<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>High-rise apartments up to 20 storeys tall will be given the green light in parts of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne's"><span>Melbourne's</span></a><span> inner north under rezoned planning controls touted to help ease the state's </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/housing" rel="" target="" title="housing"><span>housing</span></a><span> crisis.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Premier Jacinta Allan and Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny today released finalised planning controls for 25 inner and middle-ring suburbs across Melbourne.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Four and six storey apartment blocks will be allowed in all 25 centres, depending on their distance to public transport.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/kyle-sandilands-jackie-o-kiis-fm-radio-show-contract-terminated-by-arn/11c5a875-b61b-4577-9d7d-3550169c564e" target="_blank"><strong><span>Kyle Sandilands reveals contract terminated by ARN</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 'activity centres' aim to encourage higher-density developments near public transport hubs, to help Victorians who may have been priced out buy into well-connected areas.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We understood that the status quo wasn't working. We understood we needed to do the hard, detailed work to change the planning rules, to change the planning controls, to get more homes built in these great locations," Allan said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But towers up to 20 storeys high have been given the green light near train stations in Brunswick and Coburg.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/victorian-government-parts-of-melbourne-set-for-high-rises-up-to-20-storeys-tall-under-new-planning-reforms/849db508-406b-4c2b-a0d7-866cac313207" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Parts of Hampton, Oakleigh, Hawthorn and Kew will have 16-storey buildings.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These reforms cut delays and give clear rules – so more millennials get into a home faster," Allan said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Seven of the 'Train and Tram Zones' are perched along the new Metro Tunnel corridor, near Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Hughesdale, Oakleigh, Middle Footscray, West Footscray and Tottenham stations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another six sit along the Glen Waverley line, surrounding stations such as Tooronga, Darling, East Malvern, Holmesglen, Gardiner and Glen Iris.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Apartments 12 storeys tall will be allowed along the Sandringham line in North and Middle Brighton - despite recent protests.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Along the Sandringham lines, activity centre plans have been finalised for North Brighton, Middle Brighton, Hampton and Sandringham stations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/rba-interest-rates-the-reserve-bank-has-hiked-interest-rates-how-much-will-this-cost-me/230033ae-0a25-489c-bafb-7d5d7505cade" target="_blank"><strong><span>The Reserve Bank has hiked interest rates again. How much will this cost me?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hubs will also enfold Hawthorn, Glenferrie and Auburn stations on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A zone surrounding Heidelberg station between Bell Sreet and Lower Heidelberg Road will have height restrictions between three and 10 storeys.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three major tram corridors have also been identified as activity centres, with St Georges Road and High street in Thornbury and Kew Junction outlined for builds up to 10 storeys high.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We want more Victorians to live in places that have great trains, trams, schools and jobs nearby – that's why we're making it easier to get more homes built," Kilkenny said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The state government says the train and tram zones will unlock capacity for more than 300,000 homes in the outlined areas by 2051.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Victorian opposition says it will tear up the plans if it wins the state election in November.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Thousands of people have protested in my community and what the government has said is 'we're going to stick the middle finger up to you because we don't like your suburb'," Opposition spokesperson James Newbury said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kilkenny said public consultation for the activity centres was "the biggest consultation ever undertaken in this state's history".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another 25 areas are still being planned, with the final plans expected to be released in the middle of the year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></strong></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a></li><li><em><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></em></a></li><li><em><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></em></a></li></ul></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li></li></ul></div></div>