Town planning in the City of Greater Dandenong.
Dandenong · Noble Park · Springvale · Keysborough · Doveton · Bangholme
Greater Dandenong is the industrial and logistics engine of Melbourne's south-east, anchored by the Dandenong metropolitan activity centre and the vast employment precincts of Dandenong South.
For applicants, that means two quite different planning worlds: high-volume residential and mixed-use work through Springvale, Noble Park and Keysborough, and industrial applications where traffic, interface and staging questions dominate. Development Plan Overlays structure much of the growth-front land.
Our landmark work here is Keysborough South: we prepared Amendment C36 and the Development Plan that rezoned a major tract of rural land into one of the south-east's most significant residential precincts — coordinating urban design, traffic, biodiversity, stormwater and open-space equalisation across multiple landowners. Few consultancies have taken a Greater Dandenong project from paddock to precinct at that scale.
Controls you'll commonly meet in Greater Dandenong.
Every property is different — these are the zones and overlays that most often shape applications in this municipality. Each links to the current ordinance in the Greater Dandenong planning scheme.
What the numbers say about Greater Dandenong.
planning applications recorded, FY2015–16 to FY2022–23
of determined applications resulted in a permit or notice of decision
median time from lodgement to decision
Source: Department of Transport and Planning, Planning Permit Activity Reporting (PPARS) register — historical data to mid-2023. Withdrawn and lapsed applications are excluded from the approval rate. These figures describe the council overall — your site's prospects depend on its specific controls.
Selected Greater Dandenong projects.
Services we provide in Greater Dandenong.
Residential
Single dwellings, dual occupancies, multi-unit and apartment developments — the backbone of our practice.
Commercial Permits
Statutory planning strategy, lodgement and permit management for commercial, retail and industrial projects.
VCAT Appeals
Strategic advocacy when your application is refused or objected to.
Strategic Planning
Planning scheme amendments, rezonings and structure plans for long-horizon projects.
Development Advice
Know what you can build before you buy — or before you commit capital.
Renewable Energy
Solar farms, wind farms and battery storage — specialist approvals experience.
Questions we’re asked most.
If you have a question that’s not here, call us — we answer honestly, whether or not it leads to work.
- A DPO requires a development plan to be approved before permits can issue, and once one is in place, applications consistent with it are generally exempt from third-party notice and appeal. Where your land sits relative to an approved development plan changes both your obligations and your risk profile — we advise on both, having written one of the area's development plans ourselves.
Got a site, a permit, or a refusal on your desk?
An obligation-free conversation is the fastest way to see if we can help. We respond within 24 hours — usually much sooner.