Ministerial Directions
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When deemed appropriate, the Minister for Planning issues directions to planning authorities about the preparation of planning schemes and amendments to planning schemes.
Complying with Ministerial directions
Planning authorities must comply with the Ministerial Direction on the Form and Content of Planning Schemes, issued under Section 7(5) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The direction applies to the form and content of all planning schemes and any amendments to those planning schemes and should be read in conjunction with the Victoria Planning Provisions.
Planning authorities also must have regard under Section 12(2)(a) and Section 46M, to any other Ministerial direction when preparing a planning scheme or an amendment to a planning scheme.
Current directions
The set of current Ministerial directions under Sections 7(5), 12(2)(a) and 46M of the Planning and Environment Act may be viewed by selecting the titles below.
Section 7(5) direction
Form and content of planning schemes
s7(5) Direction (PDF - 951 KB)
Section 12(2)(a) directions
Direction No.1 Potentially Contaminated Land
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 1 (PDF - 18 KB)
Direction No.6 Rural Residential Development
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 6 (PDF - 53 KB)
Direction No. 9 Metropolitan Strategy
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 9 (PDF - 105 KB)
Direction No. 11 Strategic Assessment of Amendments
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 11 (PDF - 99 KB)
Direction No. 12 Urban Growth Areas
s 12(2)(a) Direction No. 12 (PDF - 20 KB)
Direction No. 13 Managing coastal hazards and the coastal impacts of climate change
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 13 (PDF - 22 KB)
Section 46M direction
Development Contributions Plans
s46M(1) Direction (PDF - 19 KB)
Revoked directions
Direction No.2 Werribee Growth Area Plan
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 2 (PDF - 8 KB)
Direction No.3 South-eastern Growth Area Plan
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 3 (PDF - 8 KB)
Direction No.4 Port Phillip Plan
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 4 (PDF - 10 KB)
Direction No. 5 Gippsland Lakes Strategy
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 5 (PDF - 6 KB)
Direction No.6A Rural Residential Development
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 6A (PDF - 4 KB)
Direction No.7 Plenty Valley Growth Area
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 7 (PDF - 8 KB)
Direction No.8 Local Variations to Techniques of the Good Design Guide for Medium-Density Housing Revision No. 2, April 1998
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 8 (PDF - 63 KB)
Direction No. 10 Urban Growth Boundary (see planning Practice Notes)
s12(2)(a) Direction No. 10 (PDF - 57 KB)
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