What is Amendment C174?

Providing affordable housing delivers substantial community and economic benefits. People can afford to live close to family, work and services. Businesses have workers available to staff their business without long commutes. Schools and hospitals can provide education and healthcare efficiently with local workers. It also reduces the amount people need to spend on housing, benefiting the economy overall. Being able to live closer to work reduces commuting, reducing congestion for everyone.

Amendment C174 proposes to introduce policy into the Monash Planning Scheme to require developers to provide affordable housing where land is being rezoned to allow residential uses within developments of 20 dwellings or more.

More information about Amendment C174 can be found in the amendment documentation below.

Current Status

Exhibition of Amendment C174 has now closed. Council staff are currently reviewing submissions and are expected to present a report to Council for consideration of these submissions on 29 April 2025.

Have your say

Submissions closed on Friday 7 March 2025. Council will write to submitters via email as the amendment progresses. Submitters will also have the opportunity to be involved in the planning panel process should Council determine to request the Minister for Planning to appoint a planning panel to consider the amendment.

  • Make a submission

    Submissions closed on Friday 7 March 2025.

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  • Background

    Read about the Monash Affordable Housing Strategy

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