Planning for liveable cities and towns
Victoria needs more housing. But new homes must be genuinely affordable, high-quality, and part of liveable communities.
Labor has taken away local say in planning decisions and given too much power to property developers over communities through fast-track approvals, letting developers build what makes the most profit instead of the homes people need.
The Greens will return a say in our planning decisions to local communities so we can have more housing and our communities remain great places to live.
Explore our plan for liveable cities and towns
- Rewrite the planning rules
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Local communities need to be empowered to build the housing that we need, not just what will make developers big profits.
The Greens will rewrite the planning rules to increase density around transport hubs and properly protect green wedges, while restoring power to councils and communities, strengthening environmental protection, and conserving public space.
- More trees and parks to cope with heat waves
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Our cities are getting hotter.
The Greens will rewrite the planning rules to require more tree cover and green space, because they bring down the temperature in a heat wave.
- More sustainable homes
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Labor’s recent planning changes have reduced sustainability requirements.
The Greens will rewrite the planning laws to strengthen these requirements, so that future homes are comfortable and cheap to heat and cool.
- Make developers provide affordable housing
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The Greens will make developers do their fair share for affordable housing, by introducing mandatory affordable and public housing quotas which require at least 30% public and genuinely affordable housing in all developments over 15 dwellings.
- Protecting our environment
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Right now in Victoria, too often the environment is just an afterthought in planning decisions.
The Greens will rewrite our planning laws to strengthen environmental protection in all planning decisions. We will also support urban rewilding and greening initiatives that reconnect city residents with living ecosystems.
