We want to ensure that the City of Melton has a sufficient future supply of commercial and industrial land to help our economy grow and provide employment opportunities for our rapidly growing community.

To help meet the future needs of the community, we have developed the Melton Employment and Industrial Land Strategy.

This strategy sets the strategic vision, directions, and a framework to guide the long-term use and development of industrial and commercial land in the City of Melton. It also establishes employment precincts across the municipality to help guide future employment opportunities and land uses.

The Melton Employment and Industrial Land Strategy has been adopted by Council at its meeting on 24 June 2024.

You can download and read the summary or the full version of the Melton Employment and Industrial Land Strategy below.

• Melton Employment and Industrial Land Strategy Summary
• Melton Employment and Industrial Land Strategy

Community and stakeholder feedback was sought on the draft Strategy between 15 January and 29 February 2024. Council received and responded to 27 submissions. The draft Strategy has been updated in response to the feedback received.

Council officers reviewed the consultation findings and prepared the Consultation Report. You can view the report below or a hard copy is available at the Melton Civic Centre.

Melton Employment and Industrial Land Strategy (MEILS) Consultation Report

Thank you to the stakeholders, landowners and interested community members who took their time to put in a submissions, attended the Industry Briefings or called to discuss the Strategy.

For further inquiries or information, please contact our Strategic Planning Team at 9747 7200 or email citysupport@melton.vic.gov.au

The Economic Corridor connects our existing and future economic areas and activity centres along the Western Freeway and Melton train line. Direction 2 of the draft Strategy outlines the vision for the Economic Corridor and sets a pathway to creating job opportunities, industry growth, social development and access to services in one corridor network.

As the Corridor’s population will continue to grow, there is a unique opportunity to shape its future now.

We are seeking your feedback on the vision, directions and objectives for the Western Freeway Economic Corridor outlined in Direction 2 of the draft Strategy.

1: Ensure the supply of industrial land.

2: Advocate for the delivery of the Western Intermodal Freight Precinct.

3: Optimise, protect and direct Industrial Industries.

4: Boost industrial employment, productivity, and amenity.

5: Facilitate a high productivity and highly integrated Western Freeway Economic Corridor.

6: Promote and support Melton’s unique workforce capability.

7: Foster commercial investment in the City’s activity centre network.

8: Ensure land use settings support innovation.

We invited landowners, businesses and developers to provide additional input. It will help us to identify new land use opportunities or potential obstacles and contribute to our ongoing effort to shape the future of our employment precincts.

On Tuesday 13 February, Council held an online Industry Briefing to provide an overview of the draft Strategy and its key directions to businesses, landowners and developers of the industrial and commercial areas.

For those who were unable to attend the briefing, we have recorded the webinar and made it available, along with the presentation slides.

• Watch the MEILS 2024 webinar
• Presentation Slides

The draft Strategy introduces a municipality-wide Industrial Land Use Framework and a set of mapped employment Precinct Plans.

While the Western Freeway Economic Corridor sets a vision and highlights specific locations, the Industrial Land Use Framework and employment Precinct Plans represent commercial and industrial land throughout municipality, both within and beyond the Corridor.

Five employment precincts have been identified and precinct-focused plans have been prepared to outline their future economic roles, long-term growth directions and key infrastructure needs.

1. Southern Precinct
2. Western Precinct
3. Melton Township Precinct
4. Northern Precinct
5. Diggers Rest Precinct

Click on the precinct name above to load an image with details. Please refer to the draft strategy for more detailed information on each of these precincts.