Keep Lyndoch Living - a community action group headed by Warrnambool residents Jim Burke and Helen Bayne - will ask the state government to intervene to delay the start of construction on Lyndoch Living's Primary Health Care Centre.

The group is launching two social media campaigns.

A change.org petition will aim to gather to garner community support for intervention from the Victorian government and a GoFundMe campaign for community support to fund any legal services required and to secure legal opinion for exploring ways to increase community involvement in governance of Lyndoch.

The change.org petition was to be launched this week and the GoFundMe campaign next week.

Both can be accessed from the Keep Lyndoch Living Facebook page.

The group had requested a meeting with the Lyndoch Living board to discuss a number of concerns around the proposed medical clinic and its financial viability.

The board did not respond to the request.

The Keep Lyndoch Living group was formed after a recent report that the acting chief finance officer did not support the construction of the new centre as proposed.

Members of the group studied publicly available information and are concerned that the $22 million centre could be a financial risk.

Co-chair Jim Burke said the board's lack of response was disappointing given Lyndoch's long history and connection to the community.

"We feel we have been left with no choice but to request the Victorian government to listen to community concerns about this very substantial project and potentially intervene if considered appropriate," he said.

Lyndoch Living said it was excited about the Primary Health Care Centre development.

"We consider it will be of great benefit not only to the Lyndoch community but both to the broader Warrnambool and the South West Victoria community," it said in a statement.

Lyndoch respects the rights of individuals and groups to have and express opinions, irrespective of whether they are supportive or different to those held by Lyndoch.

The Primary Health Care Centre development is the outcome of many years of deliberation, analysis and careful consideration, and we look forward to sharing updates with the community as the project develops."

In January 2019 Lyndoch announced a $32 million redevelopment which included the Warrnambool Medical Clinic to relocate to a new purpose-built medical centre on the site.

That is part of a four-stage expansion which will transform the look of the Hopkins River waterfront site over eight years.

It was announced the vacant Swinton wing of Lyndoch will be updated and extended to accommodate 43 high-care beds.

The new medical centre plans to accommodate 22 GPs along with a pathology lab, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, diabetic educators, dietitians and visiting specialists.

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