Shown on the planning scheme map as GRZ, R1Z, R2Z or R3Z with a number (if shown).
To implement the Municipal Planning Strategy and the Planning Policy Framework.
To encourage development that is responsive to the neighbourhood character of the area.
To encourage a diversity of housing types and housing growth particularly in locations offering good access to services and transport.
To allow educational, recreational, religious, community and a limited range of other non-residential uses to serve local community needs in appropriate locations.
","sections":[{"id":"20467740","number":"32.08-1","gazettalDate":"2017-03-26T13:00:00Z","amendmentNumber":"VC110","semanticNumber":"32.08-1","title":"Neighbourhood character objectives","content":"A schedule to this zone may contain neighbourhood character objectives to be achieved for the area.
","state":{"active":true}},{"id":"20467741","number":"32.08-2","gazettalDate":"2025-01-13T13:00:00Z","amendmentNumber":"VC237","semanticNumber":"32.08-2","title":"Table of uses","content":"Use | Condition |
|---|---|
Automated collection point | Must meet the requirements of Clause 52.13-3 and 52.13-5. The gross floor area of all buildings must not exceed 50 square metres. |
Bed and breakfast | No more than 10 persons may be accommodated away from their normal place of residence. At least 1 car parking space must be provided for each 2 persons able to be accommodated away from their normal place of residence. |
Community care accommodation | Must meet the requirements of Clause 52.22-2. |
Domestic animal husbandry (other than Domestic animal boarding) | Must be no more than 2 animals. |
Dwelling (other than Bed and breakfast) | |
Home based business | |
Informal outdoor recreation | |
Medical centre | The gross floor area of all buildings must not exceed 250 square metres. Must not require a permit under Clause 52.06-3. The site must adjoin, or have access to, a road in a Transport Zone 2 or a Transport Zone 3. |
Place of worship | The gross floor area of all buildings must not exceed 250 square metres. The site must adjoin, or have access to, a road in a Transport Zone 2 or a Transport Zone 3. |
Racing dog husbandry | Must be no more than 2 animals. |
Railway | |
Residential aged care facility | |
Rooming house | Must meet the requirements of Clause 52.23-2. |
Small second dwelling | Must be no more than one dwelling existing on the lot. Must be the only small second dwelling on the lot. Reticulated natural gas must not be supplied to the building, or part of a building, used for the small second dwelling. |
Tramway |
|
Any use listed in Clause 62.01 | Must meet the requirements of Clause 62.01. |
Use | Condition |
|---|---|
Accommodation (other than Community care accommodation, Dwelling, Residential aged care facility, Rooming house and Small second dwelling) | |
Agriculture (other than Animal production, Animal training, Apiculture, Domestic animal husbandry, Horse husbandry and Racing dog husbandry) | |
Car park | Must be used in conjunction with another use in Section 1 or 2. |
Car wash | The site must adjoin, or have access to, a road in a Transport Zone 2 or a Transport Zone 3. |
Convenience restaurant | The site must adjoin, or have access to, a road in a Transport Zone 2 or a Transport Zone 3. |
Convenience shop | |
Domestic animal husbandry (other than Domestic animal boarding) – if the Section 1 condition is not met | Must be no more than 5 animals. |
Food and drink premises (other than Convenience restaurant and Take away food premises) | |
Grazing animal production | |
Leisure and recreation (other than Informal outdoor recreation and Motor racing track) | |
Market | |
Office (other than Medical centre) | The use must be associated with a use or development to which clause 53.23 (Significant residential development with affordable housing) applies. |
Place of assembly (other than Amusement parlour, Carnival, Cinema based entertainment facility, Circus, Nightclub and Place of worship) | |
Plant nursery | |
Retail premises (other than Convenience shop, Food and drink premises, Market and Plant nursery) | The use must be associated with a use or development to which clause 53.23 (Significant residential development with affordable housing) applies. |
Service station | The site must either:
The site must not exceed either:
|
Store | Must be in a building, not a dwelling, and used to store equipment, goods, or motor vehicles used in conjunction with the occupation of a resident of a dwelling on the lot. |
Take away food premises | The site must adjoin, or have access to, a road in a Transport Zone 2 or a Transport Zone 3. |
Utility installation (other than Minor utility installation and Telecommunications facility) | |
Any other use not in Section 1 or 3 |
Use |
|---|
Amusement parlour |
Animal production (other than Grazing animal production) |
Animal training |
Cinema based entertainment facility |
Domestic animal boarding |
Extractive industry |
Horse husbandry |
Industry (other than Automated collection point and Car wash) |
Motor racing track |
Nightclub |
Saleyard |
Small second dwelling – if the Section 1 condition is not met |
Transport terminal |
Warehouse (other than Store) |
A permit is required to subdivide land.
