Planning zones & overlays
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Clause 37.08 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Activity Centre Zone) states its purposes as: to encourage a mixture of uses and the intensive development of the activity centre: as a focus for business, shopping, working, housing, leisure, transport and community facilities; to support sustainable urban outcomes that maximise the use of infrastructure and public transport; to deliver a diversity of housing at higher densities to make optimum use of the facilities and services; to create through good urban design an attractive, pleasant, walkable, safe and stimulating environment; and to facilitate use and development of land in accordance with the Development Framework for the activity centre.
Clause 45.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Airport Environs Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify areas which are or will be subject to high levels of aircraft noise, including areas where the use of land for uses sensitive to aircraft noise will need to be restricted; to ensure that land use and development are compatible with the operation of airports in accordance with the appropriate airport strategy or master plan and with safe air navigation for aircraft approaching and departing the airfield; to assist in shielding people from the impact of aircraft noise by requiring appropriate noise attenuation measures in new dwellings and other noise sensitive buildings; and to limit the number of people residing in the area or likely to be subject to significant levels of aircraft noise.
Clause 44.08 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Buffer Area Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify buffer areas where there is potential for off-site impacts on human health or safety, or significant off-site impacts on amenity, from industry, warehouse, infrastructure or other uses; and to ensure that use and development within buffer areas is compatible with potential off-site impacts.
Clause 43.06 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Built Form Overlay) states its purposes as: to facilitate higher density development that provides for high amenity living and working environments close to infrastructure and public transport; to ensure development contributes positively to the functionality and amenity of the area; to deliver public realm improvements, and where appropriate, additional public benefits in conjunction with new development; to encourage land consolidation to facilitate higher density development; to encourage a diversity of housing types and affordable housing; and to identify areas where specific design and built form requirements apply.
Clause 44.06 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Bushfire Management Overlay) states its purposes as: to ensure that the development of land prioritises the protection of human life and strengthens community resilience to bushfire; to identify areas where the bushfire hazard warrants bushfire protection measures to be implemented; and to ensure development is only permitted where the risk to life and property from bushfire can be reduced to an acceptable level.
Clause 34.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Commercial 1 Zone) states its purposes as: to create vibrant mixed use commercial centres for retail, office, business, entertainment and community uses; and to provide for residential uses at densities complementary to the role and scale of the commercial centre.
Clause 34.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Commercial 2 Zone) states its purposes as: to encourage commercial areas for offices, appropriate manufacturing and industries, bulky goods retailing, other retail uses, and associated business and commercial services; and to ensure that uses do not affect the safety and amenity of adjacent, more sensitive uses.
Clause 34.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Commercial 3 Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for a range of industrial, commercial, office and other employment generating uses which support the mixed-use employment function of the area; to promote collaborative and high-quality working environments which support the area through good urban design and high-amenity, accessible and well-connected places; to provide opportunities for limited retail uses which are complementary to the role and scale of the area; to provide the option for limited residential uses that do not undermine the primary employment and economic development focus of the zone; and to facilitate the use, development and redevelopment of land in accordance with the objectives specified in a schedule to this zone.
Clause 37.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Capital City Zone) states its purposes as: to enhance the role of Melbourne’s central city as the capital of Victoria and as an area of national and international importance; to recognise or provide for the use and development of land for specific purposes as identified in a schedule to this zone; and to create through good urban design an attractive, pleasurable, safe and stimulating environment.
Clause 37.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Comprehensive Development Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for a range of uses and the development of land in accordance with a comprehensive development plan incorporated in this scheme.
Clause 45.07 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (City Link Project Overlay) states its purposes as: to ensure the efficient construction, operation and maintenance of the Melbourne City Link Project, the Exhibition Street Extension Project and CityLink Tulla Widening Project; and to ensure that the display of a Business identification sign on land no longer required for the Melbourne City Link Project or the Exhibition Street Extension Project is limited to a level that does not compete with the display of signs shown on the plan titled "Melbourne City Link Project - Advertising Sign Locations November 2003".
Clause 45.06 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Development Contributions Plan Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify areas which require the preparation of a development contributions plan for the purpose of levying contributions for the provision of works, services and facilities before development can commence.
