What’s permitted in Victoria
This is Victoria’s standard state rule for this zone. Your council can vary it in their own planning scheme — those local changes are not on this page, so check with them.
This is the state standard
This is Victoria’s standard state rule for this zone. Your council can vary it in their own planning scheme — those local changes are not on this page, so check with them.
Victoria attaches a condition to most permit-free uses (a size limit, for example), and most of those conditions are not shown here. So “permit-free” usually comes with a catch is not shown here — check the zone’s own wording before relying on this. If the condition isn’t met, you’d simply need a permit, not that the use becomes banned.
Your council can vary this table in their own local planning scheme — we don’t hold that local version.
Overlays and other specific rules can still require a permit for a use this table shows as permit-free.
Zones
28 zones from Victoria Planning Provisions.
Building rules
The table says which uses this zone allows. Size limits, setbacks and fast-track approvals are a different question.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the table that applies to my property in Victoria?
It is the state standard for this zone. Your council can vary it in their own scheme, and those local changes are not on this page. Search your address, then confirm with the council.
Can I treat an unlisted use as prohibited?
No. Some zones have a catch-all; others do not, and then the table simply does not answer. Only a use listed as prohibited is banned in that zone.
If a use is listed as permit-free, can I skip a permit?
Often only while a condition holds (a size limit, for example), and most of those conditions are not captured here. Read the zone clause before relying on “no permit”.
Sources
See your state planning portal.
General guidance only — not planning advice. Confirm with your council before relying on a list. Sourced 19 August 2026.
Talk to a town planner in Victoria
This page covers the general rules. A qualified town planner can tell you what applies to your actual block — the zone, the overlays and the approval path — before you spend money on drawings.
- Qualified, practising town planners
- Advice on your property, not a generic rule
- No cost, no obligation