The discontinuance and sale of roads is carried out according to the provisions of Clause 3 of Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 1989 and section 114 of the Local Government Act 2020.
We have a Road Discontinuance and Sale Policy, which provides principles and guidance to ensure proposals are dealt with equitably and in a transparent and consistent manner.
We will investigate a road discontinuance where:
- An adjoining owner applies to discontinue a road by completing an application and emailing it to property@melbourne.vic.gov.au. Please refer to the explanatory notes for more information about road discontinuance and sale applications.
- City of Melbourne instigates a discontinuance in order to repurpose land, in many cases to include it with adjoining open space in a program known as Green our City.
If a decision is made to discontinue a road and sell the land to an adjoining owner it will be sold at market value and all costs associated with the project will be paid for by the purchaser.
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