A permit must not be granted which would allow a separate lot to be created for land containing a small second dwelling.
An application to subdivide land that would create a vacant lot less than 400 square metres capable of development for a dwelling or residential building, must ensure that each vacant lot created less than 400 square metres contains at least 25 percent as garden area. This does not apply to a lot created by an application to subdivide land where that lot is created in accordance with:
An approved precinct structure plan or an equivalent strategic plan;
An incorporated plan or approved development plan; or
A permit for development.
An application to subdivide land, other than an application to subdivide land into lots each containing an existing dwelling or car parking space, must meet the requirements of Clause 56 and:
Must meet all of the objectives included in the clauses specified in the following table.
Should meet all of the standards included in the clauses specified in the following table.
Class of subdivision | Objectives and standards to be met |
|---|---|
60 or more lots | All except clause 56.03-5. |
16 – 59 lots | All except clauses 56.03-1 to 56.03-3, 56.03-5, 56.06-1 and 56.06-3. |
3 – 15 lots | All except clauses 56.02-1, 56.03-1 to 56.03-4, 56.03-5 (unless the land is in the Neighbourhood Character Overlay), 56.05-2, 56.06-1, 56.06-3 and 56.06-6. |
2 lots | Clauses 56.03-5 (only if the land is in the Neighbourhood Character Overlay), 56.04-2, 56.04-5, 56.06-8 and 56.07-4. |
Subject to Clause 71.06, an application under this clause for a development specified in Column 1 is a class of VicSmart application and must be assessed against the provision specified in Column 2.
Class of application | Provision |
|---|---|
Subdivide land to realign the common boundary between two lots where:
| Clause 59.01 |
Subdivide land into lots each containing an existing building or car parking space where:
| Clause 59.02 |
Subdivide land into two lots if:
| Clause 59.02 |
Subdivide land into two lots if:
| Clause 59.02 |
Subdivide land into two lots for residential development if:
| Clause 59.11 |
An application to construct or extend a dwelling, small second dwelling or residential building on a lot must provide a minimum garden area as set out in the following table:
Lot size | Minimum percentage of a lot set aside as garden area |
|---|---|
400 - 500 sqm | 25% |
Above 500 - 650 sqm | 30% |
Above 650 sqm | 35% |
This does not apply to:
An application to construct or extend a dwelling, small second dwelling or residential building if specified in a schedule to this zone as exempt from the minimum garden area requirement;
An application to construct or extend a dwelling, small second dwelling or residential building on a lot if:
The lot is designated as a medium density housing site in an approved precinct structure plan or an approved equivalent strategic plan;
The lot is designated as a medium density housing site in an incorporated plan or approved development plan; or
An application to alter or extend an existing building that did not comply with the minimum garden area requirement of Clause 32.08-4 on the approval date of Amendment VC110.
A permit is required to construct or extend one dwelling on a lot less than 300 square metres.
A permit is required to construct or extend a front fence within 3 metres of a street if the fence is associated with one dwelling on a lot less than 300 square metres and the fence exceeds the maximum height specified in clause 54.02-7.
A development must meet the requirements of Clause 54.
No permit is required to:
Construct or carry out works normal to a dwelling.
Construct or extend an out-building (other than a garage or carport) on a lot provided the gross floor area of the out-building does not exceed 10 square metres and the maximum building height is not more than 3 metres above ground level.
Make structural changes to a dwelling provided the size of the dwelling is not increased or the number of dwellings is not increased.
Subject to Clause 71.06, an application under this clause for a development specified in Column 1 is a class of VicSmart application and must be assessed against the provision specified in Column 2.
