title: Macedon Ranges Shire Open Gap Register council: macedon-ranges state: vic category: gaps classification: MAJOR status: active last_compiled: 2026-05-31 source_docs:
- data/v2/manifests/synthesise-macedon-ranges-job-17952.json
- 25-february-2026-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf
- 17-december-2025-scheduled-council-meeting-agenda-attachments.pdf
Open gap register
Research discovery has found first-pass evidence for several topics, but that does not mean the technical evidence base is complete. Clarkefield, Greater Western Water servicing, Gisborne Business Park and development-contribution packages remain partially researched where the initiative pages still lack primary technical reports, servicing maps, IDP/NVPP material, permit conditions, amendment packages or final cost schedules. (Source: data/v2/manifests/synthesise-macedon-ranges-job-17952.json)
IMPORTANT - State housing target methodology and response
- Status: Open analytical limitation
- What is missing: the State methodology for the 13,200-dwelling target, the baseline date, counting rules by housing type, attribution of State-intervened approvals and any Ministerial response to Council’s February 2026 request. (Source: 25-february-2026-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf, pp.16-17)
- Where to find it: Minister for Planning correspondence, DTP housing target methodology material and the public Council report requested for July 2026. (Source: 25-february-2026-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf, p.17)
- Affected pages: Macedon Ranges Housing Target of 13,200 Additional Dwellings by 2051, Macedon Ranges Protected Settlement Boundary under the Statement of Planning Policy, Gisborne Futures Structure Plan, Romsey Structure Plan.
IMPORTANT - Complete Macedon Ranges servicing strategy for GWW growth settlements
- Status: Open analytical limitation
- What is missing: a complete published settlement-by-settlement servicing schedule for water, sewer, easements, augmentation triggers, contribution timing and statement-of-compliance sequencing. The available sources confirm GWW’s servicing geography and development servicing mechanisms, but not a full Macedon Ranges servicing strategy. (Source: Macedon Ranges water use and catchment areas; Source: Greater Western Water land development page)
- Where to find it: Greater Western Water capital works, land development, servicing strategy and developer works documentation.
- Affected pages: Greater Western Water Servicing Coordination for Growth and Development Areas, Clarkefield Growth Area Development Facilitation Program Proposal, Gisborne Futures Structure Plan, Romsey Structure Plan, Lancefield Development Plan and Development Plan Overlay Schedule 24 Review.
IMPORTANT - Full statutory VPO1-VPO9 schedule text
- Status: Open analytical limitation
- What is missing: the full statutory text and maps for Vegetation Protection Overlay schedules VPO1 to VPO9. The December 2025 material explains the intended role of the schedules, but does not include the full schedule package. (Source: 17-december-2025-scheduled-council-meeting-agenda-attachments.pdf, pp.1490-1492; Source: 17-december-2025-scheduled-council-meeting-agenda.pdf, p.158)
- Where to find it: Macedon Ranges Planning Scheme ordinance and maps, or the amendment package that implements any Biodiversity Strategy control changes.
- Affected pages: Macedon Ranges Vegetation Protection Overlay Schedules VPO1-VPO9, Macedon Ranges Biodiversity Strategy Refresh, Macedon Ranges Protected Settlement Boundary under the Statement of Planning Policy.
IMPORTANT - New Gisborne DPO16 source package
- Status: Open analytical limitation
- What is missing: the primary New Gisborne Development Plan, DPO16 schedule, Conservation Management Plan, Development Contributions Plan and regional stormwater strategy as standalone documents. The compiled page currently relies on Council agenda material and attached technical reports. (Source: final-agenda-attachments-council-meeting-22-october-2025-reduced.pdf, pp.55,80,324,330,390-391)
- Where to find it: Macedon Ranges Planning Scheme incorporated documents, Council permit records for PLN/2019/315/A and New Gisborne development-plan project files.
- Affected pages: New Gisborne Development Plan and Development Plan Overlay Schedule 16, Gisborne Futures Structure Plan, Gisborne Development Plan and Development Contributions Plan.
USEFUL - Full Kyneton Urban Design Framework document
- Status: Open analytical limitation
- What is missing: the full Kyneton Urban Design Framework 2025 text, including spatial recommendations, design controls, study area, implementation program and consultation findings. The current source confirms adoption/completion but not the framework’s detailed mechanisms. (Source: final-agenda-attachments-council-meeting-22-october-2025-reduced.pdf, p.662)
- Where to find it: Council strategies and plans library, Kyneton town planning project page, or Council agenda attachments for the adoption meeting.
- Affected pages: Kyneton Urban Design Framework 2025, Planning Scheme Amendment to Implement Kyneton, Lauriston, Tylden and Malmsbury Flood Studies.
USEFUL - Final material for Mount Macedon Memorial Cross view-lines pathway
- Status: Open analytical limitation
- What is missing: the Minister’s decision notice, Parks Victoria application, technical vegetation assessment and final Council resolution for the Clause 52.30 pathway. (Source: 22-april-2026-scheduled-meeting-agenda.pdf, p.108)
- Where to find it: Ministerial project documentation, Parks Victoria project files and Council minutes after 22 April 2026.
- Affected pages: Mount Macedon Memorial Cross View Lines Project under Clause 52.30, Macedon Ranges Vegetation Protection Overlay Schedules VPO1-VPO9.
QA reconciliation: do not treat Clarkefield, Gisborne Business Park, Greater Western Water servicing, DCP/ICP material or development contribution packages as fully resolved unless the initiative page contains the primary technical reports, servicing maps, IDP/NVPP material, permit conditions and amendment package. Mark these as partially researched where only web or summary evidence is present.
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.