Fixing the State’s outdated and complex planning system should be the number one priority as State Parliament reconvenes today, according to the Master Builders Association of Victoria.
Executive Director of Victoria’s peak building industry group, Brian Welch, said managing the State’s booming population and housing affordability crisis will require an overhaul of the planning system.
"Victoria’s planning system must be made responsive to Melbourne’s needs. At present, it takes 18 weeks to secure a residential planning permitand five years to secure development ready land on the urban fringe of Melbourne.
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