Bacchus Marsh Town Centre Structure Plan

A Structure Plan is a document that develops a shared long-term vision to guide land use, built form, public space and infrastructure within an activity centre. The Structure Plan ensures that future growth is accommodated in an orderly and sustainable manner and may include key directions and improvement projects to help achieve the vision and proposes land use zoning changes, built form guidelines and changes to overlays.

Once a Structure Plan is adopted by Council, it will be implemented into the Moorabool Planning Scheme via a future planning scheme amendment process.

The existing Structure Plan was completed before the Bacchus Marsh Urban Growth Framework identified large residential investigation areas which will increase the number of people visiting the town. An update is required in order to ensure that it can remain a pleasant and attractive regional town into the future.

All feedback will be reviewed and considered by Council in developing the vision and Draft Structure Plan.

A community consultation feedback summary will be prepared and published on this website following consultation.

Following this initial engagement with stakeholders, a vision will be developed from the feedback to guide preparation of a Draft Structure Plan. Another round of consultation will be held on the Draft Structure Plan once it is prepared.

Council is currently working through the responses to the draft Parking Policy and Strategy gathered through surveys and submissions in November and December 2022. Findings from that engagement will be integrated into the Structure Plan Vision.