New residential zones for Victoria
Draft new residential zones have been developed to provide councils with better tools to manage new development in residential areas and to give communities greater certainty about the type of development they can expect in their neighbourhoods.
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Next steps
Submissions have been referred to an independent Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee will conduct public hearings and make recommendations, in accordance with the Terms of Reference on the final form of the new residential zones.
Residential Zones Review Terms of Reference (PDF - 280 KB)The Advisory Committee has issued a timetable of the parties making presentations at the hearings.
Res Zones Timetable - Version 2 (PDF - 97 KB)Publication of submissions
Submissions to the Consultation Draft - New Residential Zones for Victoria, February 2009, closed on 9 April 2009.
Submissions can be viewed on the DPCD web site. Four submitters have requested that their personal details not be published and one submitter has requested that their submission not be published.
Draft new residential zones
'New residential zones for Victoria - Consultation draft, February 2009' describes the draft zones in full detail and provides explanatory information to help you understand their important features and operation.
Information Sheet - New Residential Zones for Victoria, February 2009 (PDF - 174 KB) New Residential Zones for Victoria- Consultation Draft, February 2009 (PDF - 864 KB)The following documents have been produced for reading by screen reader software, They do not include illustrations and images contained in the full versions above.
Information Sheet - New Residential Zones for Victoria, February 2009 (Word version) (DOC - 40 KB) Consultation Draft - New Residential Zones for Victoria, February 2009 (Word version) (DOC - 94 KB) New Res Zones - Proposed Substantial Change Zone (DOC - 92 KB) New Res Zones - Proposed Substantial Change Zone Schedule (DOC - 52 KB) New Res Zones - Proposed Incremental Change Zone (DOC - 91 KB) New Res Zones - Proposed Incremental Change Zone Schedule (DOC - 53 KB) New Res Zones - Proposed Limited Change Zone (DOC - 97 KB) New Res Zones - Proposed Limited Change Zone Schedule (DOC - 55 KB)If you would like a copy of the draft residential zones mailed to you, please call Information Victoria on 1300 366 356 (local call cost) or TTY +61 3 9603 8806 (8.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Monday to Friday).
Background
The Minister for Planning initiated a review of the residential zones in response to council requests and as part of a five point priority action plan for Making local planning policy stronger.
The Making local policy stronger report recommended to the Minister for Planning that many local planning provisions would be more effective if implemented through more locally responsive zones and overlays. The expert group particularly noted that the current residential zones do not effectively reflect the strategic objectives of most local housing strategies.
The Government has accepted the recommendations of the expert working group and released an action plan in response to the report. Preparing new residential zones is the first action of this plan.
In February 2008 the ‘New residential zones for Victoria - a discussion paper' was released to assist the development of draft new zones.
New residential zones for Victoria - a discussion paper, February 2008 (PDF - 415 KB)During the first phase of consultation, 430 submissions were received from councils, the community and industry groups.
View the submissions received during the first phase of public consultation.
Related publications
Cutting red tape in planning - August 2006 (PDF - 464 KB) Making local policy stronger - June 2007 (PDF - 778 KB) Five point priority action plan (PDF - 564 KB)Page Top
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