We have chosen locations that are congested with high foot traffic, have a high number of shops, cafes and restaurants, and paid on-street car parking spaces that can be converted to create more room for people and local businesses.

If you are a restaurant or café, located on one of the little street transformation zones, you can apply for an extended outdoor dining permit to extend trading in the new space. Refer to our Extended Outdoor Dining Guidelines (PDF).

Permit applications for outdoor dining will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration traffic conditions, patron safety, amenity and access for pedestrians, residents and essential vehicles.

There may be some areas that are not appropriate for extended outdoor trading because of safety and amenity conditions. If you’d like to know more about the application process, please call the Business Concierge Service on 9658 9658.

All of the works being undertaken are compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act. Information about the works is being shared with Disability groups via City of Melbourne’s email networks. Wayfinding signage and directional help for pedestrians will be provided where there are significant impacts. We are maintaining the number of accessible parking spaces.

Some disability parking spaces will be relocated. These will remain as close to their existing location as possible, and our mobility maps will be updated.

We will work with businesses and residents to ensure that the spaces created on our little streets maintain safety and amenity for nearby residents, businesses and pedestrians. We’ve created a dedicated customer service line for residents. Call 9658 9658 and press 2 for resident queries.

Access will be maintained 24-hours a day at low speeds for deliveries and for essential car trips, especially for people with a disability, and for trade, service and emergency vehicles.

On weekdays, Little Collins Street will remain closed to vehicles from 12pm to 2pm, to provide more space for people.

Smoking is banned in all designated outdoor dining areas under the Victorian Tobacco Act 1987. We’d like to know if we should ban smoking in all areas within the Little Streets, including the footpaths and roadways. Smoke-free areas create healthy environments by protecting people from second-hand smoke. To have your say on this, please respond to the survey.

We are currently seeking feedback from people visiting or using our Little Streets on the level of support for these areas to become smoke-free in the future. A smoke-free area is a public space where smoking is not permitted. This may include open air spaces and dining within the smoke-free area. It is illegal to smoke in a smoke-free area under Clause 3A.3 of the Activities Local Law 2019. There are currently 12 smoke-free areas in the City of Melbourne. Visit our smoke-free areas project page at Participate Melbourne for more information.