Clause 43.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Design and Development Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify areas which are affected by specific requirements relating to the design and built form of new development.
Clause 43.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Development Plan Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify areas which require the form and conditions of future use and development to be shown on a development plan before a permit can be granted to use or develop the land; and to exempt an application from notice and review if a development plan has been prepared to the satisfaction of the responsible authority.
Clause 37.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Docklands Zone) states its purposes as: to ensure that use and development take account of the unique nature of the water environment; to encourage a variety of dwelling types within the Melbourne Docklands area to suit a diversity of needs; to ensure that development takes account of the relationship of the Melbourne Docklands area to the Central Activities District and the policies relating to the future development of the Central Activities District and other parts of the capital city; to encourage visual and physical linkages between the Melbourne Docklands and adjacent areas, in particular the Central Business District; and to provide for the conservation and enhancement of buildings, areas and places of scientific, aesthetic, architectural or historical significance.
Clause 45.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Environmental Audit Overlay) states its purposes as: to ensure that potentially contaminated land is suitable for a use which could be significantly adversely affected by any contamination.
Clause 44.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Erosion Management Overlay) states its purposes as: to protect areas prone to erosion, landslip, other land degradation or coastal processes by minimising land disturbance and inappropriate development.
Clause 42.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Environmental Significance Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify areas where the development of land may be affected by environmental constraints; and to ensure that development is compatible with identified environmental values.
Clause 44.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Floodway Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify waterways, major floodpaths, drainage depressions and high hazard areas which have the greatest risk and frequency of being affected by flooding; to ensure that any development maintains the free passage and temporary storage of floodwater, minimises flood damage and is compatible with flood hazard, local drainage conditions and the minimisation of soil erosion, sedimentation and silting; to reflect any declarations under Division 4 of Part 10 of the Water Act, 1989 if a declaration has been made; to protect water quality and waterways as natural resources by managing urban stormwater, protecting water supply catchment areas, and managing saline discharges to minimise the risks to the environmental quality of water and groundwater; and to ensure that development maintains or improves river and wetland health, waterway protection and flood plain health.
Clause 35.07 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Farming Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for the use of land for agriculture; to encourage the retention of productive agricultural land; to ensure that non-agricultural uses, including dwellings, do not adversely affect the use of land for agriculture; to encourage the retention of employment and population to support rural communities; to encourage use and development of land based on comprehensive and sustainable land management practices and infrastructure provision; and to provide for the use and development of land for the specific purposes identified in a schedule to this zone.
Clause 32.08 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (General Residential Zone) states its purposes as: 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; and to allow educational, recreational, religious, community and a limited range of other non-residential uses to serve local community needs in appropriate locations.
Clause 35.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Green Wedge A Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for the use of land for agriculture; to protect, conserve and enhance the biodiversity, natural resources, scenic landscapes and heritage values of the area; to ensure that use and development promotes sustainable land management practices and infrastructure provision; to protect, conserve and enhance the cultural heritage significance and the character of rural and scenic non-urban landscapes; and to recognise and protect the amenity of existing rural living areas.
Clause 35.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Green Wedge Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for the use of land for agriculture; to recognise, protect and conserve green wedge land for its agricultural, environmental, historic, landscape, recreational and tourism opportunities, and mineral and stone resources; to encourage use and development that is consistent with sustainable land management practices; to encourage sustainable farming activities and provide opportunity for a variety of productive agricultural uses; to protect, conserve and enhance the cultural heritage significance and the character of open rural and scenic non-urban landscapes; and to protect and enhance the biodiversity of the area.
Clause 32.10 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Housing Choice and Transport Zone) states its purposes as: to provide housing at increased densities around activity centres and well-serviced locations, close to employment, services and public transport; to encourage a scale of development that provides a transition between more intense development to lower-scale residential areas; to encourage a diversity of housing types and affordable housing; and to allow educational, recreational, religious, community and a limited range of other non-residential uses to serve local community needs in appropriate locations.
