Plan for Victoria and housing targets

Updated March 2025

Plan for Victoria (released 28 February 2025) sets the state-wide vision for how Victoria will grow over time. The Plan replaces the existing metropolitan strategy Plan Melbourne 2017-2050 and regional growth plans.

The Plan identifies 5 pillars: 

• Housing for all Victorians
• Accessible jobs and services
• Great places
• Sustainable environments
• Self-determination and caring for Country. 

The aim of the plan is to deliver more homes, more jobs and great communities. To achieve this the plan sets out 22 actions including specific actions to increase the supply of housing in established areas, such as:

• Setting housing targets for every local council that will be included in the local planning scheme. For Boroondara the 2051 target is 65,500 additional dwellings (we currently have about 70,000). The Plan also states that the Victorian Government will step in to create housing capacity, should council fail to do so.
• Implement new planning controls to streamline planning in activity centres

Council provided feedback on the draft housing targets and the ‘8 big ideas’ in August 2024.

Find out more

Click the link below for more information on Council’s response to the Victorian Government’s reforms.

• Media statement on the draft housing targets (21 June 2024)
• Council’s Response to the Victorian Housing Statement (13 November 2023)