About the Amendment

Surf Coast Shire has prepared Amendment C150surf to the Surf Coast Planning Scheme to remove the Heritage Overlay (HO150) from 23 residential properties (see property addresses and map below) and the Council Reserve (16A Smith Street) in Winchelsea, as they do not have any heritage significance and the HO incorrectly applies.

The amendment does this by making a mapping correction and amending the Schedule to Clause 43.01 (Heritage Overlay).

Land affected by the Amendment

The amendment applies to the properties (in Winchelsea) identified in the table below and Figure 1:

Street Name

Street No.

Main Street

65A

Warner Street

15, 15A, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25

Lawrence Court

2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

Smith Street

12, 13, 15, 16A, 17, 19 & 21
What the Amendment does

The amendment proposes to amend Planning Scheme Map No. 8HO to remove HO150 from the identified properties above as they do not have any heritage significance. It also amends the Schedule to Clause 43.01 (Heritage Overlay) to correct the heritage place listing for HO150 to change the street address. Heritage Overlay (HO150) will continue to apply to 65 Main Street, Winchelsea (Lot 2) which contains the heritage building Balgownie.

The proposed correction will improve the operation of the planning scheme by removing the unnecessary requirement for planning permits for dwellings, and buildings and works.

How to make a submission

You may inspect the amendment, any documents that support the amendment and the explanatory report about the amendment, free of charge, at:

Any person who may be affected by the amendment may make a submission to the planning authority about the amendment. Submissions must be made in writing giving the submitter’s name and contact address, clearly stating the grounds on which the amendment is supported or opposed and indicating what changes (if any) the submitter wishes to make.

Name and contact details of submitters are required for council to consider submissions and to notify such persons of the opportunity to attend council meetings and any public hearing held to consider submissions.

This amendment has been deemed to be a low impact amendment by the Minister under Section 16N of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, therefore sections 23 and sections 24 to 27 of the Act do not apply to the amendment. The effect of this means that Council, acting as the planning authority, can adopt the amendment and submit it to the Minister for Planning for approval without the need to refer unresolved submissions to a panel.

The closing date for submissions is 5pm Monday 11 May 2026. A submission must be:

  • Submitted online via the online submission portal on this web page, or
  • Mailed to Coordinator Strategic Land Use Planning, PO Box 350, Torquay, VIC 3228

The planning authority must make a copy of every submission available at its office and/or on its website for any person to inspect free of charge for two months after the amendment comes into operation or lapses.