title: Mitchell Shire Current Planning Dashboard council: mitchell state: vic category: dashboard classification: MAJOR status: current last_compiled: 2026-05-31 source_docs:
- web-research-L1-bift-status-april-2026-vpa.txt
- Wallan-South-PSP-VPA-project-page.html
- Council Meeting Agenda 11 December 2023.pdf
- Mitchell Shire Council Meeting Minutes 20 November 2023.pdf
Mitchell Shire - Planning Intelligence Dashboard
Last compiled: 2026-05-31
MAJOR initiatives - active
- Beveridge Interstate Freight Terminal - GC249 approved Stage 1A in 2025, and VPA reported in April 2026 that secondary approvals and later-stage BIFT planning were still being progressed. (Source: web-research-L1-bift-gc249-approval-parliament.txt) (Source: web-research-L1-bift-status-april-2026-vpa.txt)
- Northern Freight Precinct - VPA reported active work on NFP North, NFP South technical studies, PAO realignment consultation, third-party funding and Agency Validation preparation. (Source: web-research-L1-northern-freight-status-updates-vpa.txt)
- Wallan and Lockerbie Main Sewer Servicing - Lockerbie Main Sewer was completed and operating in October 2021, while Wallan STP remains part of the recycled-water and excess-flow operating system for the corridor. (Source: web-research-L1-wallan-lockerbie-main-sewer-yarra-valley-water.txt) (Source: web-research-L1-wallan-sewage-treatment-yarra-valley-water.txt)
- Seymour Township and Goulburn River Environs Floodplain Controls - floodplain controls remain a live statutory and settlement constraint for Seymour and the Goulburn River environs. (Source: web-research-L1-planning-scheme-current-mitchell-pdf.txt)
MAJOR initiatives - progressing
- Wallan South Precinct Structure Plan - planning is paused but has completed co-design, and VPA identifies recommencement in Horizon 2 between 2025-26 and 2028-29. (Source: Wallan-South-PSP-VPA-project-page.html)
- Amendment C152mith - Beveridge Township Development Plan and DCP - Council adopted the amendment on 11 December 2023 and DTP records approval under consideration after submission to the Minister. (Source: Council Meeting Agenda 11 December 2023.pdf, p.255) (Source: web-research-L1-c152-amendment-metadata-dtp-api.txt)
- Kilmore Flood Study - Council endorsed the completed flood study and resolved to seek DTP assistance for FO and LSIO implementation, with a further report required if funding is not available. (Source: Mitchell Shire Council Meeting Minutes 20 November 2023.pdf, p.16)
- Mitchell Economic Development Strategy - consultation on the Draft Economic Development Strategy 2026-2030 closed on 27 April 2026 and the lifecycle moved to endorsement. (Source: web-research-L1-delivery-successor-economic-strategy-2026-2030-engagingmitchell.txt)
- Active Open Space Strategy and Beveridge Central Active Open Space Master Plan - draft exhibition ran from 21 February to 24 March 2025, with the final master plan and $34.79 million staged cost framework available but no adoption minute in the corpus. (Source: web-research-L1-aos-engagement-page-engagingmitchell-engagingmitchell.txt) (Source: beveridge-central-active-open-space-master-plan.pdf, pp.29, 31)
Recently resolved or approved
- Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan, Beveridge North West Infrastructure Contributions Plan and the quarry pathway were recorded by VPA as gazetted on 5 August 2025 through C158mith, C161mith and C175mith. (Source: web-research-L1-beveridge-north-west-project-page-vpa.txt)
- Beveridge Central Infrastructure Contributions Plan operates as the approved February 2021 ICP through ICO2, collecting $70.477 million and administering land equalisation. (Source: Beveridge Central Infrastructure Contributions Plan February 2021.pdf, pp.1, 16)
- Donnybrook-Woodstock Infrastructure Contributions Plan is the operative July 2020 ICP amended March 2022 and gazetted May 2022. (Source: Donnybrook-Woodstock-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-July-2020-Amended-Gazetted-May-2022.pdf, p.7)
Critical watchlist
- Wallan Wallan Regional Park and Herne Swamp Conservation Interface remains feasibility-level in the available corpus; there is no final boundary, delivery budget, Cultural Values Study or acquisition program. (Source: feasibility-for-wallan-wallan-regional-park_report-2022-compressed.pdf, pp.5-7, 79-97)
- Wallan South Precinct Structure Plan lacks the final statutory PSP, ICP/DCP and Taylors Creek Development Services Scheme in the corpus, so final yield, drainage land take and levy burden cannot be verified. (Source: Wallan-South-PSP-VPA-project-page.html) (Source: Wallan-South-and-East-PSP-Integrated-Water-Management-issues-and-opportunities-Alluvium-November-2020.pdf)
- Northern Freight Precinct lacks the draft precinct plan, transport assessment, drainage/IWM strategy, utilities assessment, funding plan and infrastructure delivery plan in the corpus. (Source: web-research-L1-northern-freight-status-updates-vpa.txt)