ATS Authoring

ATS Authoring Rollout

Planning schemes are being migrated into the ATS authoring digital database via a monthly rollout beginning with regional groups of planning schemes. The migration started in October 2018 and is proposed to run until mid 2019. The first metropolitan planning schemes are proposed to be migrated in April 2019. The new format planing scheme is implemented through a planning scheme amendment. During this period there can be no gazette on an amendment to a scheme.

While rollouts are still in progress, planning schemes will be produced in PDF format. After all planning schemes have been migrated they will also be made available as webpage content on the planning.vic.gov.au website. Other amendment activities such as authorisation, exhibition, and panels can continue.

After a planning scheme has been migrated into the ATS system, all amendments to planning provisions must be processed using ATS Authoring.

Freeze on the gazettal of amendments

The migration period is approx 4 weeks. During this period there can be no gazette of an amendment to a scheme. Other amendment activities such as authorisation, exhibition, and panels can continue.

The Council Planning Schemes migrated to ATS Authoring (February 2019) Schedule
(PDF, 51.1 KB)

Council Planning Schemes migrated to ATS authoring

Our handy map shows the status of the rollout for each planning scheme. We'll be updating it every month.

The Council Planning Schemes Migration to ATS Authoring (February 2019) map (PDF, 2.4 MB)

ATS Authoring Resources

The interim publish function

The interim publish function allows a registered user who is drafting amendment provisions to view and create a PDF. It will:

Produce a PDF of the draft provisions to show how the amendments would look in the final publication. Useful for exhibition of an amendment or for attaching draft provisions to reports
Create a draft provision in context with the whole provision. For example, if the amendment only modifies words in Section 3.0 of a local Schedule the PDF will show the whole schedule based on the current, master copy of the planning scheme and include the draft changes
Allow users to create a ‘clean’ and ‘tracked changes’ version of the provisions.

A how-to video detailing the interim publish function is provided on this page.

NOTE: The ATS Refresh function allows users to update the draft provisions from the current master copy of the planning scheme at any time. More details are in the how to refresh draft amendment provisions video on this page.