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Activity centres range in size, from local neighbourhood shopping strips to major centres with a mix of education, health and retail opportunities.
Expanding the activity centre program
25 new activity centres near train stations or trams have been added to the pilot program currently underway. This will support new homes to be built in areas with good existing transport capacity and leverage new capacity created through Victoria’s Big Build investment in the Level Crossing Removal Program and the Melbourne Metro Tunnel project opening next year.
New planning controls
The program will introduce new planning controls from next year in or around these train lines.
The future Sunbury to Cranbourne-Pakenham line using the Metro Tunnel
- Carnegie Station, Murrumbeena Station, Hughesdale Station, Oakleigh Station
- Middle Footscray Station, West Footscray Station, Tottenham Station
Belgrave/Lilydale Line
- Hawthorn Station, Glenferrie Station, Auburn Station
- Blackburn Station, Nunawading Station, Mitcham Station
Frankston Line
- Toorak Village (58 tram), Toorak Station, Hawksburn Station, Armadale Station, Malvern Station
Sandringham Line
- North Brighton Station, Middle Brighton Station, Hampton Station, Sandringham Station
Glen Waverly Line
- Tooronga Station, Gardiner Station& Glen Iris Station (combined), Darling Station
- Activity centre program locations
Activity centre program locations
Activity centres are great locations for new homes
As part of the Housing Statement, we are already working with the Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) to deliver more homes close to services, jobs, and transport in 10 activity centres across Melbourne.
Working with local councils and community, the 10 pilot activity centres will enable the delivery of an estimated 60,000 homes through a review of building heights and design requirements, and changes to existing rules to support appropriate development.
The program is one way the Victorian Government is working to deliver more homes in the right locations to improve housing affordability and increasing housing choice.
Where are the activity centres with planning underway?
The following 10 activity centres have been identified in metropolitan Melbourne where State-led planning controls will be implemented to deliver more homes and increase housing choice:
Why is this program important?
Activity centres are great locations for more housing. But they are so much more. Activity centres are places to work, they are places for social interaction, and they are ideal places to shop and access your essential daily needs.
The program will seek to enliven activity centres and make sure they live up to their potential.
We will do this by:
- creating clearer rules about the types of new development and urban design outcomes we need.
- guiding investment in the things a growing community needs like improved streets, parks and community infrastructure.
- providing increased certainty to the community and activity centres about what kind of infrastructure and new development to expect.
- developing models for clearer and simpler planning rules which can be replicated in other centres.
That’s why they are an important part of our plan to build 800,000 over the next decade. Making sure they contribute to this goal is a matter of state importance.
The program also plays an important role in developing a longer-term initiative from the Housing Statement –a new plan for Victoria, that sets a state-wide vision to 2050, which will cover housing affordability and choice, liveability, sustainability, caring for Country, and equity and jobs.
What are the next steps?
By the end of 2024, the program aims to deliver updated planning controls for the 10 pilot activity centres identified in the Housing Statement.
For further information on each of the 10 activity centres, please visit the VPA website.
Page last updated: 29/10/24