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- Frankston
- Zones sampled
- R1Z (14 of 21 sites), SUZ1 (2)
- Overlays sampled
- SBO (9 of 21 sites)
- Typical permit pathway
- Standard Permit
Zone and overlay figures are counts across 21 sample points inside the suburb boundary, from Victorian Government planning data. They indicate what is common locally, not what applies to any particular site.
Frankston Planning FAQs
What planning zone applies in Frankston?
General Residential Zone (R1Z) was the most common zone across our sample of Frankston, at 14 of 21 points inside the suburb boundary. Other zones present include SUZ1, PCRZ, ACZ1. Your own site's zone is what governs it — check the title or run a site screen before relying on the local pattern.
What permit pathway applies to development in Frankston?
Standard Permit was indicated at 11 of 21 sampled points in Frankston, based on the zone and overlays at each. Frankston is the responsible authority. The pathway for a specific site depends on what is proposed and how many lots are involved.
Most of Frankston we sampled sits in the General Residential Zone (R1Z at 14 of 21 sites), so that zone's garden area and site coverage standards set the realistic yield before anything else does. We test that envelope first, because it decides whether a site is worth pursuing.
— On developing in Frankston
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