The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C269yara to the Yarra Planning Scheme.

On the 19 December 2023 the Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C269yara to the Yarra Planning Scheme.

The Amendment came into operation when notice of its approval was published in the Victorian Government Gazette on 21 December 2023.

Approved Amendment Documentation

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We have updated the local policies in our planning scheme to improve the framework we use to make planning decisions.

The Planning Policy Framework provides municipal directions for land use, built form, housing and assists to integrate decision making with transport and environmental matters.

This update to the Yarra planning scheme ensures our policies reflect the needs of our growing and evolving city.

Amendment C269 updates some of the existing policies and introduces new ones. Some of these changes are simply adapting existing policy to the new format.

Extensive community feedback was used to develop Amendment C269. This was collected through a number of projects, beginning with our Liveable Yarra community panel in 2015. Find out who we talked to and what we heard.

Additionally, the State Government Departments have been consulted and involved in the translation of the planning scheme and the proposed changes.