Class of application | Provision |
|---|---|
Construct or extend a dwelling on a lot less than 300 square metres if the development meets the following standards of Clause 54:
If a schedule to the zone specifies a requirement of a standard different from a requirement set out in the Clause 54 standard, the requirement in the schedule to the zone applies and must be met. | Clause 54 |
Construct or extend a front fence within 3 metres of a street if the fence is associated with one dwelling on a lot less than 300 square metres. | Clause 59.03 |
Clauses 32.08-5, 54 and 59.14 of this planning scheme, as in force immediately before the commencement of Amendment VC282, continue to apply to:
An application for a planning permit lodged before that date.
An application for an amendment of a permit under section 72 of the Act, if the original permit application was lodged before that date.
A permit is required to construct or extend a small second dwelling on a lot of less than 300 square metres.
A development must meet the requirements of Clause 54.
Subject to Clause 71.06, an application under this clause for a development specified in Column 1 is a class of VicSmart application and must be assessed against the provision specified in Column 2.
Class of application | Provision |
|---|---|
Construct or extend a small second dwelling on a lot less than 300 square metres if the development meets the following standards of Clause 54:
If a schedule to the zone specifies a requirement of a standard different from a requirement set out in the Clause 54 standard, the requirement in the schedule to the zone applies and must be met. | Clause 54 |
Clauses 32.08-6, 54 and 59.14 of this planning scheme, as in force immediately before the commencement of Amendment VC282, continue to apply to:
An application for a planning permit lodged before that date.
An application for an amendment of a permit under section 72 of the Act, if the original permit application was lodged before that date.
A permit is required to:
Construct a dwelling if there is at least one dwelling existing on the lot.
Construct two or more dwellings on a lot.
Extend a dwelling if there are two or more dwellings on the lot.
Construct or extend a dwelling if it is on common property.
Construct or extend a residential building.
A permit is required to construct or extend a front fence within 3 metres of a street if:
The fence is associated with two or more dwellings on a lot or a residential building, and
The fence exceeds the maximum height specified in clause 55.02-8.
A development of three storeys or less, excluding a basement, must meet the requirements of clause 55.
An apartment development of seven storeys or more, excluding a basement, must meet the requirements of clause 58.
Subject to Clause 71.06, an application under this clause for a development specified in Column 1 is a class of VicSmart application and must be assessed against the provision specified in Column 2.
Class of application | Provision |
|---|---|
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 following standards of clause 55:
If a schedule to the zone specifies a requirement of a standard different from a requirement set out in the clause 55 standard, the requirement in the schedule to the zone applies and must be met. | Clause 55 |
Construct or extend a front fence within 3 metres of a street if the fence is associated with two or more dwellings on a lot or a residential building. | Clause 59.03 |
Clause 55 of this scheme, as in force immediately before the approval date of Amendment VC136, continues to apply to:
An application for a planning permit lodged before that date.
An application for an amendment of a permit under section 72 of the Act, if the original permit application was lodged before that date.
Clause 58 does not apply to:
An application for a planning permit lodged before the approval date of Amendment VC136.
An application for an amendment of a permit under section 72 of the Act, if the original permit application was lodged before the approval date of Amendment VC136.
Clauses 55 and 58 of this scheme, as in force immediately before the approval date of Amendment VC174, continue to apply to:
Clause 55 of this planning scheme, as in force immediately before the approval date of Amendment VC267, continues to apply to:
Clauses 32.08-7, 57 and 58 of this planning scheme, as in force immediately before the commencement of Amendment VC300, continue to apply to:
An application for a planning permit lodged before that date.
An application for an amendment of a permit under section 72 of the Act, if the original permit application was lodged before that date.
A schedule to this zone may specify the requirements of:
Standards A2-1, A2-5, A2-7 and A3-2 of Clause 54 of this scheme.
Standards B2-1, B2-5, B2-8 and B3-5 of Clause 55 of this scheme.
If a requirement is not specified in a schedule to this zone, the requirement set out in the relevant standard of Clause 54 or Clause 55 applies.
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A development must meet the requirements of Clause 53.17 - Residential aged care facility.
A permit is required to construct a building or construct or carry out works for a use in Section 2 of Clause 32.08-2.
Subject to Clause 71.06, an application under this clause for a development specified in Column 1 is a class of VicSmart application and must be assessed against the provision specified in Column 2.
