Amendment C115gelg - Dartmoor and Nelson Flood Study Implementation

The amendment proposes to implement the findings of the Dartmoor and Nelson Flood Study, 2024 by inserting additional flood risk mapping into the Glenelg Planning Scheme by applying Schedule 1 to the Floodway Overlay (FO1) and Schedule 1 to the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO1) to mapped areas along the Glenelg River and surrounding land from north of Dartmoor to the river mouth south of Nelson.

The affected land also includes land already within the Urban Floodway Zone, Floodway Overlay, and the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay by proposing changes to the existing schedules to the Floodway Overlay (FO1), Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO1), and the Glenelg Shire Local Floodplain Development Plan. 

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

Glenelg Shire Council offices:

  • Portland Customer Service Centre, 71 Cliff, Portland VIC
  • Casterton Customer Service Centre, 67 Henty Street, Casterton VIC
  • Heywood Customer Service Centre, 77 Edgar Street, Heywood VIC
  • Nelson Visitor Information Centre, 16 Leake St, Nelson VIC

Department of Transport and Planning website: Browse Amendments on Exhibition

Drop-in sessions are being held on 17 December 2025 at:

  • Dartmoor Community Hall from 10.30am to 12pm; and
  • Nelson Visitor Information Centre from 1.30pm to 3pm.

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. The closing date for submissions is 6 February 2026. A submission must be sent to the Glenelg Shire Council:

  • delivered in person at:
    • 71 Cliff St, Portland
    • 67 Henty Street, Casterton
    • 77 Edgar Street, Heywood
  • by mail to: PO Box 152, Portland VIC 3305
  • via email to: planning@glenelg.vic.gov.au

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.

For further information contact Jacob Clements, Strategic Planner on 5522 2268.  

 

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