In ideal conditions for burning off, Miners Rest Fire Brigade was given the tick of approval to go ahead with a burn in the Dowling Forest Cemetery on Sunday morning.

Captain Richard Ross said the burn was undertaken every few years to clear out non-native grasses and weeds to help the native grasses and rare orchids found on the landscape regenerate.

The 1.2 hectare burn took about two hours and the brigade was assisted by both Invermay and Wendouree fire brigades.

Captain Ross said he was happy with how the burn went.

"It was quite green underneath so we didn't think it would burn as well as it did. I was aiming for about 60-80 per cent clean up but we got about 95 per cent clean up."

To the south of Ballarat on Sunday afternoon, Sebastopol Fire Brigade led a planned burn on council land at MR Power Reserve off Crown Street.

Sebastopol Fire Brigade volunteer and Deputy Group Officer of the Eureka Group, Bill Cook, said the City of Ballarat had done a lot of work with machinery to clear long grass and weeds.

But there were some areas they couldn't slash due to rocks and mounds, so the fire brigade undertook a controlled burn.

"There's been an effort by council to clean up the land and the hazards there," he said, noting the burn was conducted to clean up the land that was left so it could be more easily maintained.

He said the weather had provided the perfect opportunity to conduct the burn.

Assisted by Ballarat Fire Brigade and Ballarat City volunteers, the fire was ignited around 1pm and went on for about two hours to burn around 2.6 hectares of grass and weeds including gorse and blackberry.

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However, firefighters remained at the scene until about 6pm to patrol it and ensure it did not reignite.

Meanwhile, there was also a 12-hectare fuel reduction burn along the Glenelg Highway near Skipton on Sunday afternoon while Forest Fire Management Victoria undertook a large burn near Scarsdale on Saturday.

The fire danger period remains in place in the region and burns can only be conducted with a strict permit.

This includes Schedule 13 permits, which are currently being issued to allow farmers to burn stubble and grass to prepare their land for future cropping.

For all the latest information about planned burns visit: ffm.vic.gov.au/plannedburns, download the VicEmergency app or call the VicEmergency hotline on 1800 226 226.