The amendment applies to land located in the Ocean Beach Road Commercial Precinct shown below. This includes the following properties:

• 2 to 174 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento (even numbers)
• 1 to 163 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento (odd numbers)
• 848 Melbourne Road, Sorrento
• 854 Melbourne Road, Sorrento
• 3293-3295 Point Nepean Road, Sorrento
• 21 Constitution Hill Road, Sorrento
• 19 Constitution Hill Road, Sorrento
• Lot 1 TP223941 (1-17 Constitution Hill Road, Sorrento)
• 8 Riley Lane, Sorrento
• 12 Riley Lane, Sorrento
• 1 Hayes Avenue, Sorrento
• 2 Hayes Avenue, Sorrento
• 56 to 60 Kerferd Avenue, Sorrento
• 45 to 49 Kerferd Avenue, Sorrento
• 37 Darling Road, Sorrento

The amendment is required to replace existing building design controls within the Ocean Beach Road Commercial Precinct that are due to expire on 31 July 2023 with permanent new controls based on recommendations from the Ocean Beach Road Sorrento Built Form Review (November 2021).

The purpose of the new controls is to ensure that future development in the precinct will protect and enhance the valued character, heritage, and amenity of Ocean Beach Road into the future.

Importantly, the proposed controls contain objectives and requirements for things like building heights and setbacks that are mandatory – meaning they cannot be varied with a planning permit.

The amendment specifically proposes to:

• replace existing interim Design and Development Overlay – Schedule 28: Ocean Beach Road Sorrento (DDO28) (see Figure 1) with a new DDO28 (see Figure 2),
• replace existing Design and Development Overlay – Schedule 10: Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento (DDO10) which currently applies to seven properties on the north-western side of Ocean Beach Road (see Figure 3) with the new DDO28, and
• remove DDO28 from two properties south of Ocean Beach Road zoned Public Use Zone – Schedule 1 & 6 (shown on the zoning map above) as the Ocean Beach Road Sorrento Built Form Review (November 2021) does not identify the need for mandatory building design controls for this land.

Figure 1: Area of existing interim DDO28

You can view all the amendment documents free of charge:

• online at ‘Amendment C286morn’ webpage on the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning website.
• in person (on request) by visiting one of our customer service centres during office hours:
  • 90 Besgrove Street, Rosebud VIC 3939 (Rosebud Office)

• 2 Queen Street, Mornington VIC 3931 (Mornington Office)

• 21 Marine Parade, Hastings VIC 3915 (Hastings Office)

You can also read more about the amendment in the report presented to Council at the 13 December 2021 Planning Services Committee Meeting.

The amendment was publicly exhibited from 28/7/2022 until 24/10/2022.

Council received a total of 70 submissions.

Council is considering all submissions received during the exhibition period. If concerns raised in submissions can be resolved by making changes to the amendment, Council will decide whether to adopt the amendment with changes.

If concerns raised in submissions cannot be resolved by making changes to the amendment, Council will decide whether to abandon the amendment or refer submissions to an independent planning panel. Council may also decide to split the amendment.

Council will decide during the Planning Services Committee meeting in April 2023.

If you would like to speak to a planning officer about this amendment, please call the Strategic Planning team on (03) 5950 1003 or email strategic.admin@mornpen.vic.gov.au.

Our planners would be pleased to discuss the amendment with you over the phone, or we can arrange a time to meet in person during normal business hours.

To book a time with a planner, contact us on the above details.

The information you provide is collected by the Shire in accordance with the Shire’s privacy policy and the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 for the purpose of considering your submission and notifying you of the opportunity to attend Council meetings and any public hearing held to consider submissions. Your submission will be used and disclosed in the public process of a panel hearing if one is required. Please note that the planning authority must make a copy of every submission available at its office for any person to inspect free of charge for two months after the amendment comes into operation or lapses. Council may also make copies of your submission available on Council’s website and provide copies of this submission to interested parties. Should this occur, personal information will be removed.