Melbourne Strategic Assessment Extent: Urban Growth Boundary and Transport Corridors

The Melbourne Strategic Assessment Extent dataset provides the spatial boundaries for Melbourne's urban growth and associated transport infrastructure. The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action defines the program, which includes four growth areas and 28 precincts within the expanded 2010 Urban Growth Boundary. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-09.

Use Cases

• Mapping urban expansion boundaries based on the defined 2010 Urban Growth Boundary.
• Analyzing transport corridor planning based on the outer Metropolitan Ring and Regional Rail Link corridors.
• Assessing land development potential within the defined growth areas of Melbourne's west, north-west, north, and south-east.
• Visualizing precinct structure planning areas referenced in the 2009 program report.

Strengths

• Provides a defined spatial extent for a major government urban planning program.
• Covers four specific growth areas and 28 precincts as outlined in the source report.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including SHP, GDB, and DWG.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the 2009 program definition.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Defined by the State Government's program in the 'Delivering Melbourne's Newest Sustainable Communities - Program Report' (DPCD, 2009).

Time Range

Program definition from 2009, with boundaries given effect by Planning Scheme Amendment VC68.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 07:28:16.443072; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia, specifically the defined growth areas and transport corridors.