Method

The Urban Development Program (UDP) monitors and reports on major residential redevelopment projects across metropolitan Melbourne. Data is collected through analysis of aerial imagery, planning permits, real estate websites and websites of developments.

Development within the established parts of Melbourne takes the form of minor infill development (less than 10 dwellings in a project) as well as major redevelopment sites with 10 or more dwellings in a project. The supply of minor infill, sites that produce between 1 to 9 dwellings are not monitored as part of this data collection.

The UDP Redevelopment tracks projects as they progress through the development pipeline from the supply of sites through to finished dwellings. The pipeline is broken up into three categories of supply and 5 stages of development.

The three stages in the supply of redevelopment sites category are:

Possible – early indicator of the location of future major redevelopment sites. Sources include:

• DELWP

Likely – major redevelopment sites that are within the planning process. Sources include:

• LGA planning registers
• PPARS (DELWP)
• Real estate websites

Firm – major redevelopment sites that have been approved and/or taking sales enquires and registrations. Sources include:

• LGA planning registers
• PPARS (DELWP)
• cadastre (DELWP)
• websites of developments
• Real estate websites

The stage in the development of redevelopment sites is:

Under Construction – building works being carried out on major redevelopment sites. Sources include:

• address points (DELWP)
• cadastre (DELWP)
• aerial photography (DELWP)

The stage in the dwellings built on redevelopment sites is:

Completed – completed building on major redevelopment sites. Sources include:

• address points (DELWP)
• cadastre (DELWP)
• aerial photography (DELWP)

Projects within the pipeline can move between stages (forward or backward) or can be abandoned. The redevelopment pipeline is shown below.