Class of application | Provision |
|---|---|
Construct a building or construct or carry out works where:
If a schedule to the zone specifies a requirement of a standard different from a requirement set out in the Clause 54 standard, the requirement in the schedule to the zone applies and must be met. | Clause 59.04 |
Clauses 32.08-10, 54 and 59.04 of this planning scheme, as in force immediately before the commencement of Amendment VC282, continue to apply to:
An application for a planning permit lodged before that date.
An application for an amendment of a permit under section 72 of the Act, if the original permit application was lodged before that date.
A building must not be constructed for use as a dwelling, small second dwelling or a residential building that:
exceeds the maximum building height specified in a schedule to this zone; or
contains more than the maximum number of storeys specified in a schedule to this zone.
If no maximum building height or maximum number of storeys is specified in a schedule to this zone:
the building height must not exceed 11 metres; and
the building must contain no more than 3 storeys at any point.
A building may exceed the applicable maximum building height or contain more than the applicable maximum number of storeys if:
It replaces an immediately pre-existing building and the new building does not exceed the building height or contain a greater number of storeys than the pre-existing building.
There are existing buildings on both abutting allotments that face the same street and the new building does not exceed the building height or contain a greater number of storeys than the lower of the existing buildings on the abutting allotments.
It is on a corner lot abutted by lots with existing buildings and the new building does not exceed the building height or contain a greater number of storeys than the lower of the existing buildings on the abutting allotments.
It is constructed pursuant to a valid building permit that was in effect prior to the introduction of this provision.
An extension to an existing building may exceed the applicable maximum building height or contain more than the applicable maximum number of storeys if it does not exceed the building height of the existing building or contain a greater number of storeys than the existing building.
A building may exceed the maximum building height by up to 1 metre if the slope of the natural ground level, measured at any cross section of the site of the building wider than 8 metres, is greater than 2.5 degrees.
A basement is not a storey for the purposes of calculating the number of storeys contained in a building.
The maximum building height and maximum number of storeys requirements in this zone or a schedule to this zone apply whether or not a planning permit is required for the construction of a building.
If the land is in a Special Building Overlay, Land Subject to Inundation Overlay or is land liable to inundation the maximum building height specified in the zone or schedule to the zone is the vertical distance from the minimum floor level determined by the relevant drainage authority or floodplain management authority to the roof or parapet at any point.
","state":{"active":true}},{"id":"20467751","number":"32.08-12","gazettalDate":"2026-04-15T14:00:00Z","amendmentNumber":"VC300","semanticNumber":"32.08-12","title":"Application requirements","content":"An application must be accompanied by the following information, as appropriate:
For a development of one dwelling on a lot or a small second dwelling on a lot, the site description and design response as required in clause 54.
For a development of two or more dwellings on a lot, dwellings on common property and residential buildings of three storeys or less, excluding a basement, the site description and design response as required in clause 55.
For a development of two or more dwellings on a lot, dwellings on common property and residential buildings of four to six storeys, excluding a basement, the site description and design response as required in clause 57.
For an apartment development of seven storeys or more, excluding a basement, an urban context report and design response as required in clause 58.
For an application for subdivision, a site and context description and design response as required in clause 56.
Plans drawn to scale and dimensioned which show:
Site shape, size, dimensions and orientation.
The siting and use of existing and proposed buildings.
Adjacent buildings and uses.
The building form and scale.
Setbacks to property boundaries.
The likely effects, if any, on adjoining land, including noise levels, traffic, the hours of delivery and despatch of goods and materials, hours of operation and light spill, solar access and glare.
Any other application requirements specified in a schedule to this zone.
If in the opinion of the responsible authority an application requirement is not relevant to the evaluation of an application, the responsible authority may waive or reduce the requirement.
","state":{"active":true}},{"id":"20467752","number":"32.08-13","gazettalDate":"2026-04-16T14:00:00Z","amendmentNumber":"VC308","semanticNumber":"32.08-13","title":"Exemption from notice and review","content":"An application to subdivide land into lots each containing an existing dwelling or car parking space is exempt from the notice requirements of section 52(1)(a), (b) and (d), the decision requirements of section 64(1), (2) and (3) and the review rights of section 82(1) of the Act.
