What is Amendment C172?

This amendment implements The Monash Boulevards Urban Design Framework by:

• Rezoning residential land along Dandenong Road and Springvale Road (except as noted below) to:
  • General Residential Zone 4 (GRZ4) - allowing building heights up to 13.5m / 4 storeys
  • Residential Growth Zone 7 (RGZ7) - allowing building heights up to 21m / 6 storeys
  • Mixed Use Zone 3 (MUZ3) to 2277 Dandenong Road, Mulgrave
• Applying the Design and Development Overlay 6 (DDO6) to all of the above properties, except 2277 Dandenong Road where DDO19 applies instead. The Design and Development Overlay sets out the preferred built form requirements, including building design, ground and upper level setbacks, landscaping and fencing, and vehicle crossovers and driveways.
• A new local policy at Clause 15.01-5L (Neighbourhood Character - The Monash Boulevards) and an updated residential character types map.
• Othe minor administrative changes.

Note: As conditions of authorisation, the following areas have been removed from the amendment:

• Residential land on Dandenong Road between Poath Road and Warrigal Road - removed due to strategic work being undertaken by the Department of Transport & Planning (DTP) and Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) for the Activity Centre Program for Chadstone.
• Residential land on Dandenong Road between Clayton Road and Blackburn Road, and Springvale Road between Madeline Street and Waverley Road - removed due to strategic work being undertaken by the Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA) for the Clayton, Monash and Glen Waverley station precincts.

More information about Amendment C172 can be found on the Detailed Information page and within the amendment documentation below.

Planning Panel Hearing

At the Council Meeting on 25 February 2025, Council resolved to refer all submissions and Amendment C172 to a Planning Panel appointed by the Minister for Planning.

A Panel was appointed by the Minister for Planning on 7 March 2025 to consider the Amendment and to hear submissions under the Act.

The C172 Panel has been reconvened. The Terms of Reference were provided by The Minister for Planning on 20 August 2025. The Terms of Reference require that the Panel must consider whether land within the overlap of SRL Structure Plan Area and land affected by Amendment C172mona should be removed from Amendment C172mona. The Terms of Reference also specify that except to the extent necessary, the draft Amendment C176mona for the SRL East Precincts do not fall within the scope of the Panel's consideration.

The Second Directions Hearing was held on 8 September 2025. Due to the withdrawal of requests to be heard and no subsequent new requests, it was resolved by the Panel that the Amendment would be considered through a document review process. As such, there will be no Hearing. Instead, Council will provide a written submission to the Panel and other parties that will respond to the issues raised in the submissions. Council's written submission will be provided to the Panel by Monday 27th October 2025.

Exhibition

The amendment was exhibited from Thursday, 31 October to Monday, 9 December 2024. Further information about the submission process is available via the link below.

The amendment documents are also available on the State Government's planning amendments page by following the link below.