Status: Current
A Practitioner's Guide to Victorian Planning Schemes (Version 1.5)
Date published: April 2022
Document Type: Guide
File Type: PDF File
The guide applies to the preparation and application of a planning scheme provision in Victoria. It is primarily intended for use by practitioners considering or preparing a new or revised provision for a planning scheme.
Status: Current
A Practitioners Guide to Victorian Planning Schemes (Version 1.5).docx
Date published: April 2022
Document Type: Guide
File Type: MS Word Document
The guide applies to the preparation and application of a planning scheme provision in Victoria. It is primarily intended for use by practitioners considering or preparing a new or revised provision for a planning scheme.
Status: Current
Guideline for effective stakeholder engagement
Date published: March 2022
Document Type: Guide
File Type: PDF File
Guide to effective stakeholder engagement for strategic planners when planning settlements in areas exposed to natural hazards and climate change risks.
Status: Current
Guideline for effective stakeholder engagement
Date published: March 2022
Document Type: Guide
File Type: MS Word Document
Accessible Word version. Guide to effective stakeholder engagement for strategic planners when planning settlements in areas exposed to natural hazards and climate change risks.
Status: Current
Data Dictionary: Vegetation and Heat Mapping for metropolitan Melbourne (2014)
Date published: August 2019
Document Type: Guide
File Type: PDF File
This data dictionary contains a full list of data attributes for 2019 vegetation and heat mapping data. It will enable users to interpret and use this dataset to perform spatial analysis.
The data is available for download via the Victorian Government’s Spatial Datamart website.
Status: Current
Solar Energy Facilities Design and Development Guideline, August 2019
Date published: August 2019
Document Type: Guide
File Type: PDF File
This decision guideline for planning permit applications supports the siting, design and assessment of large-scale solar energy facilities in Victoria.
It describes the permit application and assessment process; the policy considerations and legislative requirements for the design and siting of solar energy facilities; and a best-practice approach to site selection, design, construction, operation and decommissioning of a solar energy facility.
Status: Current
Victoria in Future 2019
Date published: July 2019
Document Type: Data and Research; Report
File Type: Link
Victoria in Future is the official state government projection of population and households in Victoria. Victoria in Future 2019 covers the period 2016 to 2056 for Victoria and the major regions.
Victoria remains the fastest growing state in the country with our population expected to reach 11.2 million by 2056.
Status: Current
Victorian Cladding Taskforce Final Report
Date published: June 2019
Document Type: Report
File Type: PDF File
The report sets out the progress made since the Taskforce Interim Report in December 2017. It sets out further recommendations for how to continue the task of rectifying buildings continues, and outlines issues to be addressed to prevent such a problem happening again in the future.
Status: Current
Fishermans Bend Framework
Date published: October 2018
Document Type: Website
File Type: Link
The Fishermans Bend Framework is a long term strategic plan for the development of Fishermans Bend to 2050.
Status: Current
Victorian Planning Authority - Minister’s Statement of Expectations 2018-19
Date published: September 2018
Document Type: Policy; Website
File Type: Link
Each year, the Minister for Planning issues a Ministerial Direction and Statement of Expectations to the Victorian Planning Authority (VPA).
The statement outlines the key actions and activities the Minister expects the VPA to undertake in 2018-19. The statement will play a key role in shaping the VPA’s upcoming business plan.
Status: Current
Unlocking Enterprise in a Changing Economy
Date published: September 2018
Document Type: Report
File Type: Link
Learn how Enterprise Precincts are being promoted through new policy and reforms to the planning system to respond to changes in the economy and evolving ways of working.
Status: Current
The Amendment Tracking System (ATS)
Date published: June 2018
Document Type: Guide
File Type: Link
The Amendment Tracking System (ATS) is a new digital tool that allows planning authorities to lodge, track and pay for planning scheme requests online.
Follow the link for up-to-date guides on how to use the ATS.
Status: Current
Affordable housing agreements
Date published: June 2018
Document Type: Guide
File Type: Link
The Affordable Housing Agreements gives direction to Responsible Authorities, landowners or planning applicants that are considering entering into an agreement for an affordable housing outcome.
Status: Current
Planning Permit Activity Quarterly Report
Date published: May 2018
Document Type: Data and Research
File Type: Link
The Planning Activity Quarterly Report details the statistics that are based on quarterly data submitted to the Planning Permit Activity Reporting System (PPARS) by 80 Victorian responsible authorities.
Status: Current
Government Land Service Application form
Date published: May 2018
Document Type: Form
File Type: MS Word Document
Victorian Government departments or agencies are required to complete and submit this application form along with the mandatory documents if they require planning scheme changes for their land.
Status: Current
Surplus Government Land Declaration Form
Date published: May 2018
Document Type: Form
File Type: MS Word Document
The Surplus Government Land Declaration Form provides detail on the surplus status of the site must be submitted so the GLPS can assess the site and provide the landholding body with the proposed planning scheme amendment pathway.
The Surplus Government Land Declaration Form will be placed on our website as part of any consultation undertaken.
Status: Current
Planning Permit Activity in Victoria Annual Report 2016-17
Date published: May 2018
Document Type: Data and Research; Report
File Type: Link
Comprehensive statistics for the 2016-17 financial year on planning permit activity in Victoria.
This is the fourteenth annual report on planning permit activity in Victoria. A detailed summary of statistical information for the 2016-17 financial year, the data is provided by the 79 local government authorities, the Minister for Planning and the Victorian Civil and Administration Tribunal. This annual report covers information for the state aggregated and consistently presented at four levels: state, metropolitan Melbourne and rural/regional Victoria, three metropolitan and three rural/regional subregions, the 82 individual planning schemes.
Status: Current
Great Ocean Road Action Plan
Date published: April 2018
Document Type: Policy; Report
File Type: Link
This Action Plan is the Victorian Government’s response to the Great Ocean Road Taskforce Co-Chairs Report proposing reforms to the management arrangements.
Status: Current
Planning Permit Activity Monthly Report
Date published: April 2018
Document Type: Data and Research
File Type: Link
Monthly statistics on planning permit activity in Victoria. These statistics are based on monthly data submitted by all Victorian councils and DELWP. Information is aggregated at the state level and segmented into metropolitan Melbourne, rural/regional Victoria, three metropolitan and three rural/regional subregions, and for individual planning schemes.
Status: Current
Housing outcomes in established Melbourne 2005 to 2016
Date published: March 2018
Document Type: Report
File Type: PDF File
This report outlines land use and planning outcomes across established Melbourne and shows the success of long term strategic planning in directing new housing and density.
