In short
Short answer: the Development Contributions Plan Overlay (DCPO) is a Victorian planning overlay set out in clause 45.06 of the Victoria Planning Provisions and applied to land through each council's planning scheme. In the clause's own words, its first purpose is: “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”. (Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria), verified 27 Sep 2026)
An overlay sits on top of the land's zone and adds controls for one issue, whatever the zone is; a lot can carry several.
What it typically means for a buyer (Delora editorial, not legal advice): A development contributions plan applies, so new development typically pays a levy toward local infrastructure.
Check whether the Development Contributions Plan Overlay applies to an address with Address Check. For a decision on a specific property, the official record is a Planning Property Report from VicPlan, and the council's schedule sets the local detail.
What the clause says
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. (Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria), verified 27 Sep 2026)
Ask your conveyancer: Is any development contribution owing or already paid for this land?
Shown on planning scheme maps as DCPO.
How much of Victoria this covers
From the 2899 sample suburbs Address Check's export has processed so far — a lower bound, not a statewide total, until the export runs statewide.
897,695 land parcels and 1,198,224 addresses in the sample so far.
Councils with the most coverage
- Brimbank (81713 lots)
- Whittlesea (76986 lots)
- Whitehorse (70659 lots)
- Merri-bek (69207 lots)
- Darebin (63525 lots)
- Banyule (55519 lots)
Suburbs with the highest share
- Bellfield (banyule - Vic.) — 100% of addresses checked (1223)
- Drouin West — 100% of addresses checked (174)
- Ellinbank — 100% of addresses checked (113)
- Gowanbrae — 100% of addresses checked (1199)