planning regulation

Navigate Manningham Council planning permits with confidence. Understand zone controls, setback requirements, approval timeframes, and what planning officers prioritise for...

Complete guide to Doncaster's planning zones, overlays, and development controls. Understand ACZ1, GRZ3, DDO6 requirements, contribution levies, and Manningham Council's...

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 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...

Updated guide to Rowville development under the Knox Planning Scheme, covering zoning, the Townhouse and Low-Rise Code, planning permit pathways,...

Compare planning permit timelines across Melbourne's six Eastern Suburbs councils — Boroondara, Monash, Whitehorse, Manningham, Knox and Maroondah. Understand zone...

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

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