Background and Incorporated documents

Below you will find background and incorporated documents to the Maribyrnong Planning Scheme.

Background documents are documents listed in Clause 72.08 of the Planning Scheme. They generally provide background information to assist in understanding the context within which a provision has been framed.

Incorporated documents are documents listed in Clause 72.04 of the Planning Scheme. They form part of the Planning Scheme and help guide decision making on planning matters.

This page only shows local incorporated documents listed in Schedule to Clause 72.04 of the Planning Scheme.  In addition to local incorporated documents, the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) website provide access to incorporated documents that apply to all of Victoria and the Metropolitan region. The DTP website is regularly updated and represents the most up-to-date source of this information.

Incorporated documents

53 Hampstead Road, Maidstone Temporary Residential Facility Incorporated Document, April 2020(PDF, 112KB)

23 Frederick Street, Yarraville(PDF, 47KB)

Bradmill Site, 341-351 Francis Street, Yarraville: HO 125 Incorporated Plan(PDF, 225KB)

Business Identification Signage, 72-74 Napier Street, Footscray, September 2013(PDF, 7MB)

Elm street tree avenue, Ballarat Road Maidstone: HO88 Incorporated Plan(PDF, 101KB)

Footscray Station Precinct Development Plan (2004)(PDF, 148KB)

Former Mt Lyell site, 295 Whitehall Street, Yarraville: HO184 Incorporated Plan(PDF, 231KB)

Graham Campbell Ferrum, 260 Geelong Road, West Footscray: HO128 Incorporated Plan(PDF, 182KB)

Heritage Precincts Incorporated Document, December 2023(PDF, 72KB)

Historical Archaeological Management Plan, 2006 (amended 2013)(PDF, 177KB)

Joseph Road Precinct Development Contributions Plan (Victorian Planning Authority, December 2023)(PDF, 52MB)

Lower Maribyrnong Concept Plan 1984 approved by the State Government on 17 December 1986(PDF, 4MB)

M1 Redevelopment Project, October 2006(PDF, 62KB)

Maidstone Tram Maintenance and Stabling Facility Project, Incorporated Document (Level Crossing Removal Project, October 2023)(PDF, 312KB)

Maribyrnong Development Contributions Plan (Hill PDA, December 2023)(PDF, 4MB)

Melbourne Metro Rail Project: Incorporated Document, May 2018(PDF, 5MB)

Melbourne Metro Rail Project: Compensatory Flood Storage Incorporated Document, August 2018(PDF, 593KB)

Melbourne Metro Rail Project: Upgrades to the Rail Network Incorporated Document, May 2018(PDF, 12MB)

New Footscray Hospital Incorporated Document, December 2020(PDF, 75KB)

Peppercorn tree avenues, railway reserve north of Seddon Station: HO98 Incorporated Plan(PDF, 112KB)

Permit Exemptions in Heritage Precincts Incorporated Plan, October 2018(PDF, 1MB)

Riverside Physical Framework Plan No. 1, 10 November 1992(PDF, 128KB)

Riverside Physical Framework Plan No. 2, 10 November 1992(PDF, 170KB)

West Gate Tunnel Project Incorporated Document, December 2017(PDF, 10MB)

Whitten Oval Redevelopment Victoria University, July 2008(PDF, 46KB)

Whitten Oval Redevelopment, October 2007(PDF, 16KB)

Yarraville Terminal Station, 308 Hyde Street, Yarraville: HO 130 Incorporated Plan(PDF, 223KB)

Background documents

Arts and Cultural Development Strategy 2007 - 2012  (Maribyrnong City Council, 2007)

Asset Management Policy and Strategy  (Maribyrnong City Council, 2003) 

Carbon Neutral Action Plan (Maribyrnong City Council, 2008) 

Central West Major Activity Centre Structure Plan (Tract Consultants, 2008)(PDF, 5MB)

City of Footscray Urban Conservation Study (Graeme Butler and Associates, 1989) - physical copy available at Footscray Library

City of Maribyrnong Landscape Guidelines (Maribyrnong City Council, 2005)(PDF, 580KB)

City of Maribyrnong Open Space Strategy (Thompson Berrill Landscape Design and Environment & Land Management, 2014)(PDF, 9MB)

