The township of Whittlesea is located on the Plenty River, at the foot of the Great Dividing Range. It is located within the Whittlesea green wedge area and nestled between the between the Whittlesea Hills to the west and Eastern Hills to the east.
This service hub for the City’s rural north and green wedge areas has a distinctive regional character in its main street and residential areas. Some of the early heritage buildings constructed from 1860 onwards still remain including various public and commercial buildings, and residences and ruins from the earliest pastoral settlements.
Council’s Whittlesea Township Plan aims to protect the existing rural ‘country feel’ of the township. Around the township are a number of existing rural residential estates which act as a transition between the township and surrounding rural areas. The township currently has a population of 5,600, which is largely made up of maturing families with teenage children, empty nester couples and is forecasted to grow to just over 6,300 in 2040 via 500 new houses.
If you require the following documents, please email strategic.planning@whittlesea.vic.gov.au with your request.
- Rural Residential Precinct 4A Part 1 Ridge Rd Outline Development Plan Amended 2017
- Precinct 4 Ridge Road Draft ODP July 2007
- Precinct 3 Outline Development Plan, Glenburnie Road, Whittlesea 2000 Rural Residential
- Precinct 4A Part 1 Ridge Rd Outline Development Plan Amended April 2000