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  • Guide to Victoria's planning system
    • Guide to Victoria's planning system

      Learn about the planning system in Victoria and the information and services available to assist you

    • Using Victoria's planning system

      A detailed guide for both infrequent and regular users of Victoria's planning system.

    • Practitioner's Guide

      Find guidance for practitioners on applying and drafting planning provisions.

    • The role of the Minister

      The Minister for Planning's has a range of powers, roles and responsibilities including the issuing of Ministerial directions.

    • Local planning information

      Local councils make most of the planning decisions that affect local areas. Find out about the role of councils and how to get local planning information.

    • Find a planning service

      Explore the wide range of planning services offered by the department.

    • Related sites

      Find links to other websites with useful planning information from Australia and the world.

  • Schemes and amendments
    • Schemes and amendments

      Learn what planning schemes are and how they work

    • Browse planning schemes

      Access all planning schemes in Victoria including the Victoria Planning Provisions and scheme histories.

    • Search for a planning report

      Get a planning report for a property, land parcel or crown land showing planning zones, overlays and related information.

    • Browse Amendments

      Search for and view details of exhibited and approved amendments to Victorian planning schemes.

    • Planning scheme structure

      Navigate your planning scheme with an explanation of each component and section, and learn about the Victoria Planning Provisions and incorporated documents.

    • Planning scheme information services

      Online planning services and tools that provide you with planning information for your property.

      • VicPlan
      • VicPlan help
      • Zoning definition plans
      • Planning certificates
    • Amending a planning scheme

      Find templates and information for planning professionals who prepare and process amendments.

      • Planning documents on exhibition
        • Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Regional Strategy Plan
      • Map amendment requests
      • Amendment Tracking System (ATS)
        • Amendment Tracking System guides
          • Submit an amendment for Authorisation (Exhibited)
          • Submit an amendment for approval (Ministerial)
          • Submit an amendment for approval (Prescribed)
          • Submit an amendment for Exhibition (Exhibited)
        • ATS training schedule
        • ATS FAQs
          • ATS Authoring -Pop up alert
        • Amendment Tracking System enhancements
      • Amendment documentation templates
        • Checklist for lodging an amendment for authorisation
    • Ministerial interventions

      View a list of ministerial interventions for the current and previous years by the Minister for Planning in Victoria.

  • Permits and applications
    • Permits and applications

      Understand the different planning approval pathways in Victoria

    • Planning permits

      Find out if you need a permit, how to apply for one and the permit process.

      • Apply for a planning permit
      • Notice and referrals
      • Assessment and decision
        • Planning decision making in local government
      • Planning application forms
    • VicSmart

      A faster way of dealing with low-impact, straightforward planning permit applications known as VicSmart planning assessment.

      • Resources for councils
    • Ministerial permits

      View a list of applications and decisions on planning permits where the Minister for Planning is responsible for making the decision.

      • Conditions of use
      • Officer planning reports
      • Ministerial interventions for permit applications
      • Permits Online
    • Specific permit topics

      Find out if there are additional permit requirements for your application.

      • Alpine Resorts planning information
      • French Island, Sandstone Island and Elizabeth Island
      • Non-government schools
      • Residential development
      • Subdivision
        • Building envelopes
      • Wind energy facilities
        • Wind energy projects
        • Wind farm noise
      • Solar energy facilities
        • Solar energy projects
    • Development Facilitation Program

      Accelerated assessment and determination for eligible development projects.

    • Big Housing Build

      Learn how approvals are being streamlined to support Victoria's economic recovery and investment in social and affordable housing.

      • Decisions register
    • State Project Facilitation

      Learn about the coordinated services and delivery of Victoria’s major transport and infrastructure projects.

      • Current projects
      • Application Portal
      • Resources
      • Clause 52.30 Assessment Guideline
    • State Project Concierge

      The Concierge is here to help industry, councils and state projects.

