After the release of Victoria’s Housing Statement: The decade ahead 2024-2034 (the statement) on 20 September 2023, we shared key changes that happened along with the gazettal of amendments VC242 and VC253. This article summarises the ‘Small Second Dwelling’ provision, a new planning term introduced on 14 December 2023.

The beginning of 2024 saw 48 reported decisions in the Planning and Environment List. This included the Red Dot decision of Eddy v Yarra CC (Red Dot) [2024] VCAT 2 which considered an objector appeal where an amendment to the planning scheme had been approved before the application for review was lodged and which meant planning permission was no longer required. The Tribunal held that the application for review was now misconceived and a ‘bundle of rights’ did not exist.

There were 60 published decisions of the Tribunal in the Planning and Environment List to cap off 2023. These included the Red Dot decision of

In November there were 49 published decisions of the Tribunal in the Planning and Environment List representing a continuing of the recent trend of a smaller number of published decisions.

The trend of fewer published decisions in the Planning and Environment List continued in October with only 49 published decisions for the month. Of these:

Another relatively quiet month for the Tribunal in the Planning and Environment List with only 46 published decisions for September. Of these, two were of interest being:

On 20 September 2023 the Victorian Government released its much anticipated Victoria’s Housing Statement: The decade ahead 2024-2034. On the back of this Statement, Amendments

A quiet month in August for the Tribunal with only 57 decisions in the Planning and Environment List.

A busy July for the Tribunal with 93 decisions in the Planning and Environment List.

John Glossop recently gave evidence on behalf of Kingston City Council to the Panel considering Amendment c203king (the Amendment) to the Kingston Planning Scheme.