Alpine Shire Council has prepared Amendment C56alpi to the Alpine Planning Scheme.
The Amendment proposes to apply the Heritage Overlay to the part of the avenue of trees comprising Pin Oak, Dutch Elm and Scarlet Oak along the Great Alpine Road at the western gateway to Bright on a permanent basis as an individually significant place.
The Heritage Overlay is a planning control that can be applied to land that has been determined to have heritage significance.
The inclusion of the avenue in the Heritage Overlay helps to ensure that any new development will have minimal impact on the continued integrity and heritage significance of the avenue.
The proposed implementation of the Heritage Overlay follows the findings of a detailed heritage assessment prepared by GML Heritage Victoria Pty Ltd (GML), which recommends the inclusion of the avenue as an individually significant heritage place due to its historical, representative and social significance to the township of Bright and the wider Alpine Shire.
At the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 30 July 2024, Council resolved to adopt the detailed assessment, and to prepare and exhibit a planning scheme amendment to implement the findings of the detailed assessment to apply the Heritage Overlay to the avenue.
Mayor, Cr Nicholas, stated that a planning permit was recently granted for the first two stages of the Bright Valley residential development to the south of the avenue.
"The permit allows for the removal of two mature trees and the relocation of three smaller trees from the avenue," she said.
"Council officers believe the works do not harm the avenue of trees and that the Heritage Overlay should apply to this site.
"Applying the Heritage Overlay to the avenue won’t change the existing approval, but it will help ensure that any future development nearby respects the avenue’s integrity and heritage value."
You may inspect the Amendment, any documents that support the at the following locations:
- Via Alpine Shire Council’s Engage Alpine website: https://engage.alpineshire.vic.gov.au;
- during office hours, at the office of the planning authority, Alpine Shire Council, 2 – 6 Churchill Avenue, Bright; and
- By visiting Department of Transport and Planning website at planning.vic.gov.au/public-inspection or by contacting 1800 789 386 to arrange a time to view the amendment documentation.
Any person who may be affected by the Amendment and can make a submission to the planning authority.
Submissions must be made in writing giving the submitter’s name and contact address, clearly stating the grounds on which the Amendment is supported or opposed and indicating what changes (if any) the submitter wishes to make.
Council 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.
Submissions about the amendment must be received by 5pm Monday, 30 June 2025.
Submissions can be sent by:
Email: info@alpineshire.vic.gov.au
In writing:
Alpine Shire Council
PO Box 139,
Bright VIC 3741