A planning framework could help protect Moriac’s town character and ensure the town’s future growth, considering landscape constraints.
Surf Coast Shire Council will seek approval from the Minister for Planning to prepare a planning scheme amendment to implement actions in the Moriac Structure Plan 2023.
Councillor Heather Wellington said the framework plan would effectively update council’s planning context for Moriac and the district.
“It will take into account factors such as community aspirations for the town, which we have heard during public consultation,” she said.
“It will help to protect what many people value about Moriac, its rural character and the environment, containing the township within an identified settlement boundary.
“(Along with) state and regional planning policy reforms which have come into play since endorsement of the previous Moriac Structure Plan in 2010, and rezoning of land which was identified for housing development in the 2010 structure plan.”
The amendment would introduce a new framework plan to the planning scheme to provide a vision and guiding principles for land use and development in Moriac across the next decade.
After it has been authorised by the Minister for Planning, the proposed amendment will go on public exhibition for four weeks.
The Moriac Structure Plan was adopted by council in December following extensive community engagement. More details are available on Surf Coast Shire Council’s website.
