Heidelberg Road forms the boundary between the City of Darebin (north side) and the City of Yarra (south side).

Heidelberg Road is an established employment precinct and presently there are no particular design controls or height limits for new development along the corridor. This project seeks to implement planning provisions to guide future development and provide more certainty for the community and landowners.

What has happened so far

To set the broad strategic planning directions for the future of the corridor, Darebin City Council and Yarra City Council developed an overarching draft Heidelberg Road Corridor Local Area Plan.

In 2021, Council engaged the community on a draft Built Form Framework, heritage studies and planning options that considered rezoning the existing industrial land to the Commercial 2 Zone and Commercial 3 Zone to attract a wider range of jobs or retaining the current zoning.

Consultation on the proposed planning changes for the Heidelberg Road Corridor occurred from June to August 2021.

At its meeting on 27 September 2021, Council resolved to proceed with Heidelberg Road Heritage - Planning Scheme Amendment C203dare to protect heritage places identified in the Heidelberg Road Corridor ahead of other proposed planning changes. On 20 January 2023, notice of the approval of Planning Scheme Amendment C203 (Heidelberg Road Heritage) appeared in the Special Government Gazette.

While the heritage controls were progressed, the findings from the Heidelberg Road Corridor Local Area Plan and Built Form Framework community engagement were reported to Council at its Planning Committee meeting on April 11, 2022. Council resolved to note the findings and for officers to continue to undertake further strategic work on the broader project.

What is happening now

Further strategic work, including an updated economic analysis to factor in post-pandemic conditions, is needed to inform direction on any future rezoning that was proposed through earlier consultation. This further work will be considered in future Council budgets alongside other Council priorities.

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To find out more about the proposed considerations to the Heidelberg Road Corridor project:

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