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A Practitioner’s Guide to Victorian Planning Schemes

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Guide to Victoria's Planning System

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Environmental Assessment

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Recap: Smart Planning Program Roadshow events

Did you go to one of our Smart Planning Roadshow events? Now you can watch what happened.

Download A Practioner's Guide to the Victorian Planning System

Download a copy of the new Practitioner's Guide from our Resource Library.

VC148 has changed the Victorian Planning System

Major reforms to simplify and modernise Victoria’s planning policy and rules have been gazetted.

New planning mechanisms for affordable housing

Reforms to planning make it easier for Councils and developers to negotiate voluntary agreements to include affordable homes in residential developments.

Page last updated: 15/01/2019