In short
Short answer: the Infrastructure Contributions Overlay (ICO) is a Victorian planning overlay set out in clause 45.11 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 the area where an infrastructure contributions plan applies for the purpose of imposing contributions for the provision of infrastructure”. (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): An infrastructure contributions plan applies to new development.
Check whether the Infrastructure Contributions 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 45.11 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. (Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria), verified 27 Sep 2026)
Ask your conveyancer: Is any infrastructure contribution owing or already paid for this land?
Shown on planning scheme maps as ICO.
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.
67,019 land parcels and 94,018 addresses in the sample so far.
Councils with the most coverage
- Melton (19813 lots)
- Monash (10322 lots)
- Casey (8127 lots)
- Hume (7567 lots)
- Whittlesea (6695 lots)
- Whitehorse (5104 lots)
Suburbs with the highest share
- Notting Hill — 100% of addresses checked (2158)
- Deanside — 98% of addresses checked (3889)
- Clayton — 90% of addresses checked (11216)
- Box Hill — 85% of addresses checked (10942)
- Donnybrook — 77% of addresses checked (6740)