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Mildura Rural City Council · Mildura Planning Scheme · Mildura & Sunraysia Regional town

Council
Mildura Rural City Council
Planning scheme
Mildura Planning Scheme
Overlays mapped here
Salinity Management Overlay · Design and Development Overlay · Development Plan Overlay · Floodway Overlay · Heritage Overlay · Development Contributions Plan Overlay · Land Subject to Inundation Overlay · Environmental Significance Overlay · Environmental Audit Overlay · Bushfire Management Overlay
Residential zones mapped
GRZ1 general residential zone - schedule 1
LDRZ1 low density residential zone - schedule 1
LDRZ2 low density residential zone - schedule 2
MUZ mixed use zone
MUZ2 mixed use zone - schedule 2
MUZ3 mixed use zone - schedule 3
NRZ1 neighbourhood residential zone - schedule 1
UGZ1 urban growth zone - schedule 1
Bushfire-prone land
Mapped in this suburb
Heritage overlay schedules
16

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 Irymple

None yet — tell us what you're building and we'll go and find one.

What building in Irymple actually involves

Four Development Plan Overlay schedules and three Development Contributions Plan schedules are mapped across Irymple — a combination that decides both when you can build and what it costs before the house is designed.

One overlay controls the sequence, the other the cost

A Development Plan Overlay requires an approved development plan for the wider area before council can issue a permit on any lot inside it. If the plan exists, it costs nothing; if it doesn't, your timeline belongs to whoever is preparing it. A Development Contributions Plan Overlay is the money side: a levy per lot or dwelling toward infrastructure, payable on the permit. Both are answerable in a phone call, and both are commonly discovered late.

Salinity, on irrigated land

A Salinity Management Overlay is mapped. Inside one, a proposal has to show it will not worsen rising groundwater and salt — which reaches effluent disposal, drainage and landscaping.

Eight zone codes, two of them low density

GRZ1, NRZ1, LDRZ1, LDRZ2, three mixed use schedules and an urban growth zone. Two separate low density schedules in one suburb means the low density rules themselves differ street to street.

Sixteen heritage schedules

Light for the district. Flood controls are mapped too — both a Floodway Overlay and a Land Subject to Inundation Overlay.

What to ask a builder

Ask whether a development plan already exists for the land, and what the contributions levy is. Ask which of the two low density schedules applies.

Local landmarks in Irymple

Questions about building in Irymple

What is a Development Plan Overlay?

It requires an approved development plan for the area before council can issue a permit on a lot inside it. Four schedules are mapped in Irymple. If the plan exists it costs nothing; if it doesn't, someone else controls your timeline.

Are there development contributions in Irymple?

Yes — DCPO1, DCPO2 and DCPO3 are mapped. It is a levy per lot or dwelling toward infrastructure, payable when the permit issues.

What is the Salinity Management Overlay?

It applies where rising groundwater and salt are a risk. A proposal inside one has to show it won't make that worse, which reaches effluent disposal, drainage and landscaping.

What zone is Irymple?

Eight codes including GRZ1, NRZ1, two separate low density schedules, three mixed use schedules and an urban growth zone. The two low density schedules have different rules.

Is Irymple flood-affected?

Parts of it. A Floodway Overlay and a Land Subject to Inundation Overlay are both mapped, so which one covers a block is an address check.

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