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Why we plan

We plan for more homes and jobs to create inclusive, connected communities with diverse housing options where Victorians want to live.

We plan to preserve and protect land for farming, agriculture and open space: parks, reserves and other green public areas.

We plan to protect the natural values and resources we need for the future: things like energy, water, extractive resources and coastal and marine environments.

We plan so that as communities grow, residents will have the services and the infrastructure they need to live well.

We plan to give certainty and transparency to councils, businesses and communities.

We plan to provide a clear, stable and competitive environment to attract business investment and jobs.

We plan to protect and preserve the things Victorians love and value.

We plan to maximise opportunities for Victorians, improve health and wellbeing, and support cultural expression and social cohesion.

We plan to make the places Victorians live, work and visit functional, sustainable, inclusive, welcoming, empowering and enriching.

We plan to position Victoria as a global leader in liveability, equity and sustainability, ensuring a prosperous future for all Victorians.

It's time for a refreshed plan

It’s been more than 30 years since we had a plan for all of Victoria, and we need a plan that addresses our current and future issues and opportunities. We need a plan for all of Victoria: for Melbourne, our bigger and smaller regional cities and centres, and the many towns and small communities across regional and rural Victoria.

And we believe that the best plan for Victoria is a plan written by Victorians.

Throughout 2024, we asked Victorians to tell us what they love and value about where they live, and we asked Victorians to tell us their vision for what Victoria should look like through to 2050.

And they told us: our engagement activities reached more than 110,000 Victorians, and we received more than 15,000 items of feedback.

This is your Plan for Victoria.

Thank you to every single Victorian who contributed to this plan.

Shaping our future

Victoria is a very popular place to live and invest in Australia. This is not due to chance but to the opportunities created and choices made by the Victorian Government, councils, businesses and communities.

We continue to make major investments in public transport, facilities and services, including schools and kinders, TAFEs, emergency services, health care, active transport and open space. Victoria has world-class cultural and sporting offerings, beautiful waterways, pristine environments and bountiful natural resources.

To meet Victorians’ current and future housing needs, about 2.24 million more homes will be needed across Melbourne and our regional cities and towns over the next 30 years. And it matters where those new homes will be.

Activity centres close to stations and trams are great locations for more homes to give you more choices of the location, affordability and type of your home. They are also places to work, interact with others, shop and access daily needs. Building more homes in these places makes sense.

With updated planning controls, activity centres and priority precincts are key places to deliver more homes in the right locations and improve housing affordability and choice.

Major projects like the Suburban Rail Loop are essential for housing affordability and choice. This transformative project is not just a landmark transport infrastructure project that will greatly expand our transport network, increase connectivity, boost productivity, conserve energy and limit greenhouse gas emissions. Suburban Rail Loop is also Australia’s largest housing project to date. It will support the delivery of 70,000 additional homes and more housing choices in the Suburban Rail Loop East neighbourhoods, where Victorians want to live.

Victoria’s growth will produce greater demand for quarry materials, which are necessary for our construction needs. These must be sourced close to where they are needed to minimise transport costs and emissions and make what's built more affordable and sustainable.

We must identify and protect land for jobs to ensure a prosperous future for Victoria. By 2050, land for about 1.7 million extra jobs will be needed. To provide the jobs needed, businesses must have the certainty to invest in the right places: close to skilled and talented people, freight networks and supply chains. This means we must protect a pipeline of well-located land in the years ahead.

We’ll ensure all Victorians benefit from changes in the global economy. We’ll support regional and rural Victoria to lead the way in Victoria’s energy transition - benefiting from sustainable jobs - and prioritising access to affordable, reliable energy supply that underpins local businesses and communities. We will protect and enhance Victoria’s agribusiness, food and fibre, advanced manufacturing and critical mineral resources sectors. Melbourne will continue to be a diverse economic powerhouse for the state, building on its nation-leading strengths in professional services, health care, biomedical research, manufacturing and food and fibre manufacturing and services.

Continuing to build on Victoria’s global reputation for liveability will be key for all sectors to grow.

Page last updated: 28/02/25