Strategic planning services

Strategic Planning Services

The Strategic Planning Unit, part of the Council’s Planning and Environment Department, is responsible for the preparation in-house, of strategies, master plans and guidelines.

The unit also coordinates and facilitates the development of strategies and guidelines for other departments of the Council, as well as coordinating and managing amendments to the Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme.

This helps the Council to establish the strategic planning framework and to outline its planning direction in the Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS). These strategies also help the Council to develop Local Planning Policies (LPPs) to convey to the community its view of a planning issue and its intentions for an area.

Advisory Committees and Panels The Council can appoint an independant Advisory Committee or Panels to hear planning issues.	Planning Scheme Amendments See a list of amendments to the Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme.
Strategic planning policies The Council has carried out a variety of studies to help facilitate appropriate planning throughout Hobsons Bay.	Urban Planning and Development Advisory Group UPDAG provides community input to the Council in regard to key strategic urban planning and advisory issues.
Williamstown Foreshore Strategic Plan Parks Victoria is working with the Council and the Port of Melbourne Corporation on a review of the foreshore.	Current projects Projects currently being undertaken by Strategic Planning Services