Clause 43.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Heritage Overlay) states its purposes as: to conserve and enhance heritage places of natural or cultural significance; to conserve and enhance those elements which contribute to the significance of heritage places; to ensure that development does not adversely affect the significance of heritage places; and to conserve specified heritage places by allowing a use that would otherwise be prohibited if this will demonstrably assist with the conservation of the significance of the heritage place.
Clause 45.11 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Infrastructure Contributions Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify the area where an infrastructure contributions plan applies for the purpose of imposing contributions for the provision of infrastructure; and to identify the infrastructure contribution imposed for the development of land.
Clause 45.10 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Infrastructure Contributions Plan Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify the area where an infrastructure contributions plan applies for the purpose of levying contributions for the provision of infrastructure; and to identify the infrastructure levy payable for the development of land.
Clause 33.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Industrial 1 Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for manufacturing industry, the storage and distribution of goods and associated uses in a manner which does not affect the safety and amenity of local communities.
Clause 33.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Industrial 2 Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for manufacturing industry, the storage and distribution of goods and associated facilities in a manner which does not affect the safety and amenity of local communities; to promote manufacturing industries and storage facilities that require a substantial threshold distance within the core of the zone; and to keep the core of the zone free of uses which are suitable for location elsewhere so as to be available for manufacturing industries and storage facilities that require a substantial threshold distance as the need for these arises.
Clause 33.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Industrial 3 Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for industries and associated uses in specific areas where special consideration of the nature and impacts of industrial uses is required or to avoid inter-industry conflict; to provide a buffer between the Industrial 1 Zone or Industrial 2 Zone and local communities, which allows for industries and associated uses compatible with the nearby community; to allow limited retail opportunities including convenience shops, small scale supermarkets and associated shops in appropriate locations; and to ensure that uses do not affect the safety and amenity of adjacent, more sensitive land uses.
Clause 43.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Incorporated Plan Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify areas which require: the form and conditions of future use and development to be shown on an incorporated plan before a permit can be granted to use or develop the land; a planning scheme amendment before the incorporated plan can be changed; and to exempt an application from notice and review if it is generally in accordance with an incorporated plan.
Clause 32.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Low Density Residential Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for low-density residential development on lots which, in the absence of reticulated sewerage, can treat and retain all wastewater.
Clause 44.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Land Subject to Inundation Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify flood prone land in a riverine or coastal area affected by the 1 in 100 (1 per cent Annual Exceedance Probability) year flood or any other area determined by the floodplain management authority; to ensure that development maintains the free passage and temporary storage of floodwaters, minimises flood damage, responds to the flood hazard and local drainage conditions and will not cause any significant rise in flood level or flow velocity; to minimise the potential flood risk to life, health and safety associated with development; to reflect a declaration under Division 4 of Part 10 of the Water Act, 1989; to protect water quality and waterways as natural resources by managing urban stormwater, protecting water supply catchment areas, and managing saline discharges to minimise the risks to the environmental quality of water and groundwater; and to ensure that development maintains or improves river, marine, coastal and wetland health, waterway protection and floodplain health.
Clause 45.08 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Melbourne Airport Environs Overlay) states its purposes as: to ensure that land use and development are compatible with the operation of Melbourne Airport in accordance with the relevant airport strategy or master plan and with safe air navigation for aircraft approaching and departing the airfield; to assist in shielding people from the impact of aircraft noise by requiring appropriate noise attenuation measures in dwellings and other noise sensitive buildings; and to provide for appropriate levels of noise attenuation depending on the level of forecasted noise exposure.
Clause 32.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Mixed Use Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for a range of residential, commercial, industrial and other uses which complement the mixed-use function of the locality; to provide for housing at higher densities; to encourage development that responds to the existing or preferred neighbourhood character of the area; and to facilitate the use, development and redevelopment of land in accordance with the objectives specified in a schedule to this zone.
Clause 43.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Neighbourhood Character Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify areas of existing or preferred neighbourhood character; to ensure that development respects the neighbourhood character; and to prevent, where necessary, the removal of buildings and vegetation before the neighbourhood character features of the site and the new development have been evaluated.
Clause 32.09 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Neighbourhood Residential Zone) states its purposes as: to recognise areas of predominantly single and double storey residential development; to manage and ensure that development is responsive to the identified neighbourhood character, heritage, environmental or landscape characteristics; and to allow educational, recreational, religious, community and a limited range of other non-residential uses to serve local community needs in appropriate locations.
