Rooming houses planning scheme requirements

The petition of certain citizens of the State of Victoria draws to the attention of the Legislative Council the community's support to change the legislation in relation to the Victorian Planning Scheme section 52.23.

The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Council call on the Government to change the Victorian Planning Scheme section 52.23 to allow for: 

• A limit on the number of rooming houses a street, and any area, can have.
• That there be a minimum distance between existing rooming houses (e.g. one rooming house per 500m radius)
• Community consultation through council or private building surveyor when building a domestic scale rooming house.