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Surf Coast Shire Council · Surf Coast Planning Scheme · Surf Coast & Otways Coastal

Council
Surf Coast Shire Council
Planning scheme
Surf Coast Planning Scheme
Overlays mapped here
Environmental Significance Overlay · Land Subject to Inundation Overlay · Design and Development Overlay · Environmental Audit Overlay · Salinity Management Overlay · Vegetation Protection Overlay · Heritage Overlay · Bushfire Management Overlay · Development Contributions Plan Overlay · Parking Overlay · Floodway Overlay · Development Plan Overlay · Significant Landscape Overlay
Residential zones mapped
GRZ1 general residential zone - schedule 1
GRZ2 general residential zone - schedule 2
LDRZ low density residential zone
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 Torquay

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

What building in Torquay actually involves

Torquay carries thirteen overlay families — the most of any Victorian suburb we have mapped — including a Salinity Management Overlay, a Floodway Overlay and a Bushfire Management Overlay across 34 km² of coast.

Thirteen families is a lot to check on one block

Environmental significance, vegetation protection, significant landscape, design and development, environmental audit, inundation, floodway, salinity, bushfire, heritage, parking and two contributions overlays are all mapped somewhere in Torquay. Two addresses a street apart can face completely different assessment paths, and the only way to know is to read the position at the address.

Bushfire on coastal heath

Victoria maps the suburb as bushfire-prone and a Bushfire Management Overlay applies. Coastal heath burns, and a Bushfire Attack Level assessment here changes glazing, screening and external materials — a build cost, not a permit cost.

Salinity on the surf coast

The Salinity Management Overlay is unusual this close to the sea. Where it applies, rising saline groundwater affects footing design, drainage and landscaping, and it is found by a geotechnical report rather than a site walk.

What to ask a builder

Ask which of the thirteen overlays reach the block, because they have different consequences and several can apply at once. Ask what BAL rating is priced. And ask what corrosion category the external hardware is specified to.

Local landmarks in Torquay

Questions about building in Torquay

Why does Torquay carry so many overlays?

Thirteen families are mapped across 34 km² — the most of any Victorian suburb we have published. It spans coast, heath, creek flats and an established town, and two addresses a street apart can face different assessment paths.

Is Torquay bushfire-prone?

Yes — Victoria maps the suburb as bushfire-prone and a Bushfire Management Overlay applies. Coastal heath burns, and a BAL rating changes glazing, screening and external materials.

What is the Salinity Management Overlay doing on the coast?

It covers land affected by rising saline groundwater. Where it applies it affects footing design, drainage and landscaping, and a geotechnical report is what finds it rather than a site walk.

Does Torquay flood?

Both a Floodway Overlay and a Land Subject to Inundation Overlay are mapped. A floodway is the more serious of the two — it is the path the water actually takes.

What zone is Torquay?

General Residential Schedules 1 and 2 and a Low Density Residential Zone. The zoning is narrower than the overlay picture, which is where the variation actually sits.

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