419-421 Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe

Development Victoria is unlocking surplus government land to make way for more homes to meet the growing demand for quality housing supply in the inner north-east.

Only 9km from the Melbourne CBD, the Ivanhoe tank site will become thriving residential community with hundreds of new homes, close to existing schools, hospitals, jobs, and transport.

We are currently working with Banyule City Council, the Ivanhoe community and other stakeholders to progress plans for the site, which was rezoned in 2018 to allow for residential use following two rounds of community engagement.

Approximately 2,000 square-metres of the site has been retained as Public Use Zone where we will work with Council and the community to develop a new park, to replace the existing one currently on site.

In October 2024, we completed works to safely remove the decommissioned water tank on the site, which has not been in use since 2004, to make way for the future residential development.

Development Plan for the residential development

We prepared a draft Development Plan for the proposed on-site housing and submitted it to Banyule City Council for approval. This process included a public exhibition period, which ran from 8 April to 10 May, 2024.  Council also sought community feedback on what the park should include. For an overview of these engagements visit Shaping Banyule

As a result of feedback from the community and stakeholders, we made some minor revisions to the Development Plan and Council Park design. These include:

• additional design guidelines at the planning permit stage
• measures to regulate vehicle access to and from Upper Heidelberg Road
• requirements for a Green Travel Plan and a Wayfinding Plan
• retention of the six paperbark trees along Forster Street as part of the park design

The Department of Transport and Planning has now approved the Development Plan, paving the way for much-needed housing in Melbourne’s inner north.

Banyule Council also approved the Council Park Concept Plan for the new  Council Park, which will include new play areas and spaces for the whole community to enjoy.

Concept designs for the residential development will now be created in line with these approved plans, and these will be submitted to Council as part of the planning permit process.

Feedback on the concept designs will be reviewed and considered as part of the detailed design process before Council approves the final design.

Construction on site will only commence once we have been issued a Planning Permit by Council.