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Significant planning proposals across the Shire.

Sunday 9 August 2026

Updated 4:10 pm AEST

Planning Watch

Planning proposal: service station and convenience restaurants at 201 Geelong Road, Bannockburn

A featured planning application lodged with Golden Plains Shire Council (reference P25021A) proposes the use and development of land at 201 Geelong Road, Bannockburn for convenience restaurants and a service station. The proposal also includes subdivision of the land into four lots, creation of a carriageway easement, business identification and illuminated signage, native vegetation removal, and access and subdivision adjacent to a road in a Transport Zone 2. PlanningAlerts records the application as found on the planning authority's website on 31 July 2026. This is a proposal only and no decision is recorded in the available evidence.

Bannockburn

Sources: Planning Alerts — Golden Plains Shire

Planning Watch

Planning proposal: exhibition centre at Barunah Park

An application lodged with Golden Plains Shire Council (reference VS26056) seeks use of land at 1620 Cressy-Shelford Road, Barunah Park as a place of assembly (exhibition centre), together with associated buildings and works, in the Farming Zone. PlanningAlerts records the application as found on the planning authority's website on 4 August 2026. The application is a proposal and no outcome is recorded in the available evidence.

Barunah Park

Sources: Planning Alerts — Golden Plains Shire

Planning Watch

Other applications on the register

Lethbridge: Changes to permitted vehicle movements and flying hours — application
Smythes Creek: Yoga and meditation retreat — application
Lethbridge: Two-lot subdivision — application
Smythesdale: Native vegetation removal — application
Lethbridge: Business identification and illuminated signage — application
Scarsdale: New dwelling — application
Linton: New dwelling — application
Ross Creek: Dwelling-related building works — application