Loch Valley zoning & planning overlays
Loch Valley's 4 ha conservation lots are 100% bushfire-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Loch Valley
(Baw Baw, VIC) - 28.75 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
28.75 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Loch Valley's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Loch Valley
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Loch Valley at a glance
How Loch Valley is zoned
Selling in Loch Valley? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 28.75 km², Loch Valley is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 40,200 m² across 35 parcels.
Loch Valley data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Zoning | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Not available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 24 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Loch Valley address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Loch Valley lot.
Loch Valley planning - frequently asked
Is Loch Valley flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Loch Valley, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Baw Baw is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.
Is Loch Valley bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Loch Valley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Baw Baw average of 99%.
Is Loch Valley under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 4% of Loch Valley in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 ft. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Loch Valley?
The dominant planning zone in Loch Valley is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Loch Valley have heritage-listed places?
Loch Valley has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Loch Valley?
Across 35 surveyed parcels in Loch Valley, the median lot size is about 40,200 m².
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noojee | 6.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Toorongo | 7.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Vesper | 9.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Piedmont | 11.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Icy Creek | 11.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Neerim North | 13.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Neerim Junction | 13.1 km | <1% | 100% |
| Tanjil Bren | 13.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Nayook | 13.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Ada | 14.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |