Amendment C273 - Heidelberg Road
Council has submitted the draft Amendment to the Minister for Planning for Approval.
Council requested that the Minister for Planning prepare, adopt and approve C273yara on 7 May 2025.
Overview
Yarra City Council is proposing to introduce permanent built form and design requirements for commercial areas along Heidelberg Road which passes through Alphington and Fairfield.
This refers to land within the Commercial 1 and 2 Zone along the south side of Heidelberg Road within Yarra.
These changes will help guide potential future development, ensure development responds to heritage fabric, and minimises impacts on sensitive interfaces such as backyards, and public spaces like footpaths, kerb outstands and parklands.
The permanent built form and design requirements will be introduced through an amendment to the Yarra Planning Scheme known as draft Amendment C273yara.
The draft amendment also proposes to apply the Heritage Overlay (HO) to several properties and delete the Heritage Overlay from one property.
Adopted amendment
C273yara Explanatory Report [ PDF, 1.13 MB]
C273yara Instruction Sheet [ PDF, 517.84 KB]
Clause 11.03 Planning for Places [ PDF, 5.66 MB]
Schedule to Clause 43.01 Heritage Overlay [ PDF, 703.27 KB]
Schedule 18 to Clause 43.02 Design and Development Overlay [ PDF, 4.41 MB]
Schedule to Clause 72.04 Incorporated Documents [ PDF, 161.37 KB]
Schedule to Clause 72.08 Background Documents [ PDF, 175.24 KB]
Standing Advisory Committee Report
The Committee has prepared two reports:
Contains background and planning context matters common to planning scheme amendments which the Committee has considered.
Report 4 outlines the discussion had at the hearing and the conclusions and recommendations of the SAC.
Report 4 must be read with the Yarra Activity Centres Standing Advisory Committee Report 1 (Version 2) – Overarching Report.
Land affected by the Amendment
The maps below show the land to be included in the Design and Development Overlay.
Map 1: Building and Street Wall Heights for Precinct 1 (Sent for Approval)
Map 2: Building and Street Wall Heights for Precinct 2 (Sent for Approval)
Map 3A: Building and Street Wall Heights for Precinct 3A (Sent for Approval)
Map 3B: Building and Street Wall Heights for Precinct 3B (Sent for Approval)
Draft Heidelberg Road Corridor Local Area Plan
In a collaborative project with Darebin City Council, Yarra City Council has prepared a high-level Heidelberg Road Local Area Plan (LAP) [ PDF, 5.77 MB] between the Merri and Darebin Creeks. The LAP will provide a framework to manage future growth and change along the Heidelberg Road Corridor.
The LAP would be finalised once Darebin City Council has completed its own background work to inform it.
View information on the Draft Local Area Plan [ PDF, 5.77 MB] on our Heidelberg Road Local Area Plan page.
Further information
To find out more, contact the Strategic Planning Unit