Landscape Assessment Study

Input is invited to a Draft Landscape Assessment Study to help guide future development and to help protect Mitchell’s most valued landscape areas.

Mitchell Shire’s landscapes are unique and diverse. They include rolling hills, river valleys, foothills, granitic uplands, volcanic plains and cones.

To ensure that significant landscapes across the Shire are protected and that development is properly managed, Council has prepared a Draft Landscape Assessment Study. The following areas have been nominated as significant:

1. Mount Piper
2. Tallarook and Cherry Tree Ranges, Trawool Valley
3. Granitic Uplands
4. Beveridge Volcanics
5. Western Strathbogie Ranges
6. Deep Creek Valley and Ridges
7. Mount Disappointment and Foothills
8. Monument Hill
9. Campaspe River Valley

The primary purpose of the Study is to assess the visual significance of landscapes based on community observations, technical expertise and background research. This will then inform changes to the boundaries of existing town planning Significant Landscape Overlay areas and the creation of new Significant Landscape Overlay areas.

Find out more and provide feedback

The Draft Landscape Assessment Study is available to download on this portal.

Please note, many of the files are very large files as they contain detailed maps. A reliable internet connection is recommended and this will use data to download.

If you would like to view a hard copy, we encourage you to attend a drop-in session, visit a Customer and Library Service Centre or contact us on 5734 6200 to request a hard copy.

Drop in sessions

Council Officers are available to discuss the Landscape Assessment Study at drop-in sessions in March and April across the Shire. Officers are also available to meet outside these hours. To book an appointment, please call 5734 6200.

• Wallan
  • 4-6pm, Tuesday 7 March 2023
  • Wallan Planning and Building Office, 4A & 4B High Street, Wallan (above San Marco Pizzeria)
• Kilmore
  • 4-6pm, Tuesday 14 March 2023
  • Kilmore Customer and Library Services Centre, 12 Sydney Street, Kilmore
• Pyalong
  • 4-6pm, Tuesday 21 March 2023
  • Pyalong Recreation Hall, 13 High Street, Pyalong
• Seymour
  • 10am to 3pm, Friday 31 March 2023 and Saturday 1 April 2023
  • Seymour Alternative Farming Expo, Kings Park
• Seymour
  • 4-6pm, Tuesday 4 April 2023
  • Seymour Sports and Aquatic Centre, Chittick Park, Pollard St, Seymour

Council is inviting submissions on the draft study and is seeking your feedback on the following:

• Do you agree with the significance area boundaries?
• Do you agree with the statements that outline the significance of each landscape?

Submissions close at 9am, Thursday 6 April 2023

You can lodge a submission by:

• using the submission form on this site
• emailing mitchell@mitchellshire.vic.gov.au
• mail (no stamp required) to Mitchell Shire Council - Landscape Assessment Study, Reply Paid 70358, 113 High Street, Broadford, Vic, 3658
• in person at a Customer and Library Service Centre at Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour and Wallan
• in person at a drop in session.

More information

Please call Council's Strategic Planning Team on 5734 6200.