Victoria Commercial & centres

What is B1Z zoning in Victoria?

B1Z in Victoria is the COMMERCIAL 1 ZONE zone. It is a commercial & centres zone under the state planning scheme. In plain terms: shops, offices and the hierarchy of local to capital-city centres.

What can you build on B1Z?

B1Z is a commercial & centres zone, so it broadly supports commercial & centres land uses. The exact permitted, permissible and prohibited uses — and the development standards (height, floor space, lot size) — are set by the local environmental plan or planning scheme that applies to the parcel, and they vary council by council. Always confirm the controls against the current instrument before relying on them.

B1Z equivalents in other states

Every Australian jurisdiction writes its own zoning vocabulary, so the same planning intent wears a different code over each border. Victoria B1Z sits in the commercial, business and centres family; these are the closest codes elsewhere.

New South Wales
B1B2B3B5B6B7B8E1E2
Queensland (Brisbane)
PCMCDCNCSCTAT
South Australia
CCBNLACSACTACUACSBCR
Western Australia
CommercialCity centreTown centreDistrict centreLocal centreBusiness
Tasmania
14151617
Australian Capital Territory
CZ1CZ2CZ3CZ4CZ6

See the full cross-state mapping, family by family, on the zone equivalence page.

Zone names and codes © state planning departments, from the official published zoning schemes, licensed CC BY 4.0. Permitted-use and development-standard detail is governed by the applicable local planning instrument; this page is a general guide, not planning advice.

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