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Hume City Council · Hume Planning Scheme · Craigieburn & Sunbury Greenfield · house and land

Council
Hume City Council
Planning scheme
Hume Planning Scheme
Overlays mapped here
Environmental Significance Overlay · Land Subject to Inundation Overlay · Development Contributions Plan Overlay · Heritage Overlay · Vegetation Protection Overlay · Significant Landscape Overlay · Design and Development Overlay · Development Plan Overlay · Infrastructure Contributions Overlay · Bushfire Management Overlay
Residential zones mapped
GRZ1 general residential zone - schedule 1
MUZ mixed use zone
RLZ rural living zone
TZ township zone
UGZ urban growth zone
UGZ1 urban growth zone - schedule 1
UGZ11 urban growth zone - schedule 11
UGZ12 urban growth zone - schedule 12
UGZ13 urban growth zone - schedule 13
UGZ2 urban growth zone - schedule 2
UGZ3 urban growth zone - schedule 3
UGZ4 urban growth zone - schedule 4
UGZ5 urban growth zone - schedule 5
UGZ7 urban growth zone - schedule 7
UGZ8 urban growth zone - schedule 8
Bushfire-prone land
Mapped in this suburb
Heritage overlay schedules
15
Urban growth area
Yes — GAIC may apply

Planning data from Vicmap Planning (DTP Victoria) (CC BY 4.0), read 2026-09-14. Suburb-level, not a report on your block — check your address on VicPlan.

Worth knowing before you budget

Builders serving Craigieburn

None yet — tell us what you're building and we'll go and find one.

What building in Craigieburn actually involves

Craigieburn is 35.5 km² and carries seven zones — including a Township Zone and a Rural Living Zone alongside two Urban Growth Zone schedules. A township zone inside a metropolitan growth suburb is unusual, and it marks the original village the estates grew around.

Three kinds of land in one suburb name

Growth-zone land runs under a precinct structure plan with developer design guidelines. General Residential land is ordinary established suburb. Rural Living and Township land is neither. A builder priced for one of those is priced for one of them only.

Bushfire on the northern plains

A Bushfire Management Overlay is mapped and Victoria maps the suburb as bushfire-prone — grassland fire rather than forest, which people underestimate. Where the overlay applies, a Bushfire Attack Level assessment follows and the rating changes the external construction specification.

Contributions on both schemes

Both a Development Contributions Plan Overlay and an Infrastructure Contributions Overlay are mapped, and the suburb sits in a declared urban growth area where the GAIC can apply. On a titled residential lot those are usually the developer's, not yours — confirm rather than assume.

What to ask a builder

Ask which zone and, if it is growth-zone land, which precinct structure plan. Ask what BAL rating is priced in. And ask whether they have built on the township or rural living land, because it is a different job.

Local landmarks in Craigieburn

Questions about building in Craigieburn

What zone is Craigieburn?

Seven are mapped, including two Urban Growth Zone schedules, General Residential, Mixed Use, a Township Zone and a Rural Living Zone. The township zone marks the original village the estates grew around.

Is Craigieburn bushfire-prone?

Yes — a Bushfire Management Overlay is mapped and Victoria maps the suburb as bushfire-prone. On the northern plains that is grassland fire, which people underestimate. A BAL rating changes the external specification.

What contributions apply?

A Development Contributions Plan Overlay and an Infrastructure Contributions Overlay are both mapped, and the suburb is in a declared urban growth area where the GAIC can apply. On a titled lot these are usually the developer’s cost.

Why do Craigieburn quotes differ so much?

Because the suburb contains growth-zone estate land, established general residential land and rural living land. Those are three different projects with different site costs and different rules.

Does Craigieburn flood?

A Land Subject to Inundation Overlay is mapped, following the creek lines. Where it applies it can set a floor level. Whether it reaches your lot is an address question.

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