Planning Scheme Amendment VC222 is a State-wide amendment which affects all of Victoria’s planning scheme. The Amendment was gazetted on 29 September 2022 and introduces new provisions which:
- Amend State-level planning policy at Clause 19.02-2S Education Facilities by adding the strategy to:
Co-locate a kindergarten facility with all new Victorian Government primary schools.
- Amend Clause 52.30, State Projects, by providing exemptions for planning permit requirements for projects which support the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
This latter amendment includes an additional purpose:
To prioritise the planning and assessment of those state projects to support the 2026 Commonwealth Games, including projects that are intended to benefit Victoria after the Games have concluded.
It also broadens the exemptions from planning permit requirements and allows otherwise prohibited provisions for State projects which will support:
- the 2026 Commonwealth Games; or
- the reuse or redevelopment of a 2026 Commonwealth Games development after the Games have concluded;
The exemptions do not apply to some subdivision of green wedge land and development for which an environmental effects statement has been or is required to be prepared, but does exempt use or development by the Director of Housing for:
- the use or development of accommodation required for the 2026 Commonwealth Games; or
- the use or redevelopment of a 2026 Commonwealth Games development for accommodation.
Such projects require plans and written assessments to be submitted to the Minister for Planning before commencement, including for native vegetation requirements.
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