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Forest Fire Management Victoria
Planned burn case study in Barwon South West

On a warm sunny Monday, 5 October 2015, a fire broke out late afternoon at Wensleydale on private land.

Water
Target 155

A voluntary water efficiency program to encourage metropolitan Melbourne householders to limit their consumption to 155L per person per day.

Planning
Macedon Ranges Protection

Consultation is open on the draft Macedon Ranges Localised Planning Statement until 19 February 2018.

Heritage
Conservation works at Bendigo Cemetery

Heritage conservation works at Bendigo Cemetery’s Mortuary Chapel have started.

All news and announcements
DELWP office locations
Our offices are located across the state but not all services are available at all locations. Please call ahead before visiting an office.
DELWP Head Office
Address: 8 Nicholson St, Melbourne 3000
Phone: 136 186
Open: Not open to the public
Barwon South West
Address: 30-38 Little Malop St, Geelong 3220
Phone: 03 5226 4667
Open: 8.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday

Loddon Mallee
Address: 1-7 Taylor St, Epsom 3551
Phone: 03 5430 4444
Open: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Grampians
Address: 402 Mair St, Ballarat 3350
Phone: 03 5336 6856
Open: 8.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday

Hume
Address: 89 Sydney Rd, Benalla 3672
Phone: 03 5761 1611
Open: 9am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday
Gippsland
Address: 71 Hotham Street, Traralgon 3844
Phone: 03 5172 2111
Open: 8.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday

Port Phillip
Address: 609 Burwood Hwy, Knoxfield 3180
Phone: 03 9210 9222
Open: 8.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday
All office locations

Coasts and Marine

Coastal management

Information for coastal managers

To assist coastal managers in their activities, we have developed a series of fact sheets and listed other useful information.

Marine and Coastal Act and land tenure

Use, development and works on marine and coastal Crown land (DOCX, 116.1 KB)

Use, development and works on marine and coastal Crown land (PDF, 850.4 KB)

General consent (DOCX, 108.5 KB)

General consent (PDF, 732.9 KB)

Coastal Management Plans (PDF, 247.5 KB)

Flexible coastal tenure arrangements (DOC, 1.3 MB)

Living with coastal change

Information on coastal cliff hazards and how to manage them:

Living with cliffs (DOC, 1.3 MB)

Living with cliffs - Anglesea (DOC, 4.1 MB)

Living with cliffs - Port Campbell (DOC, 1.0 MB)

Living with cliffs - St Leonards (DOC, 2.3 MB)

Victorian Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils Strategy and guidelines:

Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils Strategy (PDF, 3.0 MB)
Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils Strategy (DOC, 560.5 KB)

Victorian Best Practice Guidelines for Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Victorian Best Practice Guidelines for Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils (DOC, 529.5 KB)

Information on the benefits of open space:

Open space on the coast (DOC, 3.0 MB)

Information of managing coastal stormwater outfalls:

Managing the end of the pipe: Coastal stormwater outfalls (DOC, 1.3 MB)

Heritage

Historic Places on Public Land (PDF, 471.9 KB)

More information on managing non-indigenous heritage can be found at Heritage Victoria

Aboriginal Heritage (PDF, 353.7 KB)

More information on managing Aboriginal heritage can be found on the Aboriginal Victoria website

Dredging

Information on dredging is available here.

Coastal Committees of Management

Across Victoria approximately 1200 voluntary Committees of Management (CoMs) manage 1500 Crown land reserves. A further 2800 reserves are managed by municipal councils as CoMs. Many of these reserves are on the coast.

More information about Committees of Management.

Slip Bight Marina

Recommendations from the RSM Factual Findings Report 2017 and responses are highlighted. Please click here to see more.

More information

The following external websites may provide information that is useful:

Victorian Coastal Council provides the Victorian Coastal Strategy.

Australian Online Coastal Information from Geoscience Australia: Ozcoasts

Page last updated: 20/12/18

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