Draft Port Environs Planning Framework

The Port of Melbourne is Australia’s largest container and general cargo port and a crucial supply chain interface for Victoria.

Its city location means Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) must not only ensure the port's ongoing viability but balance that with the amenity and safety of surrounding communities.

The draft Port Environs Planning Framework (PEPF) makes recommendations for statutory planning near the Port of Melbourne to help achieve this balance.

Guided by a steering committee chaired by the Victorian Department of Transport, the PEPF has been developed in consultation with the surrounding municipalities of Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong, Melbourne and Port Phillip.

View the draft Port Environs Planning Framework document (PDF, 1.45 Mb)

Victorian Government review of planning controls for port areas

On 16 September 2009, the Minister for Planning appointed an Advisory Committee on the Review of Planning Controls for Port Environs under s. 151 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Vic). The draft PEPF formed the basis of considerations by the Advisory Committee.

Read more about the review and the recently released discussion paper.

Read PoMC's submission to the review (PDF, 2.93Mb).

Beautifying port buffers

The release of the PEPF is complemented by several projects commencing in 2010 to beautify and protect buffer areas where port boundaries meet neighbouring communities: 

• Port Heritage Trail - markers on existing walking and cycle trails will link historic sites around the port. 
  View the fact sheet
  
• Port Interface Masterplan - PoMC is developing a program for improving landscaping and public access areas around the Port of Melbourne during 2011 and beyond.