Planning brief
Rezoning Hub
Melbourne
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Melbourne from the official register record: rezoning and amendment activity, development application volume and decision speed, and the planning-dispute history. Every figure below is computed directly from source records, never estimated.
- Rezonings tracked
- 421
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 0
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 93%
- of 416 recorded outcomes
- Median decision
- not on record
- lodgement to determination
Development activity
No development application register is published for this council yet. Development application coverage is live for NSW today and expanding; this section will populate once a register is on record for Melbourne.
Rezoning pipeline
Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted. Newest activity first.
| Proposal | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment C444melb (Melbourne) | Assessment | 14 July 2026 |
| Amendment C432melb (Melbourne) | Post-exhibition | 16 Sept 2024 |
| Amendment C417melb (Melbourne) | Post-exhibition | 6 Sept 2024 |
| Amendment C376melb (Melbourne) | Assessment | 15 Aug 2025 |
| Amendment C278melb (Melbourne) | Assessment | 10 June 2021 |
Gazetted per year
From gazettal dates in the register: full history, not observation-window data.
| Year | Gazetted |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 |
| 2025 | 17 |
| 2024 | 25 |
| 2023 | 21 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2019 | 19 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2017 | 15 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment C505melb (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 7 Oct 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment GC224 (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 5 Oct 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C503melb (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 5 Oct 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C479melb (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 21 Sept 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C490melb (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 9 Sept 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment GC240 (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 9 Sept 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C489melb (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 26 Aug 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C488melb (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 26 Aug 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C466melb (Melbourne) | Withdrawn | 25 Aug 2026 | SplitParent |
| Amendment C500melb (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 19 Aug 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment GC296 (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 17 Aug 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C493melb (Melbourne) | Approved / gazetted | 13 Aug 2026 | Approved |
Planning disputes
84 matters naming Melbourne on record across the planning and environment courts and tribunals. Where the judgment has been read, the outcomes break down by prevailing party as Applicant 22, Council 14, Mixed 2 (across 38 enriched matters).
Matters are matched on council name. We link to the public judgment and never reproduce its text. Outcomes shown where the judgment has been read and structured.
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 421 records held for Melbourne. Figures are computed directly from source records, never estimated, and gaps are shown as gaps.
- act-da-finder
- fetched 26 Oct 2026
- digest
- fetched 24 Oct 2026
- nsw-caselaw
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
- nsw-online-da
- fetched 26 Oct 2026
- NSW Planning Portal (PPR)
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
- qld-developmenti
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
- VIC Amendments Online
- fetched 25 Oct 2026
- vic-melbourne-da
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
Data © state planning departments, licensed CC BY 4.0. Prepared by Rezoning Hub, rezoninghub.com.