Updated and revised, the third edition of Statutory Planning in Victoria provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the planning regime in Victoria.

Containing considerably more detail than earlier editions on the processes of planning scheme amendment, the consideration and determination of planning permit applications, and review of decisions on those applications by VCAT (the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal), it also includes up-to-date information about:

• amendments to the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and related legislation and regulations, including the Planning and Environment (Development Contributions) Act 2004 and the Planning and Environment (General Amendment) Act 2004
• ResCode and its application to subdivision, the development of one dwelling on a lot, and development of medium density housing proposals
• Melbourne 2030 - the Victorian Government's planning strategy for the metropolitan area, the metropolitan growth boundary and the green wedge zones
• key decisions of the Supreme Court and VCAT since 1999

Written in accessible language, the third edition of Statutory Planning in Victoria continues to be an outstanding text and reference work.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes

CHAPTER 1: Statutory Planning in Context
CHAPTER 2: The Victorian Planning System
CHAPTER 3: Planning Schemes
CHAPTER 4: The Amendment of Schemes
CHAPTER 5: Planning Permits
CHAPTER 6: VCAT and Planning Reviews
CHAPTER 7: Planning Enforcement
CHAPTER 8: Heritage Conservation and Statutory Planning
CHAPTER 9: Compensation
CHAPTER 10: The Planning System: Retrospect and prospect

Further Reading
Index

"Occasionally I am asked by those interested in understanding Victoria’s statutory planning system: 'Where is the best place to start?' For this purpose legislation can be intimidating, planning schemes can be confusing and commentaries can be selective. What is needed for this purpose is a comprehensive and readable work, which covers the whole system. This is such a work."

-- Judge Stuart Morris QC, President Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, From the Foreword to the 2nd edition, June 2005