Government Update

A December 2025 parliamentary inquiry has recommended a pause on Melbourne's 44 public housing tower demolitions. Learn what this means...

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

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

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

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

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

Victoria's Stage 2 General Act planning reforms streamline permit approvals across Melbourne's Eastern Suburbs. Learn how revised referral, notice, and...

Ministerial Direction No. 15 sets mandatory timeframes for every stage of Victoria's planning scheme amendment process. Learn how MD15 works...

Victoria's 2025 solar reforms — Amendment VC267, NCC 2025, and Standards B5-2 and B5-3 — have changed design and compliance...

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