January 2026 bushfire support

Information and advice to help with fire recovery

Calling all artists

Are you artistic? Enter our Youth 2026 Art Competition or submit an EOI for our Avoca Entrance Sculpture Project

Overlays, Heritage & Native Vegetation

If an overlay is present on your property it will generally trigger a permit application for any works or development on that land subject to the overlay control.

To view maps of the overlays that apply in the Pyrenees Planning Scheme click on the link below and select the map relevant to your area.

Pyrenees Planning Scheme Maps

Bushfire Management Overlay changes - October 2017

Recent changes have been made to Bushfire Management planning provisions in the Pyrenees Planning Scheme.

Restructure Overlays

Restructure Overlays in Pyrenees Shire

Flood Overlays

Areas of the Shire are subject to a Flood Overlay

Heritage Information

Development in Heritage precincts

Protecting our Native Vegetation

It is illegal to remove, destroy, or lop native vegetation without a planning permit from Council or valid exemption under the Planning & Environment Act 1987.

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