Timboon Precinct Plan

Project Overview

Council has undertaken a project to produce a Precinct Plan for the Timboon Town Centre.

The Precinct Plan delivers a succinct and highly visual urban design framework for Timboon’s public spaces, within the town centre.  It provides design direction and recommendations to enhance Timboon’s public spaces to support existing business, encourage community use, and attract greater tourism potential and investment.  

Download the plan(PDF, 56MB)

Background

The Timboon Precinct Plan arises from the Positioning Timboon and Simpson Structure Plan, 2020, the Community Plan, from Grow and Prosper, as well as community interest, to support the growth of the town, with a consistent vision, and to enhance tourism opportunities within the town.

There have been a number of approaches recently from community and businesses with regard to the use and function of the precinct around Powers Creek, the village green, Senior Citizens and Railway Shed in the centre of Timboon. Increasingly, the area is being seen as a tourism/events area and is a central hub at the intersection of the Camperdown to Timboon Rail Trail and the Twelve Apostles Trail – Timboon to Port Campbell. While streetscape works and community planning projects have occurred, as well as private sector investment into the Railway Shed Distillery and the Ice-creamery, this has been without reference to an overall Masterplan or Urban Design Framework for the precinct or town. With multiple landowners and managers, it is important that a design and land use Framework be in place to ensure that future public sector investment and community benefits are best realised.

Objectives of the Precinct Plan

The Timboon Precinct Plan:

• Consolidates and reviews previous public realm works, proposes new recommendations, and seeks to enhance the qualities of the Timboon ‘town centre’ Precinct.
• Incorporates ideas and opportunities, as identified by stakeholders, businesses, and the community.
• Provides a collective and aspirational vision and long-term planning framework for the Precinct.
• Provides directions to capitalise on future tourism and commercial opportunities, and public realm upgrades to enhance visitor experience.
• Provides an urban design framework that is easily understood with clear recommendations and practical design outcomes.
• Delivers a plan that implements the land use and urban design frameworks, with consideration to community benefit, public sector investment, and tourism opportunity.

The Timboon Precinct Plan

Engaging with the community and other key stakeholders has been pivotal in establishing a community-lead vision for Timboon. Using the feedback received, the final Precinct Plan is a guiding document that Council is proud of and that supports the ideas, aspirations and vision of the community.

The Timboon Precinct Plan report was adopted by the Council at its ordinary meeting on 28 August 2024.

Download the plan(PDF, 56MB)

Next Steps

A Planning Scheme Amendment will be prepared to implement policy that will support the recommendations of the Precinct Plan.

As part of an amendment process, draft documents will be exhibited, providing the community and stakeholders with further opportunity to provide feedback. 

It is expected that this stage will occur in late 2024-early 2025.