Planning and rebuilding
Rebuilding Advisory Service
The free Rebuilding Advisory Service, which previously sat with the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority is still operating in all fire-affected areas. Through the service, information and assistance is available on all aspects of rebuilding. The service is located at the Rebuilding Advisory Centre and Community Facilities in Kinglake and Marysville and a mobile service that visits affected landowners in other areas.
For more information or to contact a Rebuilding advisor visit www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/planning/plansandpolicies/bushfire-planning-and-building/rebuildingandrecovery.
Building Commision
The Building Commission provides a range of information and helpful guides for both individuals and industry about temporary homes and buildings, bushfire shelters, new building standards and bushfire attack levels.
The Building Commission has also released:
Bushfire planning
The Bushfire Response Planning Unit (the Unit) rests within the Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) and provides assistance to people impacted by the 2009 Victorian bushfires by helping them to rebuild and to navigate the new planning controls, building standards and vegetation rules now in place.
The Unit has released two information sheets:
- Bushfire Response Planning Unit - Overview & Types of Assistance
- Planned Changes to the Victoria Planning Provisions & Planning Schemes
These information sheets are accessible via the Department of Planning and Community Development website.
Bushfire prone areas
Bushfire prone areas, which are areas subject to or likely to be subject to bushfires, have been identified across Victoria. Specific bushfire construction standards apply in these designated areas to improve bushfire protection for residential buildings.
For more details, see the Department of Planning and Community Development information sheets for
- Bushfire prone areas
- Bushfire prone area maps
All information sheets are accessible via the Department of Planning and Community Development website
Advice line
A telephone advice service has been launched to assist people whose homes have been lost or damaged in the bushfires. The Bushfire Building Advice line will operate from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (AEDT) Monday to Friday - 1300 360 320.
| Email the Fire Recovery Unit or call 1800 055 714 |