      • State Project Concierge Service request form
  • Policies and Initiatives
    • Policies and initiatives

      Browse a list of planning policies and current initiatives

    • Activity centres

      The planning of a network of vibrant community hubs known as activity centres

      • Activity centres overview
      • Structure planning
      • Activity Centre Zone and boundaries
      • Better height controls in activity centres
    • Airports

      The planning system's role in protecting our airports, their operations and the communities around them

      • Legislation and regulation
      • The National Airports Safeguarding Framework
      • Aircraft noise
      • Protected airspace
      • Current initiatives
      • Melbourne Airport Environs Overlay update
      • Safeguarding Victoria's Airports
    • Better Apartments

      The Better Apartments Design Standards have been introduced to improve the liveability and sustainability of apartments in Victoria

    • Buffers and land use compatibility

      Learn more about planning for buffers and land use compatibility.

    • Built Environment Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan
    • Bushfire protection

      Learn how the planning and building systems respond to bushfire

      • Bushfire property information
      • Prepare your property for bushfire
        • Vegetation management for bushfire protection
        • Private bushfire shelters
      • Building in the BMO
        • Single dwellings in a BMO schedule
        • Single dwellings in an existing settlement
        • All other single dwellings
        • Other development
        • Outbuildings, sheds and similar buildings
        • Subdivision in the BMO
        • BMO mapping and reviews
      • Building in bushfire prone areas
      • Rebuilding and recovery
      • Strategic planning in bushfire areas
      • Why have bushfire rules?
      • Bushfire hazard and behaviour
      • Bushfire planning provisions and building regulations
      • Bushfire resources
    • Central City Built Form Review

      Planning controls to guide the future development of Melbourne's central city

    • Coastal planning

      Planning for the protection and enhancement of Victoria's coastal areas

    • Decriminalisation of sex work in Victoria

      Learn about the role of planning schemes to support decriminalising sex work

    • Development contributions

      What development contributions are and how they’re used

    • Distinctive areas and landscapes

      Amendments to the Planning and Environment Act were introduced in 2018 to safeguard the state's distinctive areas and landscapes

    • Energy generation facilities and associated power lines

      Amendment VC157 requires planning approval for power lines to connect new large-scale electricity generation facilities to the electricity network. Have your say about the operation of the changes introduced

    • Engaging stakeholders in settlement planning

      Guide to effective stakeholder engagement when planning settlements in areas exposed to natural hazards and climate change risk

    • Environmentally sustainable development of buildings and subdivisions
    • Extractive Resources

      Learn about how we are planning for future management of Victoria’s extractive resources

    • Government Land Planning Service

      The Government Land Service changes planning provisions and corrects planning scheme anomalies for Victorian government land

    • Great Ocean Road Region Strategy

      The Great Ocean Road Region Strategy plans for the region's future land use and transport demands

    • Green wedges

      Green wedges are the non-urban areas of metropolitan Melbourne that lie outside the Urban Growth Boundary

    • Green wedges and agricultural land

      Learn how the Victorian Government is strengthening planning for Melbourne’s green wedges and agricultural land to ensure these areas are protected and supported for future generations.

    • Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution Fund

      Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution (GAIC), a fund for essential infrastructure development in Melbourne’s growth areas of Cardinia, Casey, Hume, Melton, Mitchell, Whittlesea and Wyndham.

    • Guidelines for golf course redevelopment

      Learn about the new guidelines on preparing a proposal to redevelop a golf course

    • Guidelines for greyhound facilities across Victoria

      There are changes to the way that greyhound keeping and training facilities are managed in Victoria's planning system

    • Housing strategy

      The initiatives and reforms to the planning system to be introduced as part of the Victorian Government's housing strategy

      • Launch Housing Applications for Review Advisory Committee
      • Inclusionary Housing Pilot
    • Infrastructure contributions

      Infrastructure Contributions fund the provision of essential infrastructure to support new or growing communities

    • Latrobe Valley Regional Rehabilitation Strategy: Regional Land Use Study

      The Latrobe Valley Regional Rehabilitation Strategy: Regional Land Use Study aims to guide the future land uses of rehabilitated mines and surrounding areas

