Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution

The Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution (GAIC) began operation on 1 July 2010 and applies to growth area land brought into the Urban Growth Boundary 2005-06 or subsequently which is zoned for urban development.

GAIC is a charge designed to contribute to the funding of essential state infrastructure in Melbourne’s growth areas.

IMPORTANT: If your parcel of land is subject to the GAIC and you have purchased, subdivided or developed your land, since the 2 December 2008 announcement date, within three months of this event you must pay the GAIC or apply for a deferral or staged payment arrangement.

Several information sheets in relation to the operation of the GAIC are available below. These information sheets are not intended to supplement or to aid in the legal interpretation of the legislation.  They are updated from time to time.

GAIC contribution areas

To find out if your property is within the GAIC contribution areas, visit our GAIC Interactive Map.

GAIC information

For information on GAIC, refer to the State Revenue Office (SRO) – Victoria – Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution.

Staged Payment Arrangements

For the general information on Staged Payment Arrangements (SPA), refer to:

Download the Staged Payment Arrangement (new & amendment) Application Form – February 2024 (PDF), complete details and submit with supporting documentation.

Applications must be in writing addressed to:

The Minister for Planning
c/- Victorian Planning Authority
Level 25, 35 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Please email applications to gaic@vpa.vic.gov.au

If you have not previously contacted one of our team members, we request that all correspondence to the GAIC Team begins with a gender inclusive salutation.

Note: There may be high demand for new and amended SPAs. Applications are generally processed in order of receipt, so applications should be submitted allowing enough time for the necessary checking, consultation and processing before payments are due.

GAIC – Work-in-Kind

An entity liable to pay a GAIC can, by agreement with the government, offset part or all of its liability by providing land or infrastructure or combination works to the State. This is known as work-in-kind (WIK).

Detailed GAIC WIK guidelines and model agreements have been prepared. For information on these guidelines, model agreements, refer to Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution Fund.

Details of new GAIC WIK agreements, when signed by all parties, will be added to the GAIC WIK register (current to March 2022). The GAIC WIK approved agreements register is available to download below:

GAIC Rates

GAIC rates are available from the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) website and the State Revenue Office (SRO) website.

GAIC threshold amount for excluded building work

Dated 25 May 2023: In accordance with section 201RG(4)(b) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Act), the threshold amount (calculated under part 3 of schedule 1 of the Act) for excluded building work for the 2023–24 financial year is $1,382,590.

For further information, contact either the:

Victorian Planning Authority on (03) 9651 9600
or
The State Revenue Office on 13 21 61
State Revenue Office – Victoria website.

GAIC Hardship Relief Board

The application form is available on request.

Contact the Victorian Planning Authority for further information.