In short
Short answer: the Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ) is a Victorian planning zone set out in clause 35.05 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 provide for the use of land for agriculture”. (Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria), verified 27 Sep 2026)
A zone sets the main purpose of the land and what can be built on it; every Victorian lot has one.
What it typically means for a buyer (Delora editorial, not legal advice): A green wedge zone that allows some rural living on smaller lots than the Green Wedge Zone.
Check whether the Green Wedge A Zone 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 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. (Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria), verified 27 Sep 2026)
Ask your conveyancer: Which schedule applies to this land, and what does it require?
Shown on planning scheme maps as GWAZ.
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.
12,213 land parcels and 13,072 addresses in the sample so far.
Councils with the most coverage
- Yarra Ranges (8898 lots)
- Cardinia (1204 lots)
- Casey (1010 lots)
- Whittlesea (438 lots)
- Hume (364 lots)
- Greater Dandenong (98 lots)
Suburbs with the highest share
- Mount Dandenong — 98% of addresses checked (615)
- Ferny Creek — 95% of addresses checked (630)
- Sherbrooke — 91% of addresses checked (130)
- Kalorama — 90% of addresses checked (624)
- Sassafras — 84% of addresses checked (433)
- Badger Creek — 81% of addresses checked (549)