Hindmarsh planning zones
Zones mapped in Hindmarsh
C1Z — Commercial 1 Zone
18 mapped areasThe main shopping-strip and centre zone: retail, offices, food and entertainment, with housing above shops encouraged.
No default height limit — scale comes from overlay schedules (commonly a DDO) and abutting-residential interface setbacks (Clause 34.01-4 amenity provisions).
Read the published ordinance for C1Z →FZ — Farming Zone
33 mapped areasVictoria’s primary agricultural zone. Farming comes first; houses are allowed only where they support agriculture, and small-lot dwellings need a permit.
Minimum subdivision area per the schedule (default 40 ha); dwellings must not compromise agricultural use; excisions of existing houses are tightly controlled.
We hold no direct link to the published ordinance for FZ; use the council’s scheme above.
GRZ1 — General Residential Zone
15 mapped areasThe standard suburban residential zone. It supports a mix of housing — single dwellings, dual occupancies, townhouses and modest apartment buildings — in areas served by transport and services.
Default maximum building height 11 m / 3 storeys; a mandatory minimum garden-area requirement applies on lots over 400 m² (25–35% by lot size); ResCode (Clauses 54/55) governs setbacks, site coverage and amenity.
Read the published ordinance for GRZ1 →IN1Z — Industrial 1 Zone
15 mapped areasThe general manufacturing and warehousing zone. Industry is the intended use and residential amenity is not protected here.
No height limit by default; threshold (buffer) distances to sensitive uses under Clause 53.10 govern what industry can establish where.
Read the published ordinance for IN1Z →LDRZ — Low Density Residential Zone
1 mapped areaA large-lot residential zone on the urban fringe for houses on big blocks, often without full reticulated services.
Minimum subdivision area 0.4 ha unsewered (0.2 ha where reticulated sewerage is connected, subject to the schedule); dwellings otherwise controlled by the building regulations rather than ResCode density rules.
Read the published ordinance for LDRZ →PCRZ — Public Conservation and Resource Zone
96 mapped areasPublic conservation land — national and state parks, forests, coastal and waterway reserves — managed by a public land manager for environmental protection.
Development requires public land manager consent and is limited to the conservation/resource purpose; private development effectively requires rezoning first.
We hold no direct link to the published ordinance for PCRZ; use the council’s scheme above.
PPRZ — Public Park and Recreation Zone
37 mapped areasPublic open space — parks, gardens, sports grounds and foreshore reserves, generally in public ownership.
Development limited to what serves the open-space purpose; usually requires public land manager consent.
We hold no direct link to the published ordinance for PPRZ; use the council’s scheme above.
PUZ1 — Public Use Zone
31 mapped areasLand held for a public purpose — schools, hospitals, utilities, government facilities — with a suffix number identifying the purpose (e.g. PUZ2 education).
Development for the public purpose is largely exempt from permit requirements; anything else needs rezoning.
Read the published ordinance for PUZ1 →PUZ2 — Public Use Zone
8 mapped areasLand held for a public purpose — schools, hospitals, utilities, government facilities — with a suffix number identifying the purpose (e.g. PUZ2 education).
Development for the public purpose is largely exempt from permit requirements; anything else needs rezoning.
Read the published ordinance for PUZ2 →PUZ3 — Public Use Zone
11 mapped areasLand held for a public purpose — schools, hospitals, utilities, government facilities — with a suffix number identifying the purpose (e.g. PUZ2 education).
Development for the public purpose is largely exempt from permit requirements; anything else needs rezoning.
Read the published ordinance for PUZ3 →PUZ5 — Public Use Zone
9 mapped areasLand held for a public purpose — schools, hospitals, utilities, government facilities — with a suffix number identifying the purpose (e.g. PUZ2 education).
Development for the public purpose is largely exempt from permit requirements; anything else needs rezoning.
Read the published ordinance for PUZ5 →PUZ6 — Public Use Zone
10 mapped areasLand held for a public purpose — schools, hospitals, utilities, government facilities — with a suffix number identifying the purpose (e.g. PUZ2 education).
Development for the public purpose is largely exempt from permit requirements; anything else needs rezoning.
Read the published ordinance for PUZ6 →PUZ7 — Public Use Zone
1 mapped areaLand held for a public purpose — schools, hospitals, utilities, government facilities — with a suffix number identifying the purpose (e.g. PUZ2 education).
Development for the public purpose is largely exempt from permit requirements; anything else needs rezoning.
Read the published ordinance for PUZ7 →RCZ — Rural Conservation Zone
1 mapped areaA rural zone where environmental values (habitat, waterways, landscape) take priority over production. Development is possible but must demonstrably protect those values.
Permit tests focus on vegetation, waterway and habitat protection; building envelopes and vegetation retention are typical conditions.
We hold no direct link to the published ordinance for RCZ; use the council’s scheme above.
RLZ — Rural Living Zone
8 mapped areasThe rural-lifestyle zone: houses on large country blocks (commonly 2–8 ha) where residential living is the accepted primary use, alongside hobby-scale farming.
Minimum lot size per the schedule (default 2 ha); on-site effluent and access standards shape building; bushfire controls frequently overlap.
Read the published ordinance for RLZ →TRZ1 — Transport Zone
25 mapped areasLand reserved for transport infrastructure — TRZ1 state roads/freeways, TRZ2 principal road network, TRZ3 railways, TRZ4 airports and ports-related transport — managed by the relevant transport authority.
Development generally needs the transport authority’s consent; private use of the land effectively requires rezoning.
We hold no direct link to the published ordinance for TRZ1; use the council’s scheme above.
TRZ2 — Transport Zone
1 mapped areaLand reserved for transport infrastructure — TRZ1 state roads/freeways, TRZ2 principal road network, TRZ3 railways, TRZ4 airports and ports-related transport — managed by the relevant transport authority.
Development generally needs the transport authority’s consent; private use of the land effectively requires rezoning.
We hold no direct link to the published ordinance for TRZ2; use the council’s scheme above.
TZ — Township Zone
13 mapped areasThe general-purpose zone for small country towns, allowing housing plus the small-scale shops and services a township needs.
No mandatory height limit by default (schedules can add one); ResCode applies to housing; reticulated services may be limited — effluent disposal can constrain development.
Read the published ordinance for TZ →
This is the full set of zone codes in our VIC corpus for Hindmarsh. A zone that exists in the council’s scheme but is not mapped in the data we hold will not appear here.
This page reports what is mapped in published VIC planning data, as we last synced it on 22 May 2026. It is general information, not planning advice, and it makes no assessment of any proposal. Whether an approval is needed, and what a council decides, are matters for the responsible authority — check the council’s own planning scheme and contact them directly.