New Residential Zone Guidance Released

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has released new guidance about using and applying Victoria's suite of residential zones.

New Residential Zone Guidance Released

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has released new guidance about using and applying Victoria's suite of residential zones.

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The Future Homes Project will produce better apartment designs that support the building of apartments that become world leaders in design, sustainability and liveability.

Future Homes Project

The Future Homes Project will produce better apartment designs that support the building of apartments that become world leaders in design, sustainability and liveability.

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A Ministerial Advisory Committee has been established to provide advice on planning mechanisms for affordable housing.

Planning for Affordable Housing

A Ministerial Advisory Committee has been established to provide advice on planning mechanisms for affordable housing.

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New Residential Zone Guidance Released

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has released new guidance about using and applying Victoria's suite of residential zones.

Searching gets easier on the Planning Portal

Updates to some of our most used information resources have been released. These provide improvements to the search, sort and filtering functions.

Draft Melbourne industrial and commercial land use plan

DELWP has released the Draft Melbourne Industrial and Commercial Land Use Plan for comment and feedback.

20-minute neighbourhoods

Key findings and recommendations from the pilot program are now available.