We want to provide all Victorians with the choice of a well-designed home, at an affordable price, in a place where they can thrive.
We’re working with the Department of Transport and Planning to plan for more homes close to jobs, transport and services in activity centres across Melbourne. It’s part of Victoria’s plan to deliver more homes for more Victorians, in the places people want to live.
Expanding the Activity Centres Program
The Victorian Government is expanding the Activity Centres Program to 25 new activity centres near train stations or trams across Melbourne. 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 Metro Tunnel project.
The program will introduce new planning controls from next year in or around:
- Footscray cluster: Middle Footscray Station, West Footscray Station, Tottenham Station
- Nunawading cluster: Blackburn Station, Nunawading Station, Mitcham Station
- Hawthorn-Auburn cluster: Hawthorn Station, Glenferrie Station, Auburn Station
- Tooronga-Darling cluster: Tooronga Station, Gardiner Station / Glen Iris Station, Darling Station
- Carnegie-Oakleigh cluster: Carnegie Station, Murrumbeena Station, Hughesdale Station, Oakleigh Station
- Toorak cluster: Toorak Village, Hawksburn Station, Toorak Station, Armadale Station, Malvern Station
- Brighton-Sandringham cluster: North Brighton Station, Middle Brighton Station, Hampton Station, and Sandringham Station.
The new centres are well serviced by public transport, community facilities and shops and will support the supply of more homes across Victoria.
Community feedback on the initial 10 draft activity centre plans has emphasised the importance of prioritising locations with good public transport.
About the Activity Centres Program
The Activity Centres Program is piloting a new model that sets clear expectations for growth, allows the community to have a say early, and streamlines the planning permit process for new housing. These simplified planning controls will unlock the potential for more homes in the right places, while respecting what makes each centre unique.
We need more than two million new homes in Victoria by the 2050s to give people the best chance of living in a home of their choice close to jobs, transport and services. Including these established areas that are well serviced by public transport in the Activity Centres Program will help to accommodate Victoria’s growing population. The Activity Centres Program is part of Victoria’s landmark Housing Statement, which committed to an additional 2.24 million homes across Victoria by 2051.
For more information about the Activity Centres Program, contact us at activitycentres@vpa.vic.gov.au.
Planning for 10 pilot activity centres
We’re already working to deliver 60,000 new homes close to services, jobs, and public transport in 10 pilot activity centres across Melbourne: Broadmeadows, Camberwell Junction, Chadstone, Epping, Frankston, Moorabbin, Niddrie (Keilor Road), North Essendon, Preston (High Street), and Ringwood. In August, we released draft plans for these centres for community consultation. Now, we’re using your feedback to help finalise our plans, with the aim to finalise them by the end of 2024.
