title: Macedon Ranges Shire Current Planning Dashboard council: macedon-ranges state: vic category: dashboard classification: MAJOR status: active last_compiled: 2026-05-31 source_docs:
- 25-february-2026-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf
- 25-march-2026-scheduled-meeting-agenda.pdf
- 25-march-2026-scheduled-meeting-minutes.pdf
- final-agenda-attachments-council-meeting-22-october-2025-reduced.pdf
Macedon Ranges Shire - Planning Intelligence Dashboard
Last compiled: 2026-05-31
MAJOR initiatives - active
- Macedon Ranges Housing Target of 13,200 Additional Dwellings by 2051 - Council has requested Ministerial clarification on baseline, housing type, State approvals and infrastructure monitoring, with a public report sought by July 2026. (Source: 25-february-2026-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf, pp.16-17)
- Macedon Ranges Protected Settlement Boundary under the Statement of Planning Policy - Gisborne and Romsey remain the key unresolved boundary decisions for structure-plan implementation. (Source: final-agenda-attachments-council-meeting-22-october-2025-reduced.pdf, p.639; Source: macedon-ranges-statement-planning-policy.pdf, p.32)
- Greater Western Water Servicing Coordination for Growth and Development Areas - water and sewer servicing remains a live cross-agency dependency for Gisborne, Romsey, Riddells Creek, Lancefield, Clarkefield, Macedon and Woodend. (Source: Macedon Ranges water use and catchment areas; Source: Greater Western Water land development page)
- New Gisborne Development Plan and Development Plan Overlay Schedule 16 - active development-plan control for Ferrier Road land, including retirement-village expansion, conservation interfaces, drainage and heritage requirements. (Source: final-agenda-council-meeting-22-october-2025_1.pdf, pp.14-15)
- Macedon Ranges Vegetation Protection Overlay Schedules VPO1-VPO9 - draft Biodiversity Strategy material identifies the nine-schedule VPO system and future control work, but the full statutory schedule package is not exposed in the December 2025 source. (Source: 17-december-2025-scheduled-council-meeting-agenda-attachments.pdf, pp.1490-1492)
MAJOR initiatives - progressing
- Clarkefield Growth Area Development Facilitation Program Proposal - State-facilitated proposal for a staged township of about 2,500 dwellings and about 6,000 residents. (Source: Clarkefield-Ordinance-Comprehensive-Development-Plan-compressed.pdf, p.74; Source: Clarkefield-Development-Summary-final-May-2026-copy.pdf, p.2)
- Gisborne Business Park Expansion Development Plan and Planning Controls - Council was procuring consultant work in March 2026 to finalise a planning scheme amendment for business park expansion south and east of the existing estate. (Source: 25-march-2026-scheduled-meeting-agenda.pdf, p.170; Source: 25-march-2026-scheduled-meeting-minutes.pdf, p.15)
- Romsey Development Plan and Development Contributions Plan - the 2012 DCP remains embedded, but its 2027 horizon does not fully align with the 2050 structure-plan task. (Source: romsey-development-contributions-plan-july-2012.pdf, p.10; Source: web-research-L0-romsey-dcp-and-structure-plan-project-page-307ba88394.txt)
- Lancefield Development Plan and Development Plan Overlay Schedule 24 Review - Council activity in February and March 2026 shows the DPO24 coordination issue remains live. (Source: 25-february-2026-scheduled-council-meeting-agenda.pdf, p.6; Source: 25-march-2026-scheduled-meeting-agenda.pdf, pp.8,12-13)
- Planning Scheme Amendment to Implement Kyneton, Lauriston, Tylden and Malmsbury Flood Studies - Council’s Year One Action Plan directs commencement of an amendment to implement flood studies through updated overlays. (Source: final-agenda-attachments-council-meeting-22-october-2025-reduced.pdf, p.942)
- Stormwater and Flood Management Asset Planning - Council has identified a $96.5 million stormwater drainage network but still lacks structured condition assessment data. (Source: final-agenda-attachments-council-meeting-22-october-2025-reduced.pdf, p.924)
- Macedon Ranges Biodiversity Strategy Refresh - Council resolved on 17 December 2025 to release the 2025-2030 draft Biodiversity Strategy for consultation. (Source: 17-december-2025-scheduled-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf, p.14)
Recently resolved
- Amess Road, Riddells Creek Precinct Structure Plan and Amendment C161macr - approved PSP framework for about 131 hectares, roughly 1,360 dwellings, about 3,808 residents and a $31.39 million infrastructure program. (Source: Amess Road Precinct Structure Plan (Echelon Planning, May 2025).pdf, p.20; Source: Amess Road Development Contributions Plan (Echelon Planning, May 2025).pdf, p.4)
- Macedon Ranges Open Space Strategy 2026 - Council adopted the ten-year open-space strategy on 25 March 2026 with amendments to hierarchy wording, township grouping and selected maps. (Source: 25-march-2026-scheduled-meeting-minutes.pdf, pp.9-10)
- Amendment C147macr Benetas Retirement Village, Gisborne - Council adopted the amendment with a section 173 agreement restricting future use to retirement village and/or residential aged care. (Source: 25-february-2026-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf, pp.8-9)
- Amendment C154 Rezoning of 1 Wills Street, Malmsbury - approved and gazetted on 19 June 2025, enabling a nine-lot residential subdivision. (Source: GG2025G025.pdf, p.75)
- Amendment VC282 Townhouse and Low-Rise Code Statewide Residential Controls - gazetted on 8 September 2025 as a statewide change to Clause 54 and Clause 55 assessment settings. (Source: 17-december-2025-scheduled-council-meeting-agenda.pdf, pp.240-242)
Critical gaps
The manifest research gaps for Amess Road, protected settlement boundary material, Clarkefield, development contribution source packages, Gisborne Business Park, Greater Western Water, flood studies, biodiversity, Lancefield, Woodend and C154 are marked complete or resolved, so they are not treated as open gaps here. Remaining narrower limitations are tracked in _gaps. (Source: data/v2/manifests/synthesise-macedon-ranges-job-17952.json)
Partial-Research Guardrail
Resolved research means an initial evidence package was found; it does not mean the council officer can rely on the topic as fully quantified. For Clarkefield, GWW servicing, Gisborne Business Park and contribution packages, the remaining blocker is primary technical detail: maps, capacity tables, servicing catchments, infrastructure cost schedules, IDP/NVPP material, permit conditions and amendment documents.