Glossary

These are major redevelopment sites where dwellings have been constructed. It is the final stage of the redevelopment pipeline.

The UDP- Redevelopment tracks sites as they progress through the development pipeline from the supply of sites through to finished dwellings. Temporally, the pipeline stages are possible, likely, firm, under construction and completed.

Established Melbourne is defined as the urban land within the Urban Growth Boundary that is not identified as growth area land (see the Urban Development Program – Greenfield for the location of greenfield land).

These are major redevelopment sites that are within the planning process. It is the second stage of the redevelopment pipeline.

This is an early indicator of the location of future major redevelopment sites. It is the first stage of the redevelopment pipeline.

These are major redevelopment sites where building works are being carried out. It is the fourth stage of the redevelopment pipeline.

Industrial land consumption is the process of land changing from vacant to occupied. This typically occurs when vacant land starts to be used for some type of use including buildings, storage areas, car parks, quarries, etc.

Occupied industrial land can also become vacant which typically involves the demolition of buildings or removal of storage facilities. Returning occupied land to land supply creates negative consumption.

Net consumption, which is the measure reported in the UDP, is the amount of land that changes from developed (vacant land to occupied), less the amount of newly vacant land (land that has changed from occupied to vacant). This recycling of land accounts for net negative consumption that occurs in some inner and middle suburbs.

Consumption rates are based on a long-term consumption trend (2004 to 2021) and a recent consumption trend (2014 to 2021) for each State Significant Industrial Precinct (SSIP). The long-term consumption rates are generally lower than the recent consumption trends. This provides a range of potential times when vacant land becomes exhausted.

The method adopted in this report creates a linear exhaustion rate, however in practice, land supply in the SSIPs would become constrained prior to all vacant land being consumed. This is because:

• the amount of new development would start to decline as land prices increase in response to increased scarcity. Users might be priced out of areas and search for other locations.
• not all zoned land is suitable for development as either built space or non-built space (such as a storage yard) due to the configuration of the land such as area, shape or cost of providing infrastructure.

This modelling provides a useful estimate of the how the SSIPs will accommodate growth and the pressures they may encounter in the future.

The amount of vacant land and proposed industrial land are refined by using these assumptions:

• All vacant and underutilised lots over 4 ha have been discounted by 20% to model potential subdivision.
• All vacant and underutilised lots below 4 ha have not been discounted further as it is assumed that these lots will be consumed as currently configured.
• All land is assumed to be useable, however, in reality some pieces of land will be used for other purposes (such as road reservations) or are not physically suitable for industrial development.

All proposed industrial land has been discounted in a 2-step process:

1. 15% discount to account for infrastructure such as major roads, drainage reserves and open space.
2. 20% discount to model potential subdivision such as roads within subdivisions.

These are areas that have been identified for future industrial development in the growth corridor plans and previous metropolitan strategic plans, such as Melbourne 2030, Growth Corridor Plans and Plan Melbourne.

The Melbourne Industrial and Commercial Land Use Plan has reconfirmed these areas as well as clarifying the industrial role some areas will play in the future. This land is not currently zoned for industrial purposes and requires either the approval of a Precinct Structure Plan (PSP) or rezoning to an industrial zone. Once the land is zoned for industrial purposes it is assessed as either Occupied, Zoned – vacant orZoned – non-industrial use.

The Melbourne Industrial and Commercial Land Use Plan identified a number of Regionally Significant Industrial Precincts.

The purpose is to provide opportunities for industry and business to grow and innovate in appropriate locations for a range of industrial and other employment uses that can contribute significantly to regional and local economies.

They will be retained and planned to allow a range of industrial and other employment uses, and where appropriate, new and emerging types of businesses that require access to affordable and well-located land to grow and innovate.

They may serve broader city functions or support activities which benefit from scale with some precincts offering opportunity to transition to a broader range of employment opportunities offering a higher amenity to workers and economic vibrancy.

Plan Melbourne – 2017 to 2050 identified five State Significant Industrial Precincts (SSIPs). These are, Western Industrial Precinct, Northern Industrial Precinct, Southern Industrial Precinct, Port of Hastings Industrial Precinct and Officer-Pakenham Industrial Precinct. The purpose is to provide strategically located land for major industrial development linked to the Principal Freight Network and transport gateways. They will be protected from incompatible land uses to allow continual growth in freight, logistics and manufacturing investment.  SSIP boundaries can be viewed on the UDP web map.

Parcels that are zoned for industrial use but have an existing use /capital investment that is not industrial. Examples include residential buildings and agricultural infrastructure.

Land zoned for industrial use but have no intensive use / visible capital investment.