Get information about your planning scheme
Planning schemes set out policies and provisions for the use and development of land for an area. Each local council area in Victoria, and some special planning areas, is covered by a planning scheme. There are two ways to access information about your planning scheme: at your local council or online.
There is a range of online services that provide access to Victorian planning scheme information:
Planning Schemes Online
Access to planning scheme maps and provisions for all of Victoria's planning schemes in PDF format, updated weekly to include amendments that have been approved and published in the Government Gazette.
Planning Maps Online
An interactive map service that allows you to:
- search planning scheme maps using a property address, Melway reference or lot and plan number
- view planning zones and overlays
- use simple tools to move around and view planning scheme maps at whatever scale you wish
- turn zone and overlay layers on and off to customise your view of each planning scheme
- prepare and print a customised PDF report
- access information about properties listed on the Victorian Heritage Register
- view aerial imagery for the Melbourne metropolitan area
- view historical maps for the 1954, 1959 and 1968 Melbourne planning schemes
Planning Property Report
A free property-based report which can be viewed as a PDF and includes:
- property address and lot and plan number
- council name and property number
- Melway reference
- a list of zones and overlays applicable to the selected property linked to the relevant planning scheme zone and overlay provisions
- zoning and overlay maps
- separate maps for each overlay affecting a property
- Victorian Heritage Register information with links to the Victorian Heritage Database
Get a Planning Property Report
PlanningVIC: Planning Property Report Mobile App
A mobile application for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch which provides easy access to planning scheme information for any property in Victoria.
The app provides the same PDF report available through the Planning Property Report service with the advantage of mobile access.
Planning Certificates
Official statements of the planning controls that apply to a property.
More information about Planning Certificates and how to order
Planning Scheme Amendments
View current and recently approved amendments to planning schemes.More information about using Planning Scheme Amendments Online or go directly to Amendments Online
Amendments on Exhibition
View all planning scheme amendment documents currently available for inspection.
Victoria Planning Provisions (VPP) Online
View all the standard provisions that form the framework for Victoria's planning schemes.
More information about the Victoria Planning Provisions or go directly to the VPP Online
Local policies in planning schemes
Access a complete list of the local policies incorporated into Victoria's planning schemes
Planning Scheme Histories
Search a comprehensive index of all 'new format' planning schemes since 1997 or view older planning scheme records at the Public Record Office Victoria.
Free access to historical planning information
Zoning definition plans
A free service for preparing planning zoning definition plans.