Your input will shape the future of rural land in Alpine Shire

We are preparing an Alpine Rural Directions Strategy to protect valuable rural land. The Strategy will guide how rural land will continue to be used and developed in the future.

To help us develop the Strategy, we have developed an Issues and Opportunities Paper to identify several challenges and opportunities around rural land use in Alpine Shire. The Paper focuses on selected rural towns, small settlements, and rural localities as identified in our Alpine Land Development Strategy. The purpose of this Paper is to start a conversation with rural landowners and users to help us understand your needs and priorities.

The Paper will feed into the Strategy, which will:

  • Identify and protect areas of agricultural and landscape significance;
  • Guide high level future land use and activities for rural settlements;
  • Identify locations for existing and emerging rural employment;
  • Identify ways to support growth in the rural economy; and
  • Review existing rural planning controls and propose changes as needed.


Your experience and knowledge are vital to ensuring rural land in Alpine Shire meets the needs and expectations of the rural landowners and users going forward.

You can have your say in a few different ways:

  1. Register to attend an in-person or online workshop;
  2. Complete an online survey or pick up a hard-copy survey from our Council office in Bright or one of our libraries in Bright, Mount Beauty, or Myrtleford;
  3. Share your feedback on a specific location by dropping a pin on our online interactive map; or
  4. Send a written submission to info@alpineshire.vic.gov.au or 2-6 Churchill Avenue, Bright VIC 3741.
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Register for an in-person workshop or an online session.Complete a short survey to help us understand rural land uses in Alpine Shire.Drop a pin on the map and leave a comment.


Engagement closes midnight on Friday, 20 June, 2025.