Clause 45.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Public Acquisition Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify land which is proposed to be acquired by a Minister, public authority or municipal council; to reserve land for a public purpose and to ensure that changes to the use or development of the land do not prejudice the purpose for which the land is to be acquired; and to designate a Minister, public authority or municipal council as an acquiring authority for land reserved for a public purpose.
Clause 36.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Public Conservation and Resource Zone) states its purposes as: to protect and conserve the natural environment and natural processes for their historic, scientific, landscape, habitat or cultural values; to provide facilities which assist in public education and interpretation of the natural environment with minimal degradation of the natural environment or natural processes; and to provide for appropriate resource based uses.
Clause 37.06 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Priority Development Zone) states its purposes as: to recognise or provide for the use and development of land for projects and areas of regional or State significance; and to provide for a range of uses and the development of land in accordance with a plan incorporated in this scheme.
Clause 45.09 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Parking Overlay) states its purposes as: to facilitate an appropriate provision of car parking spaces in an area; to identify areas and uses where local car parking requirements apply; and to identify areas where financial contributions are to be made for the provision of shared car parking.
Clause 36.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Public Park and Recreation Zone) states its purposes as: to recognise areas for public recreation and open space; to protect and conserve areas of significance where appropriate; and to provide for commercial uses where appropriate.
Clause 37.10 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Precinct Zone) states its purposes as: to facilitate substantial change, public benefits and a new urban form that reflects the role of the precinct; to facilitate land uses, subdivision patterns, buildings and works in accordance with a use and development framework plan; and to support sustainable urban outcomes that maximise the use of public and active transport, and reduce car dependence.
Clause 36.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Public Use Zone) states its purposes as: to recognise public land use for public utility and community services and facilities; and to provide for associated uses that are consistent with the intent of the public land reservation or purpose.
Clause 37.09 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Port Zone) states its purposes as: to recognise the significant transport, logistics and prime maritime gateway roles of Victoria’s commercial trading ports in supporting Victoria’s economy; to provide for shipping, road and railway access and the development of each of Victoria’s commercial trading ports as key areas of the State for the interchange, storage and distribution of goods; to provide for uses which derive direct benefit from co-establishing with a commercial trading port; and to provide for the ongoing use and development of Victoria’s commercial trading ports that support the relevant port development strategy prepared pursuant to the Port Management Act 1995.
Clause 35.08 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Rural Activity Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for the use of land for agriculture; to provide for other uses and development, in appropriate locations, which are compatible with agriculture and the environmental and landscape characteristics of the area; to ensure that use and development does not adversely affect surrounding land uses; to provide for the use and development of land for the specific purposes identified in a schedule to this zone; to protect and enhance natural resources and the biodiversity of the area; and to encourage use and development of land based on comprehensive and sustainable land management practices and infrastructure provision.
Clause 35.06 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Rural Conservation Zone) states its purposes as: to conserve the values specified in a schedule to this zone; to protect and enhance the natural environment and natural processes for their historic, archaeological and scientific interest, landscape, faunal habitat and cultural values; to protect and enhance natural resources and the biodiversity of the area; to encourage development and use of land which is consistent with sustainable land management and land capability practices, and which takes into account the conservation values and environmental sensitivity of the locality; to provide for agricultural use consistent with the conservation of environmental and landscape values of the area; and to conserve and enhance the cultural significance and character of open rural and scenic non urban landscapes.
Clause 32.07 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Residential Growth Zone) states its purposes as: to provide housing at increased densities in buildings up to and including four storey buildings; to encourage a diversity of housing types in locations offering good access to services and transport including activity centres and town centres; to encourage a scale of development that provides a transition between areas of more intensive use and development and other residential areas; to ensure residential development achieves design objectives specified in a schedule to this zone; and to allow educational, recreational, religious, community and a limited range of other non-residential uses to serve local community needs in appropriate locations.
