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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
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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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