title: Macedon Ranges Shire Planning Timeline council: macedon-ranges state: vic category: timeline status: current last_compiled: 2026-05-31 source_docs:
- web-research-L0-romsey-structure-plan-source-evidence-fd470e5b65.txt
- romsey-structure-plan-final.pdf
- final-agenda-attachments-council-meeting-22-october-2025-reduced.pdf
- 25-february-2026-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf
- 17-december-2025-scheduled-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf
Macedon Ranges Shire Planning Timeline
- 2019: The Macedon Ranges Statement of Planning Policy came into effect and established protected-settlement-boundary logic for key towns. (Source: macedon-ranges-statement-planning-policy.pdf, pp.32-42)
- May 2024: Council adopted the Romsey Structure Plan and requested State action to settle the protected settlement boundary pathway. (Source: web-research-L0-romsey-structure-plan-source-evidence-fd470e5b65.txt; Source: romsey-structure-plan-final.pdf, p.57)
- 2024-25: Council reported that implementation of Gisborne and Romsey structure plans had not begun because Victorian Government resolution of the protected settlement boundaries was still pending. (Source: final-agenda-attachments-council-meeting-22-october-2025-reduced.pdf, p.96)
- 17 December 2025: Council adopted the Onsite Wastewater Management Plan 2025-2030, making unsewered-lot risk management, inspections and sewer-prioritisation part of the active planning framework. (Source: 17-december-2025-scheduled-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf, p.15)
- 25 February 2026: Council requested clarification on how the State’s 13,200 additional dwelling target to 2051 would be measured, counted and aligned with local constraints. (Source: 25-february-2026-council-meeting-minutes-confirmed.pdf, pp.16-17)
- 2026: Greater Western Water servicing coordination, Romsey RRWP buffer resolution, Clarkefield growth-area evidence and Gisborne/Romsey PSB decisions remain the live dependencies that determine whether strategic land supply can convert into serviced, statutory development capacity. (Source: romsey-structure-plan-final.pdf, pp.44-45,57; Source: 25-march-2026-scheduled-meeting-agenda.pdf, p.13)