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HCTZ1 — Housing Choice and Transport Zone

What the HCTZ1 zone means in Victoria, and which councils in our corpus map it. This is a plain-language summary of published material — it is not planning advice and it decides nothing about any particular site.

A newer zone applied around selected activity centres and stations to deliver more homes close to transport. It sets built-form outcomes by area (catchment) rather than a single flat height limit.

Built form

Heights and setbacks are set by the schedule for each centre/catchment (typically 3–6+ storeys closest to the centre, stepping down outward); deemed-to-comply pathways can remove third-party appeal rights for compliant proposals.

Typically allowed

  • Apartment and townhouse developments (with a permit)
  • Single dwellings
  • Small-scale shops/food and drink premises in some schedules (with a permit)

What is allowed on a particular site depends on the council’s schedule to this zone and any overlays. Check the scheme; we make no determination.

Typically not allowed

  • Industry and warehousing

What to look at

Check the schedule for your exact catchment — the permitted scale can differ street by street. Compliant higher-density proposals nearby may proceed without neighbour appeal rights.

Source: Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 32.10 (Housing Choice and Transport Zone); Amendment VC257; DTP planning.vic.gov.au

Councils that map HCTZ1

This list covers the councils in our corpus only. A council we hold no data for may also map HCTZ1 — we simply cannot say.

Check what is mapped at a specific address →

This page reports what is mapped in published VIC planning data, as we last synced it on 23 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.