An application under clause 32.08-5 is exempt from the decision requirements of section 64(1), (2) and (3) and the review rights of section 82(1) of the Act if all the applicable standards under clauses 54.02-1, 54.02-2, 54.02-3, 54.02-4, 54.02-5, 54.02-6, 54.02-7, 54.04 and 54.05-2 are met.
An application under clause 32.08-6 is exempt from the decision requirements of section 64(1), (2) and (3) and the review rights of section 82(1) of the Act if all the applicable standards under clauses 54.02-1, 54.02-2, 54.02-3, 54.02-4, 54.02-5, 54.02-6, 54.02-8, 54.03-5, 54.04 and 54.05-2 are met.
An application under clause 32.08-7 for a development of three storeys or less, excluding a basement, is exempt from the decision requirements of section 64(1), (2) and (3) and the review rights of section 82(1) of the Act if all the applicable standards under clauses 55.02, 55.04-1, 55.04-2, 55.04-3, 55.04-4 and 55.05-2 are met.
","state":{"active":true}},{"id":"20467753","number":"32.08-14","gazettalDate":"2026-04-15T14:00:00Z","amendmentNumber":"VC300","semanticNumber":"32.08-14","title":"Decision guidelines","content":"Before deciding on an application, in addition to the decision guidelines in clause 65, the responsible authority must consider, as appropriate:
The Municipal Planning Strategy and the Planning Policy Framework.
The purpose of this zone.
The objectives set out in a schedule to this zone.
Any other decision guidelines specified in a schedule to this zone.
The impact of overshadowing on existing rooftop solar energy systems on dwellings on adjoining lots in a General Residential Zone, Housing Choice and Transport Zone, Mixed Use Zone, Neighbourhood Residential Zone, Residential Growth Zone or Township Zone.
The pattern of subdivision and its effect on the spacing of buildings.
For subdivision of land for residential development, the objectives and standards of clause 56.
For the construction and extension of one dwelling on a lot and a small second dwelling, the applicable objectives, standards and decision guidelines of clause 54.
For the construction and extension of two or more dwellings on a lot, dwellings on common property and residential buildings of three storeys or less, excluding a basement, the objectives, standards and decision guidelines of clause 55.
For the construction and extension of two or more dwellings on a lot, dwellings on common property and residential buildings of four to six storeys, excluding a basement, the objectives, standards and decision guidelines of clause 57.
For the construction and extension of an apartment development of seven storeys or more, excluding a basement, the objectives, standards and decisions guidelines of clause 58.
Whether the use or development is compatible with residential use.
Whether the use generally serves local community needs.
The scale and intensity of the use and development.
The design, height, setback and appearance of the proposed buildings and works.
The proposed landscaping.
The provision of car and bicycle parking and associated accessways.
Any proposed loading and refuse collection facilities.
The safety, efficiency and amenity effects of traffic to be generated by the proposal.
Sign requirements are at Clause 52.05. This zone is in Category 3.
","state":{"active":true}},{"id":"20467755","number":"32.08-16","gazettalDate":"2023-12-13T13:00:00Z","amendmentNumber":"VC253","semanticNumber":"32.08-16","title":"Transitional provisions","content":"The minimum garden area requirements of Clause 32.08-4 and the maximum building height and number of storeys requirements of Clause 32.08-9 introduced by Amendment VC110 do not apply to:
A planning permit application for the construction or extension of a dwelling or residential building lodged before the approval date of Amendment VC110.
Where a planning permit is not required for the construction or extension of a dwelling or residential building:
A building permit issued for the construction or extension of a dwelling or residential building before the approval date of Amendment VC110.
A building surveyor has been appointed to issue a building permit for the construction or extension of a dwelling or residential building before the approval date of Amendment VC110. A building permit must be issued within 12 months of the approval date of Amendment VC110.
A building surveyor is satisfied, and certifies in writing, that substantial progress was made on the design of the construction or extension of a dwelling or residential building before the approval date of Amendment VC110. A building permit must be issued within 12 months of the approval date of Amendment VC110.
The minimum garden area requirement of Clause 32.08-3 introduced by Amendment VC110 does not apply to a planning permit application to subdivide land for a dwelling or a residential building lodged before the approval date of Amendment VC110.
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