VIC register name: MELBOURNE Briefing (PDF)

How long does rezoning take in Melbourne?

Every figure below is computed from the official register records for this council. Counts and gazettal years come from full register history; pipeline duration only from what we have directly observed.

Amendments tracked
421
full register history
Active last 12 months
24
by latest status date
Approval rate
93%
of 416 recorded outcomes
Observed pipeline duration
—
still building (1 of 5 cases observed)

Gazetted per year

From gazettal dates in the register: full history, not observation-window data.

YearGazetted
202620
202517
202425
202321
202211
202117
202012
201919
201816
201715

Recent amendments

AmendmentStageStatus dateGazettalOutcome
Amendment C505melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026Approved
Amendment GC224 (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted5 Oct 20265 Oct 2026Approved
Amendment C503melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted5 Oct 20265 Oct 2026Approved
Amendment C479melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted21 Sept 202621 Sept 2026Approved
Amendment C490melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted9 Sept 20269 Sept 2026Approved
Amendment GC240 (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted9 Sept 20269 Sept 2026Approved
Amendment C489melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted26 Aug 202626 Aug 2026Approved
Amendment C488melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted26 Aug 202626 Aug 2026Approved
Amendment C466melb (Melbourne)Withdrawn25 Aug 2026·SplitParent
Amendment C500melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted19 Aug 202619 Aug 2026Approved
Amendment GC296 (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted17 Aug 202617 Aug 2026Approved
Amendment C493melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted13 Aug 202613 Aug 2026Approved
Amendment C496melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026Approved
Amendment C497melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026Approved
Amendment C492melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Approved
Amendment C502melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026Approved
Amendment C494melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted30 July 202630 July 2026Approved
Amendment C444melb (Melbourne)Assessment14 July 2026··
Amendment GC287 (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted18 June 202618 June 2026Approved
Amendment C447melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted1 Apr 20261 Apr 2026ApprovedWithChanges
Amendment GC243 (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026Approved
Amendment VC251 (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted18 Feb 202618 Feb 2026Approved
Amendment C426melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted21 Dec 202521 Dec 2025ApprovedWithChanges
Amendment C486melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted21 Dec 202521 Dec 2025Approved
Amendment C483melb (Melbourne)Approved / gazetted17 Oct 202517 Oct 2025Approved

Planning disputes

Planning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Melbourne. Sort any column, filter by keyword, and click a matter to open the full public judgment. Decisions from the last 12 months.

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How these numbers are computed

  • Volume and gazettals per year count register records directly, full history from the source register.
  • Approval rate is recorded outcomes beginning “Approved” over all recorded outcomes. Cases still in flight have no outcome and are excluded.
  • Observed pipeline duration is the median days between our first and last stage observation for cases we watched move into approved/gazetted: an observed duration accruing since 12 June 2026, not lodgement-to-gazettal elapsed time, which the registers' list data cannot support. Medians are suppressed below 5 observed cases rather than reported on thin samples.

Computed from 421 records from act-da-finder / digest / nsw-caselaw / nsw-online-da / NSW Planning Portal (PPR) / qld-developmenti / VIC Amendments Online / vic-melbourne-da, fetched 27 Oct 2026; data © state planning departments, licensed CC BY 4.0.

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