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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

Affluent suburbs targeted in Victorian government move to seize planning controls to build more homes

Jacinta Allan.
Victorian premier Jacinta Allan says the locations for the new ‘activity centres’ were chosen due to public transport capacity, access to jobs and services and environmental considerations. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

The Victorian government has announced affluent suburbs such as Prahran, South Yarra and Windsor are among the final 25 areas where it will seize planning controls in an effort to increase housing density.

Two local government areas – Melbourne and Yarra – have also been named “city-wide activity centres” to allow for the rezoning of under-utilised areas.

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