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.