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title: City of Ballarat Planning Intelligence Dashboard council: ballarat state: vic category: dashboard classification: MAJOR status: active last_compiled: 2026-05-31 source_docs:

  • ballarat-igaf.pdf
  • housing-strategy-2041.pdf
  • Ballarat-North-PSP-Draft-Amendment-C256ball-Explanatory-Report-Public-Consultation.pdf
  • ballarat-west-precinct-structure-plan-psp-february-2026.pdf
  • ballarat-west-development-contribution-plan-dcp-february-2026.pdf
  • web-research-L1-industrial-land-strategy-mysay.txt
  • web-research-L1-miners-rest-flood-works-funding-council.txt

City of Ballarat - Planning Intelligence Dashboard

Last compiled: 2026-05-31

MAJOR Initiatives - Active

  • plan-for-victoria-response - Ballarat is being measured against a 46,900 dwelling target to 2051, split into 28,000 established-area dwellings and 18,900 greenfield dwellings (Source: ballarat-igaf.pdf, p.4).
  • ballarat-west-psp - The Council-adopted 2026 PSP review remains the main proposed western growth framework, pending Ministerial approval/gazettal, with about 1,285 hectares, 973.03 hectares of NDA and about 15,839 dwellings identified (Source: ballarat-west-precinct-structure-plan-psp-february-2026.pdf, pp.33-35).
  • ballarat-west-dcp - The February 2026 DCP is the Council-adopted proposed infrastructure funding update for Ballarat West, setting July 2024 levies of 423,379.28 per residential NDA hectare and 279,703.51 per commercial NDA hectare including drainage (Source: ballarat-west-development-contribution-plan-dcp-february-2026.pdf, p.25).
  • central-highlands-water-growth-servicing - Water and sewer servicing remains a live delivery dependency for northern and western growth areas, with Ballarat North relying on CHW capital works, developer-delivered trunk assets and later-stage servicing arrangements (Source: Ballarat-North-PSP-Utilities-Assessment-Report-Stantec-March-2025.pdf, pp.11-17).
  • c221 - The growth-area UGZ pathway remains active because the original rezoning stream split into Ballarat North PSP work and later Western/North Western PSP, DCP and servicing steps (Source: d-22-28671-23-february-2022-council-meeting.pdf, p.22; Source: growth-areas-framework-plan-western-and-north-western-growth-areas_august-2024.pdf, pp.7-8).

MAJOR Initiatives - Progressing

  • c256ball - Amendment C256ball has been exhibited as the statutory package for the ballarat-north-psp, ballarat-north-dcp and ballarat-north-nvpp, planning for about 5,600 homes, 15,480 residents and 1,000 jobs over 20 to 30 years (Source: Ballarat-North-PSP-Draft-Amendment-C256ball-Explanatory-Report-Public-Consultation.pdf, pp.1,3,15).
  • ballarat-north-psp - The draft PSP converts the core Ballarat North area into a planned residential precinct, but its 5,523 dwelling capacity depends on a residential NDA of 273.72 hectares within a 571 hectare core area (Source: vpa-ballarat-north-psp-precinct-structure-plan-draft-for-public-consultation-september-2025.pdf, pp.5,17,51).
  • ballarat-north-dcp - The draft DCP proposes 184.19 million in development infrastructure contributions and a 599.34 per dwelling community infrastructure levy expected to raise $3.31 million from 5,524 dwellings (Source: Ballarat-North-PSP-Development-Contributions-Plan-Draft-for-Public-Consultation-September-2025.pdf, pp.4,33-34).
  • growth-areas-framework-plan - The framework is progressing as the strategic pre-PSP layer for the Western and North Western Growth Areas, identifying 1,035 hectares and 12,900-17,200 dwellings in the west, and 698 hectares and 7,200-9,600 dwellings in the north-west (Source: growth-areas-framework-plan-western-and-north-western-growth-areas_august-2024.pdf, pp.35,38).
  • c254 - Council resolved on 14 August 2024 to seek Ministerial authorisation and exhibit the amendment that would implement the Housing Strategy 2041 and Growth Areas Framework Plan in the planning scheme (Source: 14-august-2024-planning-delegated-committee-minutes.pdf).
  • western-growth-area - The area is progressing as a future PSP candidate rather than an approved urban precinct, with delivery dependent on water, sewer and the Ballarat Link Road/Dyson Drive corridor (Source: ballarat-igaf-003-.pdf; Source: 14-august-2024-planning-delegated-committee-meeting-agenda-with-attachments.pdf).
  • nw-growth-area - The North Western Growth Area is progressing at framework-plan stage and still requires PSP, rezoning, DCP, servicing and sequencing decisions before urban development can occur (Source: growth-areas-framework-plan-western-and-north-western-growth-areas_august-2024.pdf).
  • flood-overlays / c217 - Updated flood controls are progressing, with proposed FO2, LSIO2 and SBO1 controls over 4,260 affected properties; C217ball has since been exhibited from 29 April 2026 to 29 May 2026, with directions and panel hearing dates listed for August 2026 (Source: web-research-L1-flood-amendment-c217ball-explanatory-report.txt; Source: 11-december-2024-council-meeting-minutes.pdf).
  • industrial-land-strategy - The industrial strategy remains draft: consultation occurred in 2024, a submissions response paper is being prepared, an updated draft is expected for secondary engagement in 2026, and any planning scheme amendment depends on later adoption and authorisation (Source: web-research-L1-industrial-land-strategy-mysay.txt).
  • miners-rest-drainage-plan - The flood mitigation program has moved into delivery planning, with $5.906 million in joint funding announced in November 2025 and construction expected to begin in late 2026 or early 2027 (Source: web-research-L1-miners-rest-flood-works-funding-council.txt).
  • cbd-structure-plan - The CBD Structure Plan, Urban Design Framework and Activity Centre Plan is progressing as the tool intended to convert broad CBD intensification policy into more precise built-form, land-use, heritage, movement and infrastructure guidance (Source: ballarat-cbd-precinct-fact-sheet.pdf; Source: council-plan-2025-2029.pdf).

