In short
Short answer: the State Resource Overlay (SRO) is a Victorian planning overlay set out in clause 44.07 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 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”. (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): Protects a nearby mineral or stone resource from incompatible development.
Check whether the State Resource 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 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. (Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria), verified 27 Sep 2026)
Ask your conveyancer: What resource is protected and how close is it?
Shown on planning scheme maps as SRO.
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.
1,130 land parcels and 1,255 addresses in the sample so far.
Councils with the most coverage
- Latrobe (560 lots)
- Wellington (253 lots)
- Cardinia (110 lots)
- Baw Baw (76 lots)
- Wyndham (74 lots)
- South Gippsland (53 lots)
Suburbs with the highest share
- Yinnar South — 48% of addresses checked (157)
- Gormandale — 35% of addresses checked (70)
- Hazelwood North — 29% of addresses checked (205)