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Council
Latrobe City Council
Planning scheme
Latrobe Planning Scheme
Overlays mapped here
Land Subject to Inundation Overlay · Heritage Overlay · Floodway Overlay · Bushfire Management Overlay · Development Plan Overlay · Development Contributions Plan Overlay
Residential zones mapped
GRZ1 general residential zone - schedule 1
GRZ3 general residential zone - schedule 3
MUZ1 mixed use zone - schedule 1
NRZ1 neighbourhood residential zone - schedule 1
NRZ2 neighbourhood residential zone - schedule 2
NRZ3 neighbourhood residential zone - schedule 3
NRZ4 neighbourhood residential zone - schedule 4
RGZ2 residential growth zone - schedule 2
RGZ3 residential growth zone - schedule 3
RLZ1 rural living zone - schedule 1
RLZ2 rural living zone - schedule 2
RLZ3 rural living zone - schedule 3
UGZ1 urban growth zone - schedule 1
Bushfire-prone land
Mapped in this suburb
Heritage overlay schedules
20

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.

Builders serving Moe

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

What building in Moe actually involves

Moe fits an urban growth zone and three rural living schedules into 18.15 km² — the smallest of the Latrobe Valley towns published here, and the one with the widest spread of what its land is for.

The point at the centre is rural living

The zone checked at the centre of the suburb is RLZ3, a rural living schedule, and UGZ1 Urban Growth Zone is mapped elsewhere. Between them sit neighbourhood, general and residential growth schedules. Rural living land and urban growth land are opposite ends of a spectrum: one is established large-lot land with its own servicing problems, the other is land whose layout is still being planned. Thirteen codes in 18.15 km² means the suburb name tells you almost nothing.

A development contributions plan

DCPO1 is mapped. A contributions plan levies a set amount per lot or per dwelling toward infrastructure and it is payable on the permit — real money, knowable in advance, and commonly absent from an early quote.

Floodway and inundation

A Floodway Overlay and a Land Subject to Inundation Overlay are both mapped. Floodway land carries flow and is often refused outright; inundation land is designed around with floor levels and materials.

Twenty heritage schedules

20 Heritage Overlay schedules intersect the suburb — light by Latrobe Valley standards, so heritage is a check here rather than a design constraint on most blocks.

What to ask a builder

Ask which of the thirteen zone codes applies and whether the land is rural living, because that decides servicing and effluent. Ask whether the contributions plan covers the block and what the levy is.

Local landmarks in Moe

Questions about building in Moe

What zone is Moe?

Thirteen codes are mapped in 18.15 km², from RLZ3 rural living at the point checked here to UGZ1 urban growth elsewhere, with neighbourhood, general and residential growth schedules in between.

What are development contributions?

A levy toward infrastructure, payable when the permit issues. DCPO1 is mapped in Moe, so on affected land it is a knowable cost that belongs in the budget from the start.

Is Moe flood-affected?

Parts of it. A Floodway Overlay and a Land Subject to Inundation Overlay are both mapped, and the two are very different: floodway land is often refused, inundation land is designed around.

Is Moe heritage-controlled?

20 Heritage Overlay schedules intersect the suburb, which is light for the Latrobe Valley. On most blocks it is a check rather than a constraint.

What does rural living zoning mean for the build?

Longer service runs, a longer driveway and often on-site effluent that must be designed and approved before a slab goes down. It is a different budget from a serviced town block.

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