What’s permitted in FARMING ZONE
Victoria Planning Provisions · cl 35.07 · 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 21
No permit required
- Abattoir
- Agriculture (other than Animal production, Apiculture, Domestic animal husbandry, Racing dog husbandry, Rice growing and Timber production)
- Automated collection point
- Bed and breakfast
- Cattle feedlot
- Domestic animal husbandry (other than Domestic animal boarding)
- Dwelling (other than Bed and breakfast)
- Grazing animal production
- Home based business
- Informal outdoor recreation
- Poultry farm
- Primary produce sales
- Racing dog husbandry
- Railway
- Rural industry (other than Abattoir and Sawmill)
- Rural store
- Rural worker accommodation
- Small second dwelling
- Timber production
- Tramway
- Any use listed in Clause 62.01
Section 2 — permit required 34
Planning Permit
- Animal production (other than Cattle feedlot, Grazing animal production and Poultry farm)
- Broiler farm - if the Section 1 condition to Poultry M farm is not metif the Section 1 condition to Poultry M farm is not met
- Camping and caravan park
- Car park
- Cattle feedlot – if the Section 1 condition is not met Mif the Section 1 condition is not met M
- Cemetery
- Crematorium
- Domestic animal boarding
- Dwelling (other than Bed and breakfast) – if the M Section 1 condition is not metif the M Section 1 condition is not met
- Emergency services facility
- Freeway service centre
- Group accommodation
- Host farm
- Industry (other than Automated collection point and Rural industry)
- Landscape gardening supplies
- Leisure and recreation (other than Informal outdoor recreation)
- Manufacturing sales
- Market
- Place of assembly (other than Amusement parlour, Carnival, Cinema based entertainment facility, Circus and Nightclub)
- Primary school
- Racing dog husbandry – if the Section 1 condition is not metif the Section 1 condition is not met
- Renewable energy facility (other than Wind energy facility)
- Residential hotel
- Restaurant
- Rice growing
- Rural worker accommodation – if the Section 1 condition is not metif the Section 1 condition is not met
- Sawmill
- Secondary school
- Timber production – if the Section 1 condition is not metif the Section 1 condition is not met
- Trade supplies
- Utility installation (other than Minor utility installation and Telecommunications facility)
- Warehouse (other than Rural store)
- Wind energy facility
- Winery
Section 3 — prohibited 8
- Accommodation (other than Bed and breakfast, Camping and caravan park, Dwelling, Group accommodation, Host farm, Residential hotel, Rural worker accommodation and Small second dwelling)
- Amusement parlour
- Cinema based entertainment facility
- Education centre (other than Primary school and Secondary school)
- Nightclub
- Office
- Retail premises (other than Market, Landscape gardening supplies, Manufacturing sales, Primary produce sales, Restaurant and Trade supplies)
- Small second dwelling – if the Section 1 condition is not metif the Section 1 condition is not met
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.
Other zones in Victoria Planning Provisions
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Frequently asked questions
Does this FARMING 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 FARMING 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 FARMING 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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