TRZ3 — Transport Zone
Land 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.
Built form
Development generally needs the transport authority’s consent; private use of the land effectively requires rezoning.
Typically allowed
- Transport infrastructure and works by/for the transport authority
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
- Private dwellings and development unrelated to the transport purpose
What to look at
Not developable private land. If part of a title falls in a TRZ it usually signals a road/rail reservation — a possible future acquisition strip — so check the title and any Public Acquisition Overlay carefully before purchase.
Source: Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 36.04 (Transport Zone); DTP planning.vic.gov.au
Councils that map TRZ3
- Alpine2 mapped areas
- Banyule15 mapped areas
- Bass Coast8 mapped areas
- Baw Baw1 mapped area
- Bayside12 mapped areas
- Benalla18 mapped areas
- Brimbank5 mapped areas
- Cardinia15 mapped areas
- Casey21 mapped areas
- Corangamite2 mapped areas
- Darebin17 mapped areas
- Frankston13 mapped areas
- Gannawarra4 mapped areas
- Greater Dandenong25 mapped areas
- Greater Geelong25 mapped areas
- Horsham1 mapped area
- Hume9 mapped areas
- Kingston11 mapped areas
This list covers the councils in our corpus only. A council we hold no data for may also map TRZ3 — we simply cannot say.
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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.