Recently Resolved

  • c235 - Approved controls for Miners Rest implement the township plan, holding most growth within the existing township boundary and applying NRZ3 controls in the older northern township (Source: Ballarat C235ball Explanatory Report Approval Gazetted.pdf; Source: 32.09_ball Schedule 3 Neighbourhood Residential Zone.pdf, p.1).
  • c200 - Approved Sebastopol heritage controls updated the Heritage Overlay schedule and maps for places, precincts and serial listings around the former Borough of Sebastopol (Source: Ballarat C200 Explanatory Report Approval Gazetted.pdf).
  • c178-burrumbeet-flood-controls - Approved Burrumbeet controls translated the 2013 Burrumbeet Flood Investigation into Floodway Overlay and Land Subject to Inundation Overlay mapping (Source: web-research-L1-burrumbeet-c178-approval-gazette-vicgov.txt).
  • c148 - Approved rural controls implemented the Rural Land Use Strategy by tightening rural dwelling discretion in the Farming Zone and inserting rural dwelling and subdivision policy (Source: Victoria Government Gazette G10 7 March 2013.pdf, p.481).

Critical Gaps

  • Primary VC283 amendment instrument is missing; the current analysis relies on Ballarat IGAF references rather than the VC283 explanatory report, instruction sheet, gazettal material or final ordinance (Source: ballarat-igaf.txt, p.10).
  • c243 lacks primary source documents in its compiled page, including the Bridge Mall Built Form Framework and detailed DDO1 provisions, even though Part 2 is recorded as postponed until flood controls progress (Source: 14-august-2024-planning-delegated-committee-meeting-agenda-with-attachments.pdf).
  • western-growth-area and nw-growth-area do not yet have PSP, DCP, NVPP, transport, drainage, water, sewer or social infrastructure technical packages in the corpus, limiting parcel-level analysis (Source: growth-areas-framework-plan-western-and-north-western-growth-areas_august-2024.pdf, pp.6-8).

C234ball Operative-Status Guardrail

Council adopted the revised Ballarat West PSP/DCP/C234ball package on 25 March 2026 and submitted it to the Minister. As at 31 May 2026, the corpus does not contain Ministerial approval or gazettal, so the revised February 2026 PSP/DCP package is a Council-adopted proposed/current review package rather than an operative planning-scheme control. Existing Ballarat West DCP rates continue to apply until gazettal. (Source: 25-march-2026-council-meeting-agenda-with-attachments-reduced_part1.txt; Source: ballarat-west-development-contribution-plan-dcp-february-2026.txt)

C256ball Current-Status Guardrail

Ballarat North/C256ball has passed its reserved March 2026 SAC hearing window, but the corpus does not contain a SAC report, Ministerial decision, approved amendment or gazettal record. The defensible current status is post-exhibition/post-hearing-window with outcome not in corpus. (Source: vpa-ballarat-north-psp-draft-amendment-c256ball-explanatory-report-public-consultation.txt; Source: Ballarat-North-PSP-Draft-Amendment-C256ball-Explanatory-Report-Public-Consultation.pdf)

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