Planning · Victoria
Victorian planning zones & overlays, explained
What each of the 62 zone and overlay families in the Victoria Planning Provisions actually means for a buyer, sourced to its clause, then check which ones apply to one specific address below.
In short
Short answer: every Victorian lot has one planning zone, which sets the main purpose of the land and what can be built on it, and may carry one or more overlays, which add controls for a single issue such as heritage, flood or bushfire whatever the zone. Both come from the Victoria Planning Provisions and are applied through each council's planning scheme. Address Check shows which apply to one address.
Zones
Residential zones (7)
- General Residential ZoneGRZ/R1Z/R2ZClause 32.08 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZClause 32.10 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZClause 32.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Mixed Use ZoneMUZClause 32.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZClause 32.09 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Residential Growth ZoneRGZClause 32.07 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Township ZoneTZClause 32.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
Commercial and mixed-use zones (3)
Industrial zones (3)
Rural and green wedge zones (6)
- Farming ZoneFZClause 35.07 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Green Wedge A ZoneGWAZClause 35.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Green Wedge ZoneGWZClause 35.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Rural Activity ZoneRAZClause 35.08 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Rural Conservation ZoneRCZClause 35.06 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Rural Living ZoneRLZClause 35.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
Public land zones (4)
- Public Conservation and Resource ZonePCRZClause 36.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Public Park and Recreation ZonePPRZClause 36.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Public Use ZonePUZClause 36.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Transport ZoneTRZClause 36.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
Special purpose zones (10)
- Activity Centre ZoneACZClause 37.08 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Capital City ZoneCCZClause 37.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZClause 37.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Docklands ZoneDZClause 37.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Port ZonePZClause 37.09 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Precinct ZonePRZClause 37.10 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Priority Development ZonePDZClause 37.06 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Special Use ZoneSUZClause 37.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Urban Floodway ZoneUFZClause 37.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Urban Growth ZoneUGZClause 37.07 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
Overlays
Flood (3)
Public acquisition (1)
Built form and development (5)
- Built Form OverlayBFOClause 43.06 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Design and Development OverlayDDOClause 43.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Development Plan OverlayDPOClause 43.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Incorporated Plan OverlayIPOClause 43.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Neighbourhood Character OverlayNCOClause 43.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
Environment and landscape (5)
- Environmental Significance OverlayESOClause 42.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Erosion Management OverlayEMOClause 44.01 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Salinity Management OverlaySMOClause 44.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Significant Landscape OverlaySLOClause 42.03 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Vegetation Protection OverlayVPOClause 42.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
Other overlays (12)
- Airport Environs OverlayAEOClause 45.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Buffer Area OverlayBAOClause 44.08 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- City Link Project OverlayCLPOClause 45.07 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Development Contributions Plan OverlayDCPOClause 45.06 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Infrastructure Contributions OverlayICOClause 45.11 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Infrastructure Contributions Plan OverlayICPOClause 45.10 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Melbourne Airport Environs OverlayMAEOClause 45.08 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Parking OverlayPOClause 45.09 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Restructure OverlayROClause 45.05 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Road Closure OverlayRXOClause 45.04 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- Specific Controls OverlaySCOClause 45.12 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
- State Resource OverlaySROClause 44.07 of the Victoria Planning Provisions
Nothing matches. Try a code such as HO or GRZ, or check an address.
Purpose statements are sourced from the Victoria Planning Provisions via Delora's knowledge base. Buyer notes and conveyancer questions are Delora editorial, not legal advice. Address Check applies these to one parcel at a time.