What’s permitted in COMMERCIAL 2 ZONE
Victoria Planning Provisions · cl 34.02 · as at 19 August 2026
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.
The land use table
These are the planning scheme’s official terms. A close match tells you the rule for that term; whether your project counts as that term is a judgement call.
Section 1 — permit not required 20
No permit required
- Art and craft centre
- Art gallery
- Automated collection point
- Cinema
- Cinema based entertainment facility
- Food and drink premises
- Industry (other than Materials recycling and Transfer station)
- Informal outdoor recreation
- Mail centre
- Museum
- Office
- Postal agency
- Railway
- Restricted retail premises
- Shop (other than Adult sex product shop, Restricted retail premises and Supermarket)
- Supermarket
- Trade supplies
- Tramway
- Warehouse (other than Mail centre)
- Any use listed in Clause 62.01
Section 2 — permit required 14
Planning Permit
- Adult sex product shop
- Agriculture (other than Animal production and Apiculture)
- Caretaker's house
- Container deposit scheme centre
- Education centre
- Grazing animal production
- Leisure and recreation (other than Informal outdoor recreation, Major sports and recreation facility and Motor racing track)
- Materials recycling
- Place of assembly (other than Art gallery, Carnival, Cinema, Cinema based entertainment facility, Circus and Museum)
- Residential hotel
- Retail premises (other than Food and drink premises, Postal agency, Restricted retail premises, Supermarket and Trade supplies)
- Supermarket – if the Section 1 T conditions are not met uif the Section 1 T conditions are not met u
- Transfer station (other than Automated collection point and Container deposit scheme centre )
- Utility installation (other than Minor utility installation and Telecommunications facility)
Section 3 — prohibited 5
- Accommodation (other than Caretaker's house and Residential hotel)
- Animal production (other than Grazing animal production)
- Hospital
- Major sports and recreation facility
- Motor racing track
Anything not named below is treated as “Section 2 — permit required”. That is not the same as being on the list.
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.
Check a property in Victoria
This page is the table for the zone. Search an address to see whether this zone actually covers the lot, or open the Victoria zoning map.
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Frequently asked questions
Does this COMMERCIAL 2 ZONE table apply to my property in Victoria?
It is the state standard for this zone. Your council can vary it in their scheme, and those local changes are not on this page. Search your address, then confirm with the council.
Can I assume my project is one of the terms listed for COMMERCIAL 2 ZONE?
No. The list uses the planning scheme’s official names. Whether your project counts as one of those names is a judgement call — that’s what a planner is for.
If a use is not listed in COMMERCIAL 2 ZONE, is it prohibited in Victoria?
Not by itself. Unlisted uses follow this zone’s fallback (“Section 2 — permit required”). That is different from being named on the list.
Sources
General guidance only — not planning advice. This is the land use table from Victoria Planning Provisions, sourced 19 August 2026. It does not decide what your project is, and overlays can still change what you need to apply for.
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