Amendment C308 was approved by the Minister for Planning on 15 August 2021 and published in the Victorian Government Gazette on 30 September 2021.
About the amendment
City of Melbourne has undertaken a review of the current urban design policies in the Melbourne Planning Scheme which apply to the central city and Southbank.
Amendment C308 proposes a new approach to urban design policy, including a new overlay which consolidates the existing planning scheme provisions and brings them in line with best practice. The amendment also includes a new
Central Melbourne Design Guide which helps the community, developers and planners to understand the policy requirements within the Melbourne Planning Scheme.
The objective of this amendment is to improve the quality of urban design outcomes in private development in the central city and Southbank.
Focus areas include:
- limitations on above ground parking to maximise active uses in the lower 20m of a building
- new requirements for building services (utilities) at the ground level of a building
- extension of the successful active frontage requirements to new areas of the city, including Southbank
- new requirements to focus more specifically on the design detail of the lower levels of a building, to ensure high quality, human scale environments.