Home builders in Lakes Entrance
East Gippsland Shire Council · East Gippsland Planning Scheme · Gippsland Lakes Coastal
- Council
- East Gippsland Shire Council
- Planning scheme
- East Gippsland Planning Scheme
- Overlays mapped here
- Bushfire Management Overlay · Design and Development Overlay · Vegetation Protection Overlay · Erosion Management Overlay · Development Plan Overlay · Heritage Overlay · Environmental Significance Overlay · Land Subject to Inundation Overlay · Environmental Audit Overlay · Development Contributions Plan Overlay
- Residential zones mapped
- GRZ1 general residential zone - schedule 1
LDRZ low density residential zone
RLZ1 rural living zone - schedule 1
RLZ2 rural living zone - schedule 2
RLZ3 rural living zone - schedule 3
RLZ4 rural living zone - schedule 4 - Bushfire-prone land
- Mapped in this suburb
- Heritage overlay schedules
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Planning data from Vicmap Planning (DTP Victoria) (CC BY 4.0), read 2026-09-14. Suburb-level, not a report on your block — check your address on VicPlan.
Builders serving Lakes Entrance
None yet — tell us what you're building and we'll go and find one.
What building in Lakes Entrance actually involves
Lakes Entrance maps a Development Contributions Plan Overlay — a levy payable on the permit — alongside six Design and Development schedules across 29.52 km².
Contributions are a cost, and they are knowable
A Development Contributions Plan Overlay levies a set amount per lot or per dwelling toward infrastructure, payable when the permit issues. It is real money, it can be confirmed with a phone call, and it is routinely absent from an early quote. On a coastal town under development pressure it is worth asking about before contracts.
Six design and development schedules
DDO1 through DDO6 and others are mapped. A Design and Development Overlay sets built-form controls for a particular area — siting, height, materials, sometimes roof form — on top of whatever the zone says. Six of them in one suburb means the built-form expectations change from precinct to precinct.
Bushfire and vegetation
Two Bushfire Management Overlay schedules are mapped and the suburb intersects a designated bushfire prone area. Two Vegetation Protection schedules apply as well, and an Erosion Management Overlay.
Four zone codes
GRZ1, LDRZ and two rural living schedules, with an Environmental Audit Overlay and a Land Subject to Inundation Overlay also mapped.
What to ask a builder
Ask whether a contributions levy applies to the block and what it is. Ask which Design and Development schedule covers it and what that schedule requires.
Local landmarks in Lakes Entrance
- Merrangbaur Hill
- Cunninghame
- Main Beach
- Eastern Beach
- Bunga Creek
- Bullock Island
- Lions Park Eastern Beach
- Lakes Entrance Recreation Reserve
Questions about building in Lakes Entrance
Are there development contributions in Lakes Entrance?
Yes — a Development Contributions Plan Overlay is mapped. It levies a set amount per lot or dwelling toward infrastructure, payable when the permit issues, and it is often missing from an early quote.
What is a Design and Development Overlay?
It sets built-form controls — siting, height, materials, sometimes roof form — for a particular area, on top of the zone. Six schedules are mapped here, so expectations change precinct to precinct.
Is Lakes Entrance in a bushfire area?
Yes in part — two Bushfire Management Overlay schedules are mapped and the suburb intersects a designated bushfire prone area.
What zone is Lakes Entrance?
GRZ1, LDRZ and two rural living schedules are mapped across 29.52 km².
Is Lakes Entrance flood-affected?
Parts of it — a Land Subject to Inundation Overlay is mapped, so affected land is designed around expected water levels.