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Council
Wyndham City Council
Planning scheme
Wyndham Planning Scheme
Overlays mapped here
Design and Development Overlay · Heritage Overlay · Development Plan Overlay · Environmental Significance Overlay · Development Contributions Plan Overlay · Special Building Overlay · Land Subject to Inundation Overlay · Significant Landscape Overlay
Residential zones mapped
GRZ1 general residential zone - schedule 1
LDRZ low density residential zone
MUZ mixed use zone
UGZ urban growth zone
UGZ10 urban growth zone - schedule 10
UGZ11 urban growth zone - schedule 11
UGZ13 urban growth zone - schedule 13
UGZ8 urban growth zone - schedule 8
Bushfire-prone land
Mapped in this suburb
Heritage overlay schedules
12
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 Tarneit

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

What building in Tarneit actually involves

Tarneit is 38.2 km² and carries eight different zones, including four separate Urban Growth Zone schedules. That is the single most important thing to know about building here: the rules on your block come from the precinct structure plan that covers it, not from a suburb-wide setting.

Which UGZ schedule you are in decides the brief

UGZ8, UGZ10, UGZ11 and UGZ13 are all mapped in Tarneit, alongside General Residential, Low Density Residential and Mixed Use. Each growth-zone schedule brings its own precinct structure plan, with its own lot layout, density and staging. A builder who has delivered in one Tarneit precinct has not necessarily delivered in yours.

The GAIC applies

Tarneit sits inside a declared urban growth area, so land here may attract the Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution — a per-hectare charge triggered on certain dealings with growth-area land. It is not usually a buyer's cost on a titled residential lot, but it is worth knowing it exists before someone tells you it does not.

Water and fire, both mapped

Tarneit is mapped as bushfire-prone, and Land Subject to Inundation and Special Building overlays follow the Werribee River, Davis Creek and Dry Creek. On a flat plain the flood controls are easy to miss and expensive to discover late.

What to ask a builder

Ask which precinct structure plan governs the lot and whether they have built under it. Ask whether the price assumes a BAL rating. And ask when titles are actually expected, because in a growth area that date is the developer's, not the builder's.

Local landmarks in Tarneit

Questions about building in Tarneit

What zone is Tarneit?

Eight zones are mapped, including four Urban Growth Zone schedules — UGZ8, UGZ10, UGZ11 and UGZ13 — plus General Residential, Low Density Residential and Mixed Use. Which one covers your lot decides the lot layout and density.

What is the GAIC and will I pay it?

The Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution is a per-hectare charge on certain dealings with land in a declared growth area. Tarneit is in one. On a titled residential lot it is usually not a buyer cost, but confirm rather than assume.

Is Tarneit bushfire-prone?

Yes — Victoria maps bushfire-prone area in Tarneit. Where it applies, a BAL rating is assessed and it changes the external construction specification, which is a build cost rather than a permit cost.

Does Tarneit flood?

Land Subject to Inundation and Special Building overlays are mapped and follow the Werribee River, Davis Creek and Dry Creek. Where they apply they can set a floor level. Whether they reach your lot is an address question.

Why do two Tarneit quotes differ?

Most often because they are pricing different precincts. Four growth-zone schedules mean four sets of lot layouts, densities and developer design requirements inside one suburb.

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