Hindmarsh Planning Scheme Amendment - Heritage Study C21HIND

Hindmarsh Shire Council has prepared Planning Scheme Amendment c21hind to the Hindmarsh Planning Scheme (the Amendment). The amendment proposes to implement the recommendations of the Hindmarsh Heritage Assessment Study (David Helms Heritage Planning, April 2023) into the Hindmarsh Planning Scheme. A report was presented to Council in May 2023 where Council endorsed the Hindmarsh Heritage Assessment Study.

Details of the Amendment
The Hindmarsh Shire Council planning authority has prepared Amendment C21HIND to the Hindmarsh Planning Scheme.

The amendment applies to 42 individual sites and two heritage precincts across the towns and districts of Dimboola, Jeparit, Kenmare, Nhill, Pella, and Rainbow, as detailed in the Hindmarsh Heritage Assessment Study.

The amendment proposes to apply the Heritage Overlay to seven new individual heritage places, remove two individual heritage places from the Heritage Overlay, amend existing heritage controls for 33 individual places and two precincts, insert a new Clause 15.03-1L (Heritage), amend Clauses 02.02, 02.03-5 and 11.01-1L and amend the Schedules to Clauses 72.04 and 72.08 of the Hindmarsh Planning Scheme.

Make a Submission
Any person may make a submission to the planning authority about the amendment. Your submission must:

• be in writing – typed or clearly written
• be addressed to the council and if objecting to the proposal, be clearly marked as an objection
• clearly state the reasons for objecting and how you would be affected
• include the amendment reference number and the address of the land
• include your name and current contact details
• include your signature and the date of your submission.

The closing date for submissions is Monday 19 August 2024. Submissions must be sent to the Director Infrastructure Services, Hindmarsh Shire Council, PO Box 250, NHILL 3418 or via email to development@hindmarsh.vic.gov.au.

Outcome of consultation:
At the meeting held on 28 August 2024, Council:

1. resolved to change the amendment C21hind to exclude Poultry Pavilion in the Heritage Overlay as requested by the Nhill A&P Society;
2. adopted Amendment C21hind as exhibited, subject to the change in resolution 1 being made to the amendment;
3. adopted submission of Amendment C21hind together with the prescribed information to the Minister for Planning for approval, in accordance with Section 31 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987;
4. authorised the Director Infrastructure Services to:
   1.  make minor editorial and administrative changes to the amendment documents if required;
   2. make application to the Minister for an Interim Heritage Control in response to any proposed demolition of a building that is identified within the Heritage Study; and
5. seeks further community consultation, sharing the Nhill A&P Society’s view, to confirm wider community support for there being no heritage control on this building.