Why has the VPA drafted an Infrastructure and Development Staging Plan?

As a planning authority, the VPA is responsible for PSPs that are consistent with both the planning guidelines set out in the Precinct Structure Planning Guidelines: New Communities in Victoria (2021) and relevant state policy.

The 2021 PSP Guidelines detail how the VPA must draft our precinct plans. The PSP Guidelines require new PSPs to account for the location and timing of development, and to identify trigger points for the provision of required infrastructure. This information is contained in the Infrastructure and Development Staging Plan.

As set out in Victoria’s Housing Statement: The Decade Ahead 2024-34 (September 2023), planning for growth areas remains important – but it is important to support that growth in our suburbs by ensuring that this is delivered in line with building transport and infrastructure to connect people to jobs and services.