Amendment C339ston proposes to rezone several existing or planned areas of public open space across the municipality to Public Park and Recreation Zone and delete redundant or unnecessary overlays.

At its meeting on 15 December 2025, Council resolved to split Amendment C339ston into two parts:

• adopt Amendment C339ston Part1 and submit for Ministerial approval
• refer Amendment C339ston Part 2 and submissions to an independent Planning Panel for consideration.

This table outlines the proposed changes to properties affected by Amendment C339ston (Part 1).

Location	Land/ Area Affected	Affected Zone or Overlay	Proposed changes		Purpose
			Zone	Overlay
Malvern	25 Dixon Street	Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ) Schedule 4	Rezone NRZ4 to Public Park and Recreation Zone		To reflect open space uses on the land, in line with current use.
Prahran	Part of Prahran Skate Park (294 Malvern Road and part of rear Right of Way)	Activity Centre Zone (ACZ) Schedule 1 and Public acquisition overlay (PAO) Schedule 3	Rezone ACZ1 to Public Park and Recreation Zone	Delete PAO Schedule 3	To reflect open space uses on the land, in line with current use. To remove the redundant Public Acquisition Overlay, as the property is now Council-owned public space.
Prahran	Mouclif Park (23, 25 & 27 Mount Street)	Activity Centre Zone (ACZ) Schedule 1 and Public acquisition overlay (PAO) Schedule 3	Rezone ACZ1 to Public Park and Recreation Zone	Delete PAO3 (from 27 Mount Street)
Prahran	Part of Bangs Park (22 Regent Street)	Public acquisition overlay (PAO) Schedule 3		Delete PAO3 (from 22 Regent Street)	To remove the redundant Public Acquisition Overlay, as the property is now Council-owned public space.
South Yarra	2, 2A, 4 & 17 William Street	General Residential Zone (GRZ) Schedule 12	Rezone GRZ12 Public Park and Recreation Zone		To apply appropriate planning controls to areas planned for public open space.

Next Step

At its meeting on 15 December 2025, Council adopted Amendment C339ston Part 1.

Council has submitted Amendment C339ston Part 1 to the Minister for Planning for final approval. All adopted documents can be found below.

This table outlines the proposed changes to properties affected by Amendment C339ston (Part 2).

Location	Land/ Area Affected	Affected Zone or Overlay	Proposed changes		Purpose
			Zone	Overlay
Malvern East	Knox Street Reserve (2 Knox Street)	General Residential Zone (GRZ) Schedule 7 Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ) Schedule 2 Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ) Schedule 4 and Design and Development Overlay (DDO) Schedule 4	Rezone GRZ7, NRZ2, NRZ4 to Public Park and Recreation Zone	Delete DDO4 (from eastern section of Reserve)	To reflect open space uses of the Reserve, in line with current use. To remove unnecessary fencing controls that only applicable to residential lots.
Prahran	Charles Street Reserve (76 Charles Street	Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ) Schedule 3	Rezone NRZ 3 to Public Park and Recreation Zone		To reflect open space uses on the land, in line with current use.

Following Council’s resolution on 15 December 2025, Amendment C339ston Part 2 was referred to an independent Planning Panel appointed by the Minister for Planning.

The Panel will consider all submissions received and hold a Directions Hearing and Panel Hearing. Submitters will be notified directly by the Panel and how they can participate. The following pre-set panel hearing dates have been set for AmendmentC339ston Part 2:

• Directions Hearing: Week of 6 April 2026
• Panel Hearing: Week of 11 May 2026

After a Panel hearing, the Panel will provide a report with recommendations to Council. Council will then consider the Panel’s recommendations before deciding whether to adopt the amendment, with or without changes, or abandon it.

Hearing details will be shared shortly for those wishing to attend.

At the Directions Hearing, the Panel will:

• give directions about exchanging information before the Hearing and the conduct of the Hearing
• consider Hearing times and venue and site inspections
• answer questions people have about the Panel process including the Hearing.

The Directions Hearing will be held in person:

10:00am, Thursday, 9 April 2026

Council Chamber, Malvern Town Hall

Meeting ID: 424 037 877 949 66

Passcode: 9cn9N9Wn

Dial in by phone: +61 3 9070 4463 then enter 366773097#

Phone conference ID: 366 773 097 #

Alternatively, you can join online by video using MS Teams: Click here to join the Directions Hearing

You should attend the Directions Hearing if you:

• are new to the Panel process and/or wish to participate in the Hearing
• have questions about the Panel process or wish to raise procedural issues.

The Panel proposes to issue directions after considering all requests to be heard and any additional matters raised at the Directions Hearing or in writing before the Directions Hearing.

Privacy Collection Statement

Council is collecting the following Personal Information to facilitate the submission process: name, address, phone and email (Personal Information). You also have the option to provide additional personal information about yourself in your free-text submission, but that is not required as part of this form and is provided at your discretion. You must not submit any personal information or copyright material of any other person without their informed consent.

Your Personal Information will be used for the following primary purposes:

• To consider and address your submission, and contact you about it.
• To invite you to council meetings or public hearings in regard to the Amendment.
• To facilitate the community engagement and submission process associated with the Amendment.
• To make decisions in relation to the Amendment.
• In the case of joint submissions, determine who is the preferred contact person in relation to the submission.

In accordance with the public availability requirements in Division 6A of Part 9 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Vic), Council will disclose your Personal Information to any person who wants to inspect or receive a hard or soft copy of the submissions, in person at Council’s offices, from the date of submission up until two months after the amendment comes into operation or lapses. Council also discloses submissions to Planning Panels Victoria. In accordance with sections 197F and 197G of the PE Act, Council will not disclose your Personal Information online, and will redact any details about you before submissions are published on Council’s website.