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2020-21 Budget Estimates HearingPlanning portfolio

Public Accounts and Estimates Committee

18 December 2020

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In the 12 months

to March this

year, we added

116,500people to Victoria

Births

Population

2

6.7 millionTotal population in

Victoria

5.1 millionTotal population in

Melbourne

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Regional growth

3

+0.0k

(0.0%)

-0.1k

(0.2%)

+0.2k

(0.2%)

+7.9k

(2.6%)

+3.9k

(1.4%)

+1.2k

(1.0%)+2.6k

(1.6%)

+3.1k

(1.3%)

+4.0k

(2.0%)

Regional partnership population change 2018-19ABS Cat. 3218.0

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Development industry

$39.1 billion

in building

permits in

2019-20

4

Source: ABS Building Approvals cat 8731.0

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

50000

Victoria- Rolling 12 month building permits issued for new work

BCA 1a: Single dwelling: detached house/attached dwelling e.g. town house BCA 1b: Boarding house, guest house, hostel or the like

BCA 2: Building with multiple dwellings e.g. apartment Total

BCA- Building Code of Australia

Source: VBA building permit data

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Facilitating land and housing

that keeps pace with demand

Keeping communities safe

by expanding the Victorian

Building Authority's

proactive building

inspection program

Making our planning system

the most efficient in

Australia

Maintaining a strong

commercial property

sector in Melbourne's CBD

Key Challenges

5

Support

Victoria's

economic

recovery

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• $52.2 million for the 'Big Housing Build': Implementing the

Commissioner for Better Regulation’s planning reforms

• $59 million for the 'Big Housing Build': Improving the planning

system for urban and regional development and state infrastructure

• $4.5 million to proactively target the risks of building non-

compliance

• $3.3 million for Plan Melbourne Implementation

• $4.4 million to protect heritage at Jackson’s Hill, Sunbury

• $9.2 million to clear VCAT’s planning and environment backlog

• $2.2 million for Digital Twin Victoria

2020-21 State Budget

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7

Digital Twin Victoria

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2020-21 Budget Estimates HearingPlanning portfolio

Public Accounts and Estimates Committee

18/12/2020