Planning Guides & Developer Insights

Understand the Knox City Council planning permit approval pathway, including 2025–26 Victorian planning reforms, residential zones, overlays, and VicSmart streams....

Understand Melbourne's updated ResCode overshadowing standards under Clause 55 and Amendment VC267. Learn compliance strategies for Eastern Suburbs developments, shadow...

Amendment VC148 restructured Victoria's planning system in 2018 and continues to underpin every planning permit application today. This article explains...

Victoria's 2025–2026 EPA reforms require pre-application environmental consultation before lodging a planning permit. Learn which Melbourne eastern suburbs projects are...

Amendment VC154 extended stormwater management obligations to townhouses, commercial and industrial developments across Victoria. Learn which projects are affected, what...

Amendment VC165 streamlined planning permit approvals for non-government schools in Victoria — and its logic now underpins major reforms affecting...

Amendment VC267, the all-electric mandate, and council ESD policies are reshaping solar compliance budgets for Melbourne apartment developments. This guide...

Amendment VC280 introduced the Great Design Fast Track (Clause 53.25) into all Victorian planning schemes on 7 April 2025. Learn...

Amendment VC277 replaces Victoria's blanket parking minimums with a PTAL-based four-category system, effective 18 December 2025. Learn how the new...