Every property in Victoria is governed by a planning scheme (Victorian Planning Provisions). ZoneDSS resolves it for any address — zone, height, overlays, constraints, approval likelihood — and aggregates the picture by suburb and council.
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Each council writes its own LEP and DCP. Click through to see every suburb in that council and the planning rules that apply.
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Victoria planning system
Every property in Victoria is governed by three layers of planning controls that must be read together. ZoneDSS resolves the lot.
The statewide template every planning scheme is built from — the standard zones (GRZ, NRZ, RGZ, C1Z, …), overlays, and particular provisions used consistently across Victoria.
Authority: Minister for Planning, under the Planning and Environment Act 1987.
Each of Victoria's 84 councils applies the VPP zones with local schedules — setting height, minimum subdivision, garden area, and which overlays apply where.
Authority: council, as planning authority.
Heritage (HO), flood (LSIO), bushfire (BMO), design (DDO) and environmental overlays sit on top of the zone, while ResCode (Clauses 54–55) governs residential design.
Authority: VPP overlays + ResCode standards.
All three resolved for any address.
Every control that applies to the lot — zone, overlays, and design rules — extracted, scored, and cited to source. No more reading multiple documents in multiple browser tabs.
FAQs
Every property in Victoria is governed by a planning scheme (Victorian Planning Provisions), which sets the zone, building height, overlays, and permitted uses for each lot. ZoneDSS resolves the Victorian Planning Provisions (VPP) for any address and aggregates the picture by suburb and council here.
Every Victoria property has a zone set by its planning scheme. You can check the official Vicplan map (https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/vicplan/), or generate a ZoneDSS planning report for the address — which returns the zone plus the development controls, overlays, and constraints that apply, cited to source.
ZoneDSS aggregates data for Victoria from Victorian Planning Provisions & planning schemes, Victorian Building Authority / building permit activity, Victoria in Future, ABS Census 2021. Every figure on every suburb page is computed from authoritative sources and cited.
Suburb and council stats are useful for context. For a buy-or-walk decision on a specific lot, you need every control, every constraint, and every clause cited to source.
Run a report — from A$2914-section report · planning scheme + overlays cross-referenced · cited to source
Suburb- and LGA-level totals aggregated from Victoria lot-level cadastre and planning data. Sources: Victorian Planning Provisions & planning schemes, Victorian Building Authority / building permit activity, Victoria in Future, ABS Census 2021, and ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-06-08.
These are state and council-level summaries — your specific lot may vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →