What’s permitted in INDUSTRIAL 2 ZONE

Victoria Planning Provisions · cl 33.02 · 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 9

No permit required

  • Automated collection point
  • Crop raising
  • Grazing animal production
  • Home based business
  • Informal outdoor recreation
  • Railway
  • Service station
  • Tramway
  • Any use listed in Clause 62.01

Section 2 — permit required 14

Planning Permit

  • Adult sex product shop
  • Agriculture (other than Apiculture, Crop raising, Grazing animal production, Intensive animal production, Pig farm and Poultry farm)
  • Caretaker's house
  • Convenience shop
  • Education centre
  • Equestrian supplies
  • Industry (other than Automated collection point )
  • Leisure and recreation (other than Informal outdoor recreation)
  • Office
  • Party supplies
  • Retail premises (other than Shop)
  • Sex services premises
  • Utility installation (other than Minor utility installation and Telecommunications facility)
  • Warehouse

Section 3 — prohibited 9

  • Accommodation (other than Caretaker's house)
  • Display home centre
  • Hospital
  • Intensive animal production
  • Pig farm
  • Place of assembly (other than Carnival or Circus)
  • Poultry farm
  • Shop (other than Adult sex product shop, Convenience shop, Equestrian supplies, Party supplies and Sex services premises)
  • Veterinary centre

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.

Frequently asked questions

Does this INDUSTRIAL 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 INDUSTRIAL 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 INDUSTRIAL 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

Last reviewed: 19 August 2026. Rules can change — verify with your council before starting work.

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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