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                    Planning scheme amendments

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                    The Melbourne Planning Scheme is a live document that governs the development and use of land in our municipality. It includes both state and local policies, zones and overlays.

                    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Melbourne Planning Scheme impacts everyday life and how we relate to one another. It determines where we live, how we get to work or school and what we do in our spare time. The Planning Scheme recognises valuable aspects of our city and reflects the City of Melbourne's vision for the future for its places and precincts. Planning policy and decisions are important for current and future Melburnians.

                    An important part of the planning system is hearing feedback from the community, businesses, landowners and developers on how changes may affect them so that interests can be taken into account and balanced. The Melbourne Planning Scheme has been informed over a long period of time. A change to the Melbourne Planning Scheme and the process for taking the proposed change forward is set out in the Planning and Environment Act 1987. An amendment might be introduced to improve the operation of the scheme overall or respond to changes in a particular area and even a specific parcel of land.

                    A list of all current and past planning scheme amendments and their status is also available from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.

                    Amendments for authorisation

                    • Amendment C417: Macaulay Urban Renewal Precinct

                      The Macaulay Urban Renewal Precinct Amendment C417 proposes to implement the land use and built form outcomes in the Macaulay Structure Plan 2021. The Amendment has been lodged with the Minister for Planning for authorisation and a determination is pending.
                    • Amendment C432: Municipal Planning Strategy

                      The Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) is the local component of the Planning Policy Framework within the Melbourne Planning Scheme.
                    • Amendment C444: Parkville Heritage Review

                      Amendment C444 (Parkville Heritage Permanent Controls) implements the recommendations of the Parkville Heritage Review (GML Heritage, 2023).

                    Active amendments

                    • Amendment C376: Sustainable Building Design

                      Public consultation on the amendment took place between 2 March and 17 April 2023. We’re updating Melbourne’s Planning Scheme to ensure future development is designed to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.
                    • Amendment C384: Inundation Overlays

                      Amendment C384 proposes to update the planning scheme flood mapping and ordinance for specific areas in our municipality based on new modelling, which was undertaken in partnership with Melbourne Water.
                    • Amendment C426: South Yarra Heritage Review

                      Amendment C426 (South Yarra Heritage Permanent Controls) implements the recommendations of the South Yarra Heritage Review, August 2022 (GML Heritage Consultants).

                    Amendments for approval

                    Approved planning scheme amendments

                    Deliberative engagement with our community

                    We are committed to our strategic planning work including structure planning and planning scheme amendments being informed and shaped by our community. Planning scheme amendments are exhibited through a statutory public notice process to enable sufficient time for people to consider the amendment and make submissions. Each submission is considered by Council on its merits. We may be able to achieve common ground by varying the amendment to satisfy a submitter and if that is not possible, an independent panel will be appointed to consider both the amendment and any unresolved submissions in a public hearing which results in findings and recommendations being made to Council.

                    The steps involved in undertaking a planning scheme amendment as well as access to planning resources can be found in the Guide to Victoria's planning system.

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                    Contact name
                    City Strategy Branch
                    Address
                    City of Melbourne
                    GPO Box 1603
                    Melbourne VIC 3000
                    Fax number
                    03 9650 1026
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