The Baillieu government has done an about-face on plans to rezone 23 hectares of farmland on Phillip Island for housing after outrage from local residents, the council - and Hollywood star Miley Cyrus.

Just a day after Cyrus tweeted that "Phillip Island is such a magical place, it would be a shame to see it change", the Bass Coast council has been told the government had reversed its decision to rezone the farmland at Ventnor.

Power of the tweet? ... Miley Cyrus weighed in on the Phillip Island debate yesterday. Credit:Getty

The land rezoning was to occur today but has been stopped and the minister and the government will now accept the council's plans for the area.

Opposition planning spokesman Brian Tee said "every Victorian community wishes that Miley Cyrus would back them".