The proposed change will specify that a planning permit is required for a ‘minor sports and recreation facility’ in the CCZ5.

This change will formalise Council’s existing approach to considering minor sports and recreation proposals under this zone.

In the Melbourne Planning Scheme, schedules to the Capital City Zone, Docklands Zone and Comprehensive Development Zone include a requirement that some types of minor works must be done to ‘council’s satisfaction’ even though a planning permit is not required. This is often referred to as ‘Town planning satisfaction’ (TPS). A TPS assessment requires the submission of plans, associated documentation and an application fee.

The amendment proposes to remove this requirement for minor works, such as shop front alterations and instalment of building services (e.g., pipes, flues, ducts).

A planning permit may still be required by another planning control such as a Heritage Overlay, in which case a full assessment can be undertaken according to the requirements of that overlay.

In the Melbourne Planning Scheme, schedules to the Capital City Zone, Docklands Zone and Comprehensive Development specify that a planning permit is not required for a ‘window display’. The amendment proposes to delete this permit exemption.

The term ‘window display’ is not a defined term in the planning scheme. It is outdated terminology which is inconsistent with the operation and interpretation of signage provisions in a contemporary Planning Scheme.

This proposed change will rezone this Council-owned land to reflect its public ownership and its intended purpose as future public open space. The proposed zone will support the development and ongoing management of this public open space.

The changes resolve errors and inaccuracies in the description and mapping of several heritage places and one significant tree. The amendment does not introduce new Heritage Overlays or Environmental Significance Overlays; it fixes inaccuracies relating to sites that have previously been listed in the Melbourne Planning Scheme through earlier planning scheme amendments.

Corrections of inaccurate mapping of the Heritage Overlay affect the sites listed below.

Deletion of incorrect mapping

• 15-21 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne (HO668) (note – HO507 Little Bourke Street Precinct also applies to this site)
• 127-133 Leicester Street, Carlton (HO63)
• 504 Spencer Street, Melbourne (HO788)
• 452-456 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (HO719)

Application of correct mapping

• 11 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne (HO668)
• Part of 607-619 Bourke Street, Melbourne (HO512)
• Part of 266-272 Exhibition Street, Melbourne (HO633)
• 25-29 Wills Street, Melbourne (HO759)
• University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus – Cricket Pavilion & Scoreboard (HO333)
• Part of 37-43 Gower Street, Kensington (HO234)
• 119-125 Leicester Street, Carlton (HO63)
• 502 Spencer Street, Melbourne (HO788)
• Part of 64-78 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (HO711)
• 472-474 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (HO719)
• 415-417 Collins Street, Melbourne (HO608)

Corrections to the description of heritage places in the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay or the Heritage Inventory affect the sites below.

• 415-417 Collins Street, Melbourne (HO608)
• 11-13 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne (HO668)
• 37-43 Gower Street, Kensington (HO234)
• University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus – Cricket Pavilion & Scoreboard (HO333)
• 607-619 Bourke Street, Melbourne (HO512)

Corrections to inaccurate mapping of the Schedule to the Environmental Significance Overlay (ESO2), and the tree description in the Schedule, applies to 607-619 Bourke Street, Melbourne.

Corrections to mapping in Schedule 1 to the Design and Development Overlay

The amendment proposes to correct a map within Schedule 1 to the Design and Development Overlay (DDO1) to ensure that it includes the site at 135-149 Kings Way, Southbank. The site is already affected by the Design and Development Overlay Schedule 1. The proposed change will ensure that the relevant requirements of the schedule are applied in the assessment of any future planning permit application.

• Amend Schedules 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 to Clause 37.04 Capital City Zone (CCZ1, CCZ2, CCZ3, CCZ6 and CCZ7) by revising and deleting permit exemptions relating to minor works and building entranceways, and improving clarity of permit exemptions for advertising signs.
• Amend Schedule 2 to Clause 37.02 Comprehensive Development Zone (CDZ2), by revising and deleting permit exemptions relating to minor works, shopfront windows and building entranceways, and improving clarity of permit exemptions for advertising signs.
• Amend Schedule 5 to Clause 37.04 Capital City Zone (CCZ5) to improve clarity in the drafting of permit exemptions relating to advertising signs and by deleting ‘Minor sports and recreation facility’ from Section 2 of the Table of uses.
• Amend Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 to Clause 37.05 Docklands Zone (DZ1, DZ2, DZ3, DZ4, DZ5 and DZ6) by revising and deleting permit exemptions relating to minor works and building entranceways, and improving clarity of permit exemptions for advertising signs,
• Amend Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 to Clause 37.05 Docklands Zone (DZ1, DZ2, DZ3, DZ4, DZ5, DZ6 and DZ7) to improve clarity in the drafting of permit exemptions relating to advertising signs.
• Amend Schedule 2 to Clause 42.01 Environmental Significance Overlay (ESO2) to align a tree description with the address of the tree in the City of Melbourne’s Exceptional Tree Register 2019.
• Amend the Schedule to Clause 43.01 Heritage Overlay (HO) by correcting errors in property addresses and descriptions in the ‘Heritage place’ column for HO234, HO333, HO512, HO608, and HO668.
• Amend Schedule 1 to Clause 43.02 Design and Development Overlay (DDO1) to ensure Map 1 in Schedule Section 6.0 Decision guidelines includes all of 135-149 Kings Way, Southbank.

• Amend Planning Scheme Map 4 to rezone the land at 70-90 Chelmsford Street Kensington from Mixed Use Zone (MUZ) to Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
• Amend Planning Scheme Map No. 8ESO to correctly apply mapping to a significant tree at 607-619 Bourke Street, Melbourne, which is listed in Schedule 2 to the Environmental Significance Overlay Schedule 2 (ESO2).
• Amend Melbourne Planning Scheme Map Nos. 4HO, 5HO, 8HO and 8HO2 to correct mapping anomalies by deleting incorrect Heritage Overlay mapping and applying it to the correct places listed in the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay, affecting the following properties:

Deletion of incorrect mapping

• 15-21 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne (HO668)
• 127-133 Leicester Street, Carlton (HO63)
• 504 Spencer Street, Melbourne (HO788)
• 452-456 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (HO719)

Application of correct mapping

• 11 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne (HO668)
• Part of 607-619 Bourke Street, Melbourne (HO512)
• Part of 266-272 Exhibition Street, Melbourne (HO633)
• 25-29 Wills Street, Melbourne (HO759)
• University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus – Cricket Pavilion & Scoreboard (HO333)
• Part of 37-43 Gower Street, Kensington (HO234)
• 119-125 Leicester Street, Carlton (HO63)
• 502 Spencer Street, Melbourne (HO788)
• Part of 64-78 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (HO711)
• 472-474 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (HO719)
• 415-417 Collins Street, Melbourne (HO608)

• Replace the existing incorporated document Heritage Places Inventory March 2022 (City of Melbourne, August 2025) with an updated version that reflects corrected descriptions of heritage places.
• Amend the Schedule to Clause 72.04 Incorporated Documents by updating the title and date of the existing Heritage Places Inventory March 2022 (City of Melbourne, August 2025).