The List of Activity Centres that You have a Right to have a Say About
Get rid of Activity Centres and State Government overreach across Victoria
On Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Victoria's Upper House (Legislative Council) the Liberal Member David Davis proposed a disallowance motion that could overturn both the 25 Activity Centres planning changes and the Mid-Rise Housing Code.
This was to END Activity Centres and the State Government overreach in our neighbourhoods, and to return back to the legal and democratic Planning Permit Application process and VCAT appeals.
What we found out on June 3rd, was that the Labor's Department of Treasury and Finance has advised activity centres "should be expanded to an additional 150 train stations and tram line locations by 2028 to reach the 800,000 target".
So, not just the Stage 1 or Stage 2 Activity Centres ( 60 ), but another additional 150 Activity Centres at train stations - turning almost every train station in Melbourne into a 20-storey high-density housing zone.
I have been asked to detail the 60 Activity Centres – they are listed below.
Even though we the community did not have our Local Council support to “oppose the overdevelopment” in our neighbourhood, we the residents, the taxpayers, came together and wrote letters of objections to the State Government /members of Parliament / letters to the Ombudsman ( still current ) / letters to IBAC ( still current )/ petitions and attendance at Parliament to support the ‘disallowance motion’.
The ‘disallowance motion’ did not succeed.
The only way to stop Activity Centres in their current form and save our amazing wonderful Victorian landscape as we know it ; is to Vote Out Jacinta Allen in November. Jess Wilson will get rid of Activity Centres and give us back our voices and stand up for our neighbourhoods.
Your neighbourhoods are next, and from my previous updates, we have documented our objections : If you can use any for your objections, please use them. Objections and delay are legitimate.
1. We all want more housing
2. The modern planning permit process in Victoria was established in 1987 via the Planning and Environment Act 1987 for all of us. Not for this Labor Government.
3. The established legal processes created democratically are dismissed by the State Government and the State Government believe their “Activity Centre” proposal should just be accepted by us.
4. We the residents have a right to participate in decision-making in our own towns. We have a right to participate in the decision making, as we always democratically have.
5. No notice – no transparency of the proposal details ( like the height being 18 storeys )
6. No community participation
7. Forced to accept a one-size-fits-all housing option. A box, not a house with a driveway and/or backyard.
8. Towers higher than the planning law
9. Mega blocks of concrete
10. A visual intrusion to the skyline from all directions
11. Overlooking to our homes and gardens
12. “Fake shadow diagrams" showing sunlight not impacted
13. Mega shadows in all directions – over homes, gardens and over our local War Memorial
14. Reflections and glare
15. Impact to the environment – waste, noise and emissions
16. Every dwelling does not have a car park - where are all residents and shoppers going to park ?
17. It is fantasy that this an affordable housing project – proposed 10% for affordale housing for our proposal of 194 dwellings is 19 dwellings and the other 175 dwellings are mega $$million dwellings for the developer to build and sell
a. OR the developer can contribute 3% of their cost to council/ government – what is 3% of a proposed $520 Million development?
b. Homes in these areas are unaffordable. The Urban Development Institute of Australia commissioned a report, and in that report it spoke of the costs around how expensive the construction is and how expensive these towers are going to be. In fact Linda Allison, the chief executive of the UDIA Victoria, said: … there has been an assumption that higher density housing in established suburbs would deliver more homes “but the economics just don’t stack up”.
18. “Fake Traffic Assessment” – with a conclusion that Kew Junction will continue to operate under EXCELLENT CONDITIONS”
19. “Fake Activity Centre” definiton – Kew has no trains and the tram and bus lines are already full and congested – is there a suggestion that more tram and buses routes will be added – the lived experience says No.
20. There is no accessible access for our Public Transport – you need to walk onto the road and up into the tram and bus. No wheelchairs/ disabled persons/ mums with prams access etc
21. No serious car parking or traffic management plan.
22. Ruin the character and amenity of our suburb … It will be to the detriment of working families who choose to live in housing close to schools and other important public amenities
23. We the residents pay for the consequences – increased pressure on existing services ; roads, parking, drains, roads, waste, parks, schools, health services, local infrastructure...
Armadale Station - Cranbourne/Frankston Line
Ashburton Station - Alamein Line
Auburn Station - Alamein/Belgrave Line
Bentleigh Station - Frankston Line
Blackburn Station - Lilydale/Belgrave Line
Broadmeadows Activity Centre - Cragieburn Line
Brunswick Station - Upfield Line
Camberwell Junction Activity Centre - Alamein/Belgrave Line
Carnegie Station - Cranbourne Line
Caulfield Station - Cranbourne/Frankston Line
Chadstone Activity Centre - Glen Waverly Line and bus routes
Coburg Station - Upfield Line
Dandenong Station - Cranbourne Line
Darling Station - Glen Waverly Line
East Malvern Station - Glen Waverly Line
Elsternwick Station - Sandringham Line
Epping Activity Centre - Mernda Line
Frankston Activity Centre - Frankston Line
Gardiner & Glen Iris Stations - Glen Waverly Line
Glen Huntly Station - Frankston Line
Glenferrie Station - Lilydale/Belgrave Line
Hampton Station - Sandringham
Hawksburn Station - Cranbourne/Frankston Line
Hawthorn Station - Lilydale/Belgrave Line
Heidelberg Station - Hurstbridge Line
High St, Thornbury - Tram route 86
Holmesglen Station - Glen Waverly Line
Hughesdale Station - Cranbourne Line
Inner city (Melbourne) - City trams and trains
Inner city (Yarra) - City trams and trains
Kew Junction - Tram routes 109 and 48
Malvern Station - Cranbourne/Frankston Line
Mentone Station - Frankston Line
Middle Brighton – Station Sandringham
Middle Footscray – Station Sunbury Line
Mitcham Station - Lilydale/Belgrave Line
Moorabbin Activity Centre - Frankston Line
Murrumbeena Station - Cranbourne Line
Niddrie Activity Centre - Tram route 59
Noble Park Station - Cranbourne Line
North Brighton Station - Sandringham
North Essendon Activity Centre - Cragieburn Line
Nunawading Station - Lilydale/Belgrave Line
Oakleigh Station - Cranbourne Line
Ormond Station - Frankston Line
Prahran Station - Sandringham
Preston Activity Centre - Mernda Line
Ringwood Activity Centre - Lilydale/Belgrave Line
Riversdale & Willison Stations - Alamein Line
Sandringham Station - Sandringham
South Yarra Station - Sandringham
Springvale Station - Cranbourne Line
St Georges Rd - Tram route 11
Toorak Station - Cranbourne/Frankston Line
Toorak Village - Tram route 58
Tooronga Station - Glen Waverly Line
Tottenham Station - Sunbury Line
West Footscray Station - Sunbury Line
Windsor Station - Sandringham
Yarraman - Cranbourne Line