Knox: planning zones, bushfire and flood overlays
The 48 planning zones mapped in Knox, Victoria, the overlays that apply, and which registers cover the council.
A report can be bought for almost every address in Knox that is in the state address register, $9.90 including GST, paid once. This page is the free part: what the Victorian planning registers hold for the council. The report is for one address, and reads the planning, heritage and hazard registers listed below for it. Check an address in Knox first: the check is free and states the total before you pay.
What this page covers
This page covers the Knox Planning Scheme: its zones, and the overlays counted below, which each council’s scheme applies. Victoria’s statewide hazard maps, such as the Bushfire Prone Area, are not counted here. Recorded crime for the council is charted below, and the report for an address here carries it too.
Bushfire, flood and other planning overlays in Knox
What the government maps show. Not a risk rating.
- EMO Only 12 addresses here are on land whose planning scheme uses the Erosion Management Overlay (EMO), 3 of them on a lot in it: fewer than one in ten, too few to give a share. EMO by council, on our map.
- SMO The Knox Planning Scheme does not use the Salinity Management Overlay (SMO). SMO by council, on our map.
Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO)
- 2,429 on the map at the address point
- 116 on part of the lot only
- 96 at the edge only
- 83,890 not on the map
Victoria’s Bushfire Prone Area designation is separate, and may still apply. See VicPlan. Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO) by council, on our map.
How this is counted
2,545 of 86,531 addresses (2.9%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as the Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO) in the planning scheme. On 2,442 of 71,455 lots · 116 on part of the lot only · 96 touch only the edge. Victoria’s Bushfire Prone Area designation is separate, and may still apply.
Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO)
- 683 on the map at the address point
- 1,281 on part of the lot only
- 622 at the edge only
- 83,945 not on the map
See VicPlan. Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) by council, on our map.
How this is counted
1,964 of 86,531 addresses (2.3%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) in the planning scheme. On 762 of 71,455 lots · 1,281 on part of the lot only · 622 touch only the edge.
Special Building Overlay (SBO, overland flow)
- 1,784 on the map at the address point
- 1,425 on part of the lot only
- 527 at the edge only
- 82,795 not on the map
See VicPlan. Special Building Overlay (SBO, overland flow) by council, on our map.
How this is counted
3,209 of 86,531 addresses (3.7%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as the Special Building Overlay (SBO, overland flow) in the planning scheme. On 2,128 of 71,455 lots · 1,425 on part of the lot only · 527 touch only the edge.
Floodway Overlay (FO)
- 2 on the map at the address point
- 11 on part of the lot only
- 2 at the edge only
- 86,516 not on the map
See VicPlan. Floodway Overlay (FO) by council, on our map.
How this is counted
13 of 86,531 addresses (under 0.1%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as the Floodway Overlay (FO) in the planning scheme. On 12 of 71,455 lots · 11 on part of the lot only · 2 touch only the edge.
Environmental Audit Overlay (EAO)
- 409 on the map at the address point
- 285 on part of the lot only
- 709 at the edge only
- 85,128 not on the map
The EAO marks land whose past use means an environmental audit is needed before a sensitive use, such as a home, school or childcare centre. It is not a finding that the land is contaminated. See VicPlan. Environmental Audit Overlay (EAO) by council, on our map.
How this is counted
694 of 86,531 addresses (0.8%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as the Environmental Audit Overlay (EAO) in the planning scheme. On 280 of 71,455 lots · 285 on part of the lot only · 709 touch only the edge. The EAO marks land whose past use means an environmental audit is needed before a sensitive use, such as a home, school or childcare centre. It is not a finding that the land is contaminated.
Check an address in Knox, free
Free: which registers cover the address. The report ($9.90 including GST): whether the lot is on them, and how much of it.
How these are counted
Counted from every address in the Victorian address register, in build 61 of 21 October 2026, out of the addresses on land each register covers; a share is given only where the register covers nine in ten of the council’s addresses. Addresses, not homes: an apartment building is many addresses on one lot, and a vacant block is one. “Part of the lot” counts land, not buildings: the mapped area may not reach the house. A lot the map touches only at the edge, within the map’s accuracy, is shown as “Check” in a report and is counted in the base but not as on the map, so a share can be low by up to the edge count in its row. These are counts of what the government maps show, by our method; they are not a risk rating, and a council’s own count of “properties” may not match them. See why unmapped is not clear.
Counts derived by WattleAddr from these registers, by our method. Vicmap Address, Vicmap Property, and Vicmap Planning zones and overlays: © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence; Council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021, Local Government Areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Crime rates in Knox: ten years of recorded crime
For the council area, not any one property. We do not rank councils and we do not turn this into a safety score.
How to read these charts
This is about the council area, not about any one property. Every address in Knox carries the same figures. Each chