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title: Moorabool Shire Current Planning Dashboard council: moorabool state: vic category: current-dashboard classification: MAJOR status: active last_compiled: 2026-05-31 source_docs:

  • minutes-omc-1-april-2026.pdf
  • agenda-1-april-2026.pdf
  • minutes-omc-04-march-2026.pdf
  • minutes-omc-17-december-2025.pdf
  • moorabool-c103moor-corrections-report.pdf
  • moorabool-c108moor-panel-report.pdf
  • bacchus-marsh-town-centre-structure-plan-2024.pdf
  • web-research-L1-eastern-link-road-dtp.txt
  • web-research-L1-parwan-status-february-2026-vpa.txt

Moorabool Shire - Current Planning Dashboard

Last compiled: 2026-05-31

Top Live Binding Dependencies

  • C109moor - MAJOR. Exhibited and unresolved; on 1 April 2026 Council adopted its submission to DTP-New Communities and noted unresolved submissions are likely to be referred to a Standing Advisory Committee. Final PSP, DCP, NVPP, PAO maps, submissions, SAC material and gazette records remain required. (Source: minutes-omc-1-april-2026.pdf, p.8; Source: agenda-1-april-2026.pdf, pp.10-16)
  • Parwan Station PSP - MAJOR. Future residential/commercial growth node, but final PSP/DCP/ICP/NVPP, rail logic, wastewater-buffer mapping, servicing, biodiversity and contribution mechanisms are not in corpus. (Source: web-research-L1-parwan-status-february-2026-vpa.txt; Source: moorabool-c81-panel-report.pdf, pp.61-64,116-123)
  • Parwan Employment Precinct - MAJOR. Active employment and agribusiness precinct; the 2019 endorsed industrial development plan is verified in the companion page, while the current VPA technical package, post-VGED biodiversity response and delivery audit remain missing. (Source: parwan-industrial-precinct-development-plan-final-december-2019-approved-and-signed.pdf, pp.1,3,39; Source: web-research-L0-moorabool-parwan-employment-precinct-project-page-9f29110d32.txt)
  • Bacchus Marsh Eastern Link Road - MAJOR. Preferred alignment evidence exists, but final planning approval, EES/referral outcome, acquisition, cost, funding and construction timing are not in corpus; this remains a binding dependency for Merrimu, Parwan Station and Parwan Employment. (Source: web-research-L1-eastern-link-road-dtp.txt; Source: moorabool-c81-panel-report.pdf, p.116)
  • Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon - Parwan - MAJOR. Live biodiversity constraint affecting Parwan/Merrimu/Employment PSP work, road alignment confidence, developable area, offsets and contribution areas. (Source: agenda-1-april-2026.pdf, pp.10-11; Source: web-research-L1-eastern-link-road-dtp.txt)

Other Active Or Progressing Major Initiatives

  • Amendment C115moor - Moorabool Retail Strategy - MAJOR. Council resolved on 4 March 2026 to request that the Minister establish an independent Planning Panel after exhibition. Final panel/approval/gazette records are not in corpus. (Source: minutes-omc-04-march-2026.pdf, pp.9-10)
  • Amendment C119moor - Maddingley Framework Plan - MAJOR. Council adopted the Maddingley Planning Study on 17 December 2025 and resolved to seek ministerial authorisation before exhibition of Amendment C119moor. (Source: minutes-omc-17-december-2025.pdf, p.20)
  • Western Victoria Transmission Network Project - MAJOR. EES and draft Planning Scheme Amendment were exhibited from 30 June to 22 August 2025; the corpus does not include the final committee report or Minister’s Assessment. (Source: wrl-ees-information-guide-v7.pdf, p.1)

Post-Panel / Final-Status Missing

  • C103moor Hopetoun Park North - MAJOR. Post-Panel; final Council adoption, Ministerial approval, gazettal and final section 173/delivery records are not in corpus. (Source: moorabool-c103moor-corrections-report.pdf, pp.1,26)
  • C108moor Ballan Precinct 5 - MAJOR. Post-Panel; final Council adoption, Ministerial approval, gazettal and technical implementation records are not in corpus. (Source: moorabool-c108moor-panel-report.pdf, pp.1,9-10)
  • Bacchus Marsh Town Centre Structure Plan 2024 - MAJOR. Final as a structure plan, but statutory implementation still depends on controls, amendment material, DTP approvals for road changes and Melbourne Water inputs. (Source: bacchus-marsh-town-centre-structure-plan-2024.pdf, pp.51-55)

Recently Resolved Or Adopted

  • Maddingley Planning Study - Council adopted the October 2025 study on 17 December 2025, making it the current strategic basis for Phase 1 implementation and later Phase 2 and Phase 3 rezonings. (Source: minutes-omc-17-december-2025.pdf, p.20; Source: maddingley-planning-study_october_2025_updated.pdf, pp.185-193)
  • Moorabool Open Space Strategy 2025-2030 - The 2025 strategy sets an action plan from 2025 through 2029-30, but the corpus does not include an adoption minute or implementation report. (Source: 2025-2030-open-space-strategy.pdf, pp.46-50)

Production Guardrail

Council-facing advice must distinguish mechanism intelligence from operative-law status. Panel support, exhibition, adopted strategy status and preferred alignments are not the same as Ministerial approval, gazettal, funded delivery or final permit-stage implementation.

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