Creating a Plan for Merton’s Future

Published on 25 November 2022

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The Merton Community Group has created a community plan for the future of Merton. Mansfield Shire Council is looking to incorporate this into a larger, comprehensive plan that looks forward for 20 years and considers urban planning and community vision in tandem.

With the existing community plan in mind, Council is hoping to engage with the broader Merton community and gather their ideas on how they would like to see Merton develop into the future.

Council will continue working directly with the Merton Community Group to support and reinforce the plans that are already in progress and to have the recommendations formalised into the Planning Scheme.

Community members are encouraged to contribute their ideas through one of the options outlined below:

  • Participate in one (or both) of the in person or online sessions:
    • Online engagement meeting - 30 November 6pm–8pm, link provided at engage.mansfield.vic.gov.au
    • Merton township tour - starting at the Merton Memorial Hall, 10am-12pm, 7 December 2022
  • Participate in our online questionnaire available through engage.mansfield.vic.gov.au
  • Email your submission to: council@mansfield.vic.gov.au
  • Contact our Strategic Planning team on 5775 8555 if you’d like to discuss your thoughts directly.

Mayor Cr James Tehan said the Merton Plan is part of a larger set of strategic work currently being undertaken by Council’s strategic planning team.

“This work aims to create structure plans for each township around Mansfield Shire that will provide certainty to all residents about the future,” he said.

“The Merton Plan will formalise the community’s views on how they want their town to develop and provide strategic direction to work towards in the coming years.”  

To provide input, visit engage.mansfield.vic.gov.au or contact Council’s strategic planning team on 5775 8555 by 5pm, 23 December 2022.

From that date, Council will be assessing and analysing submissions and incorporating contributions into what will become the draft Merton Structure Plan.

The draft Plan will be released for further consultation to ensure it is everything that it should be prior to being endorsed by Council.  

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