    • Local heritage protection

      Local councils are responsible for decisions about local heritage in Victoria

    • Major hazard facilities

      Planning considerations for areas around major hazard facilities

    • Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation
    • Melbourne Planning Scheme Amendment

      Amendment C408melb and planning permit PA2101202 is a proposed permit and amendment

    • Melbourne industrial and commercial land use plan

      Planning for industrial and commercial land to meet future needs

    • Moreland Planning Scheme Amendment

      Amendment C216more and planning application PA2101205 is a combined permit and amendment

    • Open space planning

      The importance of open space in the community and how it is planned

    • Planning for Melbourne

      Find out about Plan Melbourne and the previous planning strategies for metropolitan Melbourne

      • Plan Melbourne 2017 - 2050
        • 20-minute neighbourhoods
          • 20MN MSPP EOI Information for councils 2022-1.pdf
        • Cooling and Greening Melbourne
          • Cooling and Greening Melbourne Interactive Map
          • Green Wall on the Go
          • Green our Rooftop
          • Mapping & analysis of vegetation, heat & land use
          • Trees for Cooler and Greener Streetscapes
          • Living Melbourne: our metropolitan urban forest
        • Melbourne’s Future Planning Framework
        • Fishermans Bend
        • Plan Melbourne Report on Progress 2020
        • Open Space for Everyone
      • Melbourne's strategic planning history
        • Plan Melbourne 2014
        • Melbourne 2030 Audit
        • Melbourne 2030: Planning for sustainable growth
        • Melbourne @ 5 million
        • Delivering Melbourne's newest sustainable communities
        • Planning for all of Melbourne
        • Living Suburbs (1995)
        • A plan for Melbourne's growth areas
        • Metropolitan Strategy Implementation (1981)
        • Report on General Concept Objections (1974)
        • Planning Policies for Metropolitan Melbourne (1971)
        • Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954: Report
        • Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954: Survey & Analysis
        • Plan for General Development (1929)
    • Planning for environment protection

      Learn how the planning system supports environment protection.

      • Environment protection and land use planning
      • Environment and human health
      • Contaminated land and planning
      • Referrals to Environment Protection Authority
      • Planner's Toolkit
    • Planning for affordable housing

      The Victorian Government is committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing

    • Public and shared housing reforms

      Learn about approved reforms that streamline planning for public and shared housing.

    • Reconstruction after storm or flood

      Streamlined approvals for reconstruction after storms and floods.

    • Reformed zones for Victoria

      Victoria's planning zones have been reviewed and reformed

      • Reformed residential zones
    • Regional Planning Hub

      Learn about how we are helping rural and regional councils.

    • Regional growth plans

      Regional Growth Plans provide a broad direction for land use and development across regional Victoria

      • Central Highlands
      • G21
      • Gippsland
      • Great South Coast
      • Hume
      • Loddon Mallee North
      • Loddon Mallee South
      • Wimmera Southern Mallee
    • Regional parks

      The government is considering planning scheme changes to create three new regional parks and a sports precinct

      • Werribee Township Regional Park
      • Kororoit Creek Regional Park
      • Clyde Park Sports Precinct
      • Clyde Regional Park
    • Residential aged care facilities

      The Victorian Government has streamlined the planning assessment process for residential aged care facilities

    • Revitalising Central Geelong

      The Revitalising Central Geelong Action Plan aims to turn central Geelong into a magnet for new jobs and sustainable growth

    • Rosemaur Gallery

      Amendment C273 proposes the use and development of an art gallery, function centre, restaurant and two dwellings known as the ‘Rosemaur Gallery’ at 193-209 King Road, Harkaway

    • Smart Planning Program

      Learn how the Smart Planning program has contributed to making Victoria's planning system efficient and responsive

      • Rules reform
        • Secondary Dwelling Code
        • Local schedule updates
        • Specific Controls Overlay
      • Planning Policy Framework translation
    • Social housing renewal

      The planning process to consider proposals for public housing estate renewal

      • Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne
      • Bellbardia and Tarakan Estates, Heidelberg West
      • Debneys Precinct: Flemington Estate renewal
      • Gronn Place Estate, Brunswick West
      • New Street, Brighton
      • Walker Street Estate, Northcote
    • Solar overshadowing

      Current planning protections against overshadowing for your rooftop solar system

    • South West Landscape Assessment

      Landscape assessment studies help to ensure that Victoria's landscapes are there for future generations to enjoy.

