inappropriately zoned
• 77 of the properties are within the development plan overlay area in Nicholson. Development has been fully realised and therefore the overlay on these properties is no longer required.
• The remaining properties are generally privately owned and are incorrectly in a public zone, have an inappropriate overlay applied or are within a restructure area and have been restructured in accordance with the relevant plan.

The identified updates do not affect the intent of policy or other controls; the changes are to accurately reflect the correct use and zoning of private land, roads and open space.

Details of the proposed changes can be found in the Amendment C165 Explanatory Report available in the Amendment Documents section of this page or on the DTP website.

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