Clause 35.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Rural Living Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for residential use in a rural environment; to provide for agricultural land uses which do not adversely affect the amenity of surrounding land uses; to protect and enhance the natural resources, biodiversity and landscape and heritage values of the area; and to encourage use and development of land based on comprehensive and sustainable land management practices and infrastructure provision.
Clause 45.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Restructure Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify old and inappropriate subdivisions which are to be restructured; and to preserve and enhance the amenity of the area and reduce the environmental impacts of dwellings and other development.
Clause 45.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Road Closure Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify a road that is closed by an amendment to this planning scheme.
Clause 44.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Special Building Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify land in urban areas liable to inundation by overland flows from the urban drainage system as determined by, or in consultation with, the floodplain management authority; to ensure that development maintains the free passage and temporary storage of floodwaters, minimises flood damage, is compatible with the flood hazard and local drainage conditions and will not cause any significant rise in flood level or flow velocity; and to protect water quality and waterways as natural resources by managing urban stormwater, protecting water supply catchment areas, and managing saline discharges to minimise the risks to the environmental quality of water and groundwater.
Clause 45.12 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Specific Controls Overlay) states its purposes as: to apply specific controls designed to achieve a particular land use and development outcome in extraordinary circumstances.
Clause 42.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Significant Landscape Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify significant landscapes; and to conserve and enhance the character of significant landscapes.
Clause 44.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Salinity Management Overlay) states its purposes as: to identify areas subject to saline ground water discharge or high ground water recharge; to facilitate the stabilisation of areas affected by salinity; to encourage revegetation of areas which contribute to salinity; to encourage development to be undertaken in a manner which brings about a reduction in salinity recharge; to ensure development is compatible with site capability and the retention of vegetation, and complies with the objectives of any salinity management plan for the area; and to prevent damage to buildings and infrastructure from saline discharge and high watertable.
Clause 44.07 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (State Resource Overlay) states its purposes as: to protect areas of mineral, stone and other resources, which have been identified as being of state significance, from use and development that would prejudice the current or future productive use of the resource.
Clause 37.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Special Use Zone) states its purposes as: to recognise or provide for the use and development of land for specific purposes as identified in a schedule to this zone.
Clause 36.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Transport Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for an integrated and sustainable transport system; to identify transport land use and land required for transport services and facilities; to provide for the use and development of land that complements, or is consistent with, the transport system or public land reservation; and to ensure the efficient and safe use of transport infrastructure and land comprising the transport system.
Clause 32.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Township Zone) states its purposes as: to provide for residential development and a range of commercial, industrial and other uses in small towns; to encourage development that is responsive to the neighbourhood character of the area; and to allow educational, recreational, religious, community and a limited range of other non-residential uses to serve local community needs in appropriate locations.
Clause 37.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Urban Floodway Zone) states its purposes as: to identify waterways, major floodpaths, drainage depressions and high hazard areas within urban areas which have the greatest risk and frequency of being affected by flooding; to ensure that any development maintains the free passage and temporary storage of floodwater, minimises flood damage and is compatible with flood hazard, local drainage conditions and the minimisation of soil erosion, sedimentation and silting; to reflect any declarations under Division 4 of Part 10 of the Water Act, 1989; and to protect water quality and waterways as natural resources by managing urban stormwater, protecting water supply catchment areas and managing saline discharges to minimise the risks to the environmental quality of water and groundwater.
Clause 37.07 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Urban Growth Zone) states its purposes as: to manage the transition of non-urban land into urban land in accordance with a precinct structure plan; to provide for a range of uses and the development of land generally in accordance with a precinct structure plan; to contain urban use and development to areas identified for urban development in a precinct structure plan; to provide for the continued non-urban use of the land until urban development in accordance with a precinct structure plan occurs; and to ensure that, before a precinct structure plan is applied, the use and development of land does not prejudice the future urban use and development of the land.
Clause 42.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions (Vegetation Protection Overlay) states its purposes as: to protect areas of significant vegetation; to ensure that development minimises loss of vegetation; to preserve existing trees and other vegetation; to recognise vegetation protection areas as locations of special significance, natural beauty, interest and importance; to maintain and enhance habitat and habitat corridors for indigenous fauna; and to encourage the regeneration of native vegetation.
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