Melbourne Planning Scheme — Amendment Tracker
A planning scheme amendment is a formal change to a council's planning scheme, the legal document that controls land use and development in its area. Amendments can rezone land, introduce or vary overlays, or update local planning policy, and each one is gazetted by the Victorian Government before it takes legal effect. PolicyPing checks the Melbourne Planning Scheme daily and records every change below.
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Recent amendments
We detected a change to Melbourne's planning scheme (VC323) but haven't summarised it yet.
In Clause 32.07-6, the text was modified to clarify that a permit is required to construct one dwelling if there is no more than one dwelling existing on a lot, extend a dwelling if there are two dwellings on a lot, or construct two dwellings on a lot, if the development meets the application lodged before a specified date.
The amendment changes the reference date for the incorporated document from July 2021 to September 2026 in Clause 45.12-s1 and Clause 72.04-s1.
The amendment to clause 14.03-1S changes the terminology from "natural resources" to "earth and energy resources" throughout the clause.
The amendment updates Clause 66.04-s1 to change the date from 1.0 01/12/2025 C500melb to 1.0 10/09/2026 GC240.
Melbourne's planning scheme was amended by C488melb: Planning Vic's own gazettal document manifest confirms this amendment changed planning scheme maps only, with no ordinance or schedule text amended, so there is no clause-level wording for PolicyPing to compare; the amendment's own official government description reads: "Extends the boundary of the interim Schedule 2 to the Development Contributions Plan Overlay (DCPO2) applying to the Macaulay precinct to include land south of Macaulay Road bound by Bent, Hardiman, Albermarle, Little Hardiman and Eastwood Streets in Kensington.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
Melbourne's planning scheme was amended by C488melb: Planning Vic's own gazettal document manifest confirms this amendment changed planning scheme maps only, with no ordinance or schedule text amended, so there is no clause-level wording for PolicyPing to compare; the amendment's own official government description reads: "Extends the boundary of the interim Schedule 2 to the Development Contributions Plan Overlay (DCPO2) applying to the Macaulay precinct to include land south of Macaulay Road bound by Bent, Hardiman, Albermarle, Little Hardiman and Eastwood Streets in Kensington.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
Melbourne's planning scheme was amended by C494melb: Planning Vic's own gazettal document manifest confirms this amendment changed planning scheme maps only, with no ordinance or schedule text amended, so there is no clause-level wording for PolicyPing to compare; the amendment's own official government description reads: "The amendment amends Planning Scheme Map No.
Melbourne's planning scheme was amended by C428melb: Planning Vic's own gazettal document manifest confirms this amendment changed planning scheme maps only, with no ordinance or schedule text amended, so there is no clause-level wording for PolicyPing to compare; the amendment's own official government description reads: "Applies a Public Acquisition Overlay (PAO10) to part of the land at 191 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne to facilitate an extension of Turner Street as part of the Fishermans Bend Innovation Precinct.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.
Melbourne's planning scheme was amended by GC237: Planning Vic's own gazettal document manifest confirms this amendment changed planning scheme maps only, with no ordinance or schedule text amended, so there is no clause-level wording for PolicyPing to compare; the amendment's own official government description reads: "Rezone declared freeway and arterial road land to Transport Zone 2 (TRZ2) and delete redundant Public Acquisition Overlays, following the completion of road projects.", this is the amendment's own official wording, not a PolicyPing-generated description of the scheme text.