    • Southgate redevelopment
    • Strategic Extractive Resource Areas pilot project

      Safeguarding Victoria’s resources for future growth

    • Sustainable animal industries

      The Victorian Government's planning policy framework for animal industries in Victoria

    • University of Melbourne, Fishermans Bend Campus

      Learn about amendment C371 that proposes to facilitate the use and development of land for a new campus for the University of Melbourne at 241 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne

    • Unlocking enterprise in a changing economy

      Enterprise Precincts respond to changes in the economy and evolving ways of working

    • Urban design

      Much of the high quality of life enjoyed across Melbourne and Victoria is achieved through good urban design

      • Urban Design Guidelines for Victoria
      • Activity centre design guidelines
      • Higher density residential development
      • Interim design guidelines for large format retail premises
      • Safer design guidelines
      • 3D built form modelling
      • Urban Design Charter
    • Waterways Planning

      Explore Victoria’s waterways and find out what we’re doing to protect them from inappropriate development, safeguard public access and achieve greater biodiversity

      • Yarra River Planning Controls
      • Yarra River Bulleen Precinct
      • Recording cultural values along the Yarra River (Birrarung)
      • Waterways of the West
      • Rivers of the Barwon
      • Key policies and strategies
  • Panels and committees
    • Panels and committees

      Find information about planning panels and committees and the role of Planning Panels Victoria

    • Upcoming hearings

      Download a report of upcoming hearings at Planning Panels Victoria.

      • Upcoming-Hearings-RPT-Web-09-June-2022.pdf
    • Browse panels and committees

      Browse the list of current planning panels and committees.

    • Previous panels and committees

      Find information about recent planning panels and advisory committees.

      • 1-7 Waterfront Place, Port Melbourne Advisory Committee
      • Melbourne 2030 Audit

Melbourne 2030 Audit

The Melbourne 2030 Audit focused on identifying and reviewing the issues relevant to the successful implementation of Melbourne 2030.

  • Plan Melbourne 2017 - 2050
    • 20-minute neighbourhoods
    • Cooling and Greening Melbourne
    • Melbourne’s Future Planning Framework
    • Fishermans Bend
    • Plan Melbourne Report on Progress 2020
    • Open Space for Everyone
  • Melbourne's strategic planning history
    • Plan Melbourne 2014
    • Melbourne 2030 Audit
    • Melbourne 2030: Planning for sustainable growth
    • Melbourne @ 5 million
    • Delivering Melbourne's newest sustainable communities
    • Planning for all of Melbourne
    • Living Suburbs (1995)
    • A plan for Melbourne's growth areas
    • Metropolitan Strategy Implementation (1981)
    • Report on General Concept Objections (1974)
    • Planning Policies for Metropolitan Melbourne (1971)
    • Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954: Report
    • Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954: Survey & Analysis
    • Plan for General Development (1929)

Overview

An independent audit of Melbourne 2030 was undertaken in 2007 and completed in 2008.

The audit report provided recommendations on strategic and implementation priorities.

In May 2008, the Government's response to the Audit, Planning for all of Melbourne was released.

Download a copy of the audit documents:

  • Audit Expert Group Report  (PDF, 684.3 KB)
  • Melbourne 2030 Audit: Analysis of Progress and Findings from the 2006 Census (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Melbourne 2030 Audit: Analysis of Progress and Findings from the 2006 Census

You may also be interested in . . .

Report on General Concept Objectives

A plan for Melbourne's Growth Areas

Melbourne @ 5 million

Plan Melbourne 2014

Page last updated: 12/09/19

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