What is Amendment C173?

This amendment implements the Huntingdale Precinct Plan 2023 (adopted 2020) by:

  • Replacing the existing Design and Development Overlay (DDO1) with new Design and Development Overlays (DDO20 & DDO21) to facilitate development in industrial, commercial and mixed use areas of between 3 and 8 storeys.
  • Rezoning a limited number of industrial properties within the commercial core and near the train station to the Commercial 1 Zone, and applying the Environmental Audit Overlay.
  • Rezoning residential land along Huntingdale Road to the Mixed Use Zone (MUZ4).
  • Changes the other residential land within the precinct boundaries to a new schedule to the General Residential Zone Schedule (GRZ12) - with no change to the existing setback and height requirements.
  • A new planning policy for the precinct to support decision-making.
  • Other minor administrative and policy changes.

More information about Amendment C173 can be found on the Detailed Information page and within the amendment documentation below.

Submissions process

The amendment was on exhibition and the closing date for submissions was Monday 1 July 2024. Further information about the submission process, including privacy and public availability requirements is available here.

Planning Panel Report available

An independent Planning Panel was appointed and a hearing was held on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 November 2024. The Panel have now released their report and made the following recommendations:

  • Incorporate all of the changes made post-exhibition and presented to the Panel as the Council's Day 1 Version of the amendment (Recommendations 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8)
  • Improve the drafting of Design and Development Overlay Schedules 20 and 21 as shown in the appendices in the Panel Report (Recommendations 5 and 6)
  • Correct the descriptions of Activity Areas 2 and 4 in the Huntingdale Precinct Plan 2023. (Recommendations 9 and 10)

  • Panel hearing

    Information about the Planning Panel hearing held on 11-12 November 2024.

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  • Huntingdale Precinct Plan

    Read about Huntingdale Precinct Plan and the process it went through to get adopted by Council

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The amendment documents are also available on the State Government's planning amendments page by following the link below.