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

Victorian premier vows to scrap ‘old-fashioned Nimby’ planning laws, fast-track homes and curb rights to object

New housing construction
The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, says the overhaul of the state’s planning laws will create a ‘system that says “yes”’. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The Victorian government has announced the biggest overhaul of the state’s planning laws in a decade, in a bid to slash approval times to just 10 days for stand-alone homes while limiting rights of appeal to neighbours only.

The premier, Jacinta Allan, and the planning minister, Sonya Kilkenny, on Tuesday said amendments to the Planning and Environment Act 1987 would generate more than $900m in construction activity each year.

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