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 Transport and PlanningOpens in new tab.
Amendments for authorisation
Active amendments
Amendments for approval
Amendment C278: Sunlight to Parks
Amendment C278 proposes to protect winter sunlight access to all parks across the municipality excluding the central city, Southbank, Docklands and Spring Street South.
Amendment C307: Gaming Policy
Amendment C307 (now Amendment C366) introduces revised policy to ensure that electronic gaming machines are suitably located and operated to minimise gaming related harm.
Amendment C403: North Melbourne Heritage Review
Amendment C403 (North Melbourne Heritage Permanent Controls) implements the recommendations of the North Melbourne Heritage Review March 2022 (Lovell Chen) on a permanent basis.
Amendment C405: Carlton Heritage Review and Punt Road Oval
Amendment C405 (Carlton Heritage Permanent Controls) implements the recommendations of the Carlton Heritage Review November 2021 (Lovell Chen), and includes the reinstatement of heritage protection to the Punt Road Oval.
Approved planning scheme amendments
- Amendment C105: CBD LanewaysOpens in new tab
- Amendment C124: 1-89 Hobsons Road, KensingtonOpens in new tab
- Amendment C125: St Kilda RoadOpens in new tab
- Amendment C133: Maximum Car Parking RatesOpens in new tab
- Amendment C141: Policy for licensed premises that require a planning permitOpens in new tab
- Amendment C142: Stormwater Management (Water Sensitive Urban Design)Opens in new tab
- Amendment C162: Municipal-Strategic-Statement (MSS)Opens in new tab
- Amendment C163: Student Housing PolicyOpens in new tab
- Amendments C164 and C165: New 'Little Lon' heritage precinctOpens in new tab
- Amendment C171: SouthbankOpens in new tab
- Amendment C173: Carlton ConnectOpens in new tab
- Amendment C186: Central City (Hoddle Grid) Heritage Review
- Amendment C187: Energy, Water and Waste EfficiencyOpens in new tab
- Amendment C190: Macaulay
- Amendment C196: City NorthOpens in new tab
- Amendment C198: City North Heritage Review
- Amendment C207: Arden-Macaulay Heritage Review
- Amendment C209: Public Open Space ContributionsOpens in new tab
- Amendment C212: Exceptional Tree Register (ETR)Opens in new tab
- Amendment C215: Kensington Heritage Review
- Amendment C221: West Melbourne WaterfrontOpens in new tab
- Amendment C240: Bourke HillOpens in new tab
- Amendment C241: Palace Theatre Heritage ReviewOpens in new tab
- Amendment C245: Queen Victoria Market Precinct RenewalOpens in new tab
- Amendment C258: Heritage Policies Review
- Amendment C259: Application of DDO32 over 120-62 Capel Street and 135-139 Peel StreetOpens in new tab
- Amendment C270: Central City Built Form Review
- Amendment C271: Guildford and Hardware Laneways HeritageOpens in new tab
- Amendment C274: RMIT University Advertising Sign ControlsOpens in new tab
- Amendment C281: Commonwealth Games Village RedevelopmentOpens in new tab
- Amendment C290 and GC40: Flemington LifeOpens in new tab
- Amendment C305: Southbank Heritage
- Amendment C308: Urban Design in Central Melbourne
- Amendment C309: West Melbourne Structure Plan (now C385)
- Amendment C310: MelbourneOpens in new tab
- Amendment C323: Melbourne Arts Precinct
- Amendment C341: State Netball and Hockey Centre Redevelopment, ParkvilleOpens in new tab
- Amendment C365: Chart House HeritageOpens in new tab
- Amendment C379: Protecting Exceptional Trees
- Amendment C380: Zoning corrections of public open space/anomaliesOpens in new tab
- Amendment C386: Hoddle Grid Heritage Review (interims)
- Amendment C387: Hoddle Grid Heritage Review (permanents)
- Amendment C388: Shrine of Remembrance signageOpens in new tab
- Amendment C394: Fishermans Bend in-depth heritage review
- Amendment C396: Finalisation of the Heritage PlacesOpens in new tab
- Amendment C407: Arden urban renewal precinct
- Amendment C409: Planning Policy Framework TranslationOpens in new tab
- Amendment C414: Punt Road Oval (restoration of heritage grading)Opens in new tab
- Amendment C471 Interim Development Contributions Plan for the Macaulay urban renewal area
- Amendment GC45: Melbourne Metro Rail ProjectOpens in new tab
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 systemOpens in new tab.
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