In a major shake-up of Victoria's planning zones, Planning Minister Matthew Guy has outlined a zone reform package that proposes significant changes to residential, commercial, industrial and rural zones.
Mr Guy said current planning reforms were outdated.
"We can't have planning reforms that were developed in the 1970s in place in 2012. We are in a very difficult economic time and this will encourage business growth."
He said councils worried about businesses moving out of town precincts were living in the past. "It's just 1970s rhetoric ... coming from a handful of people in the planning industry who have been frustrating people for the past 30 years. That time is over."
Mr Guy expected the government to adopted the changes soon after submissions closed on September 21. Councils would then have 12 months to implement the changes.
"Councils have been asking for extra power and authority for nearly 10 years and they will get it through these reforms. It gives councils the ability to consider those permits they have never been able to consider before."
Comment: What is our Shire doing about these reforms?
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