Housing Choice and Transport Zone Controls Apply in Camberwell Junction

New planning controls introduced in April 2025 for Camberwell Junction include the Housing Choice and Transport Zone, which permits buildings up to 4 storeys or 13.5 metres on smaller sites and up to 6 storeys or 21.5 metres on sites of at least 1,000 square metres with a 20-metre frontage.

The Neighbourhood Residential Zone continues to cover 56 percent of lots in Camberwell, where the average maximum building height remains 10.0 metres. These overlapping rules determine what property owners can build without additional approvals.

Rules for Street Walls and Heritage Areas

The Camberwell Junction Activity Centre Plan 2025 and Structure and Place Plan from 2024 require a 2-storey street wall of 8 metres with a 3-metre setback, along with defined floor-to-floor heights for commercial and residential floors. Twenty-one percent of properties in Camberwell fall under Heritage Overlay controls that add further restrictions on alterations and new construction.

Approximately 8,360 lots qualify for a small second dwelling under existing provisions, while 9,353 lots show potential for subdivision. Seven thousand six hundred thirty-one lots sit inside a Transport Oriented Development corridor, where permissions are shaped by proximity to transport infrastructure.

Practical Effects on Daily Decisions

Property owners considering extensions, secondary dwellings or subdivisions must check whether their site meets the size and frontage thresholds for the higher limits in the Housing Choice and Transport Zone. Sites outside those thresholds stay subject to the Neighbourhood Residential Zone height cap.

The government says the policy will shape future development permissions in the activity centre. Residents evaluating property changes can review the specific site requirements in the published plans to determine applicable controls before lodging applications.