City of Maribyrnong Open Space Strategy: Public Open Space Contributions Program Report (Environment & Land Management and Thompson Berrill Landscape Design, 2015)(PDF, 965KB)

Design Guidelines for Licensed Venues (Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, July 2017) (PDF, 2MB)

Disability Policy and Action Plan 2007 - 2012 (Maribyrnong City Council, 2022)

Drainage Management Strategy (Maribyrnong City Council, 2000) 

Drug Strategy 2006 (Maribyrnong City Council, 2006) 

Footpath Policy (Maribyrnong City Council, 2000) 

Footscray Central Activities Area - Car Parking Study (GTA Consultants 2013) (PDF, 5MB)

Footscray Central Activities Area - Heritage Citations (Heritage Alliance and Graeme Butler & Associates, 2014)(PDF, 15MB)

Footscray Skyline Study (Maribyrnong City Council, 2012) (PDF, 16MB)

Footscray Structure Plan (Maribyrnong City Council, 2014) (PDF, 10MB)

Gambling Policy and Action Plan (Maribyrnong City Council, 2003) 

Gordon and Mephan Precinct Framework Plan (SGS Economics and Planning, February 2015)(PDF, 3MB)

Greenhouse Reduction Strategy (Maribyrnong City Council, 2006) 

Guidelines for the Development of Green Travel Plans and Transport Access Guides (Maribyrnong City Council, 2003)

The Heritage Overlay: Guidelines for Assessing Planning Permit Applications (Heritage Victoria draft, 2007)

Highpoint Activity Centre Structure Plan (Maribyrnong City Council, 2008)(PDF, 3MB)

Highpoint Planning and Urban Design Framework (Maribyrnong City Council, September 2015)(PDF, 13MB)

Land Use Planning Near a Major Hazard Facility (WorkSafe Victoria, April 2022)(PDF, 2MB)

Laneway Strategy (Maribyrnong City Council, 2007) 

Maidstone Hampstead Road East Framework Plan (Planisphere, 2015) (PDF, 11MB)

Maribyrnong Aboriginal Heritage Study (Biosis Research, 1999) (PDF, 960KB)

Maribyrnong City Council - Managing the Impacts of Licensed Premises (Maribyrnong City Council and Environmental Resources Management (Australia), 2015)(PDF, 1017KB)

Maribyrnong City Council Council Plan 2021-2025 (Maribyrnong City Council, 2021)(PDF, 3MB)

Maribyrnong City Council Electronic Gaming Machines Reference Document and Local Planning Policy (10 Consulting Group and Roberts Evaluation, 2012)(PDF, 6MB)

Maribyrnong City Council Heritage Review - Archaeological Management Plan: Early Post Contact Sites (HLA-Envirosciences, 2001)(PDF, 7MB)

Maribyrnong City Council Heritage Review - Natural Heritage Study (Ecology Australia and Environmental Geosurveys, 1999) (PDF, 5MB)

Maribyrnong City Council Heritage Review - The Heritage Plan (Maribyrnong City Council, 2002)

Maribyrnong Economic and Industrial Development Strategy Part 1 – Economic Development Strategy (AEC Group, 2011)(PDF, 4MB)

Maribyrnong Economic and Industrial Development Strategy Part 2 – Industrial Land Strategy (AEC Group, 2011)(PDF, 6MB)

Maribyrnong Heritage Review, Volume 1 (Jill Barnard, Graeme Butler, Francine Gilfedder & Gary Vines, 2001)(PDF, 515KB)

Maribyrnong Heritage Review, Volume 2 (Jill Barnard, Graeme Butler, Francine Gilfedder & Gary Vines, 2001)(PDF, 190KB)

Maribyrnong Heritage Review, Volume 3 (Jill Barnard, Graeme Butler, Francine Gilfedder & Gary Vines, 2001)(PDF, 856KB)

Maribyrnong Heritage Review, Volume 4 (Jill Barnard, Graeme Butler, Francine Gilfedder & Gary Vines, 2001)(PDF, 702KB)

Maribyrnong Heritage Review, Volume 5 (Jill Barnard, Graeme Butler, Francine Gilfedder & Gary Vines, 2001)(PDF, 3MB)

Maribyrnong Heritage Review, Volume 6 (Jill Barnard, Graeme Butler, Francine Gilfedder & Gary Vines, 2001)(PDF, 1MB)

Maribyrnong Heritage Review, Volume 7 (Jill Barnard, Graeme Butler, Francine Gilfedder & Gary Vines, 2001)(PDF, 166KB)

Maribyrnong Housing Strategy (Planisphere, December 2011) (PDF, 8MB)

Maribyrnong Integrated Transport Strategy (Maribyrnong City Council, 2001)

Maribyrnong Neighbourhood Character Guidelines (Planisphere, 2010)(PDF, 2MB)

Maribyrnong Neighbourhood Character Review (Planisphere, 2010)(PDF, 6MB)

Maribyrnong River Valley Vision and Design Guidelines 2010 (Department of Planning and Community Development, April 2010)(PDF, 10MB)

Maribyrnong Significant Tree Register (Homewood Consulting, August 2021)(PDF, 63MB)

Maribyrnong Strategic Bicycle Plan (Maribyrnong City Council, 2004)

Maribyrnong Way-Finding Strategy (Maribyrnong City Council) 

Municipal Recreation Strategy (Maribyrnong City Council, 2009) 

Our City, Our Children (Community Child Care Inc –Julie Holmes Consulting and Maribyrnong City Council, 2010)

Public Lighting Policy (Maribyrnong City Council, 2008) 

Review of Retail Development and Activity Centre Policy, Volume 1: Issues and Recommended Policy and Strategies  (Peter McNabb and Associates, 2009) (PDF, 2MB)

Review of Retail Development and Activity Centre Policy, Volume 2: Individual Centre Analysis and Strategies  (Peter McNabb and Associates, 2009)(PDF, 10MB)

Road and Footpath Asset Management Plan (Maribyrnong City Council 2004)

Seddon Urban Design Framework (Maribyrnong City Council, 2004) 

Stony Creek Linear Park Feasibility Study (EDAW Gillespies, 2003) 

Stony Creek Project Directions Plan (Urban Initiatives Pty Ltd, 1999)

Sustainable Water Management Plan (Maribyrnong City Council, 2006) 

Urban Design and Context Report: 142 Ashley Street, Maidstone (Roberts Day Consultants, January 2019)(PDF, 5MB)

Waste Minimisation Strategy 2004 2009 (Maribyrnong City Council, 2004)

West Footscray Neighbourhood Plan (Maribyrnong City Council, October 2022)(PDF, 14MB)

Western Region Employment & Industrial Development Strategy (Ratio Consultants in association with National Institute of Economic & Industry Research, C.B. Richard Ellis, CSIRO Transport Futures, August 2007)(PDF, 9MB)

Yarraville Port Environs Local Planning Policy (The Planning Group, 2010) - Part 1(PDF, 10MB)

Yarraville Port Environs Local Planning Policy (The Planning Group, 2010) - Part 2(PDF, 10MB)

Yarraville Village Enhancement Study (Trevor Westmore, 1990) - Part 1(PDF, 6MB)

Yarraville Village Enhancement Study (Trevor Westmore, 1990) - Part 2(PDF, 9MB)

Yarraville Village Enhancement Study (Trevor Westmore, 1990) - Part 3(PDF, 15MB)

Yarraville Village Enhancement Study (Trevor Westmore, 1990) - Colour Card Group C Buildings (PDF, 539KB)

Yarraville Village Urban Design and Traffic Management Strategy (Coomes Consulting Group, 2006)(PDF, 8MB)

Footscray Activity Centre background documents

Footscray CAA Structure Plan (Maribyrnong City Council, 2013)(PDF, 10MB)

Footscray Central Activities Area Car Parking Study (GTA Consultants, April 2013)(PDF, 5MB)

Footscray Retail Study, Collie & Renaissance Planning, (August 2009)(PDF, 9MB)

Footscray Skyline Study: Updated Report, SJB Urban, (October 2012)(PDF, 16MB)

Joseph Road Structure Plan (December 2007)(PDF, 2MB)

Footscray Station Planning and Urban Design Framework (August 2009).(PDF, 8MB)

Footscray Station PUDF Addendum Report (Binks Ford Site, April 2011)

Maribyrnong River Valley Design Guidelines(PDF, 25MB)