Background and Incorporated Documents

Background and incorporated documents to the Hume Planning Scheme are listed and available for download below. 

Background documents are documents listed in Clause 72.08 of the Planning Scheme. They generally provide background information used to inform some policy or provisions in the Planning Scheme.  

Incorporated documents are documents listed in Clause 72.04 of the Planning Scheme. They form part of the Planning Scheme and help guide decision making on planning matters. 

The Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) website provides access to both local and state-wide incorporated documents and is the most up-to-date source of this information.

Background Documents

Amaroo Business Park, 700 Hume Highway, Craigieburn, Victoria: Net Gain Assessment, (Biosis Research, 2007)(PDF, 18MB)

Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Melbourne's Growth Corridors (Department of Environment and Primary Industries, 2013)(PDF, 20MB)

Broadmeadows Structure Plan (Hume City Council, 2012)(PDF, 15MB)

Broadmeadows Activity Centre Plan (Victorian Planning Authority, 2025)(PDF, 9MB)

Final Flora and Fauna Assessment: 700 Hume Highway, Craigieburn (Ecology Australia 2008)(PDF, 48MB)

Flora, Fauna and Net Gain Assessment, 650 Hume Highway, Craigieburn (Brett Lane & Associates, 2008)(PDF, 1MB)

Greenvale Reservoir Catchment: Drinking Water Quality Risk Management Plan (March 2008)(PDF, 10MB)

Heritage Overlay Review, Hume City Council, Victoria (Biosis Pty Ltd, June 2022)(PDF, 17MB)

Horne Street, Sunbury Urban Design Guidelines (Hume City Council, 2007)(PDF, 3MB)

Hume Bicycle Network Plan (Hume City Council, 2015)(PDF, 6MB)

Hume Biodiversity Planning Policy (Hume City Council, 2020)(PDF, 274KB)

Hume Central: The Vision (Lab Oculus, 2014)(PDF, 7MB)

Hume City Council Guidelines for Commercial, Industrial and Residential Landscapes (Hume City Council, 2005)(PDF, 3MB)

Hume City Council Industrial Development Strategy (Hume City Council, Amended version, April 1995)(PDF, 465KB)

Hume City Council Kalkallo Development Principles, Statement of Strategic Planning Policy, Rural Areas Strategy Plan (Hume City Council, 1993)(PDF, 909KB)

Hume Corridor Integrated Growth Area Plan (HIGAP) Infrastructure and Delivery Strategy (Hume City Council, 2015)(PDF, 2MB)

Hume Corridor Integrated Growth Area Plan (HIGAP) Spatial Strategy (Hume City Council, 2015)(PDF, 5MB)

Hume Economic Development Strategy 2030 (Hume City Council, 2012)(PDF, 5MB)

Hume Land and Biodiversity Plan 2015-2019 (Hume City Council, 2015)(PDF, 4MB)

Hume Open Space Strategy 2010-2015 (Hume City Council, 2010)(PDF, 2MB)

Hume Parking Management Policy 2015 (Hume City Council, Re-Adopted 2021)(PDF, 255KB)

Industrial Stormwater Code of Practice (Hume City Council, 2008)(PDF, 4MB)

Jacksons Hill Master Plan (Victorian Planning Authority, October 2018)(PDF, 36MB)

Mount Ridley Local Structure Plan for Inter Urban Break Mickleham (Greenaway and Katz Pty Ltd, 1997)(PDF, 3MB)

Remnant Native Grasslands and Grassy Woodlands of the Melbourne Area: An action plan for conservation based on biological values (Department of Conservation and Environment, 1990)(PDF, 77MB)

Rural Areas Strategy Plan - Towards 2011 (Henshall Hansen Associates, 1993)(PDF, 1MB)

Sunbury HIGAP Delivery and Infrastructure Strategy (Hume City Council, 2012)(PDF, 785KB)

Sunbury Town Centre Study Final Report (Perrott Lyon Mathieson Pty Ltd, 1991)(PDF, 3MB)

The Gateway, 700 Hume Hwy, Craigieburn, Victoria: Golden Sun Moth Survey, (Biosis Research, 2006)(PDF, 9MB)