Practitioner's guide to Victoria's planning schemes

Who is this guide for?

This guide is primarily intended for planning practitioners considering or preparing a new or revised planning scheme provision.

Version 8

1. Using this guide

Find out who this guide is for and other useful reference material.
Chapter 2: The VPP and planning schemes

Explaining planning schemes and the Victoria Planning Provisions.
Chapter 3: How provisions work

How policy, zones, overlays, provisions and land use terms work.
Chapter 4: Rules for introducing a planning scheme provision

Understand the planning scheme entry rules, application rules and drafting rules.
Chapter 5: Choosing and applying provisions

How to apply a zone or an overlay, use VicSmart and other ways to use provisions.
Chapter 6: How to...

How to write for a planning scheme, local policy or a schedule, incorporate documents and more.
Appendices

Useful planning terms, a sample Municipal Planning Strategy, place-based policy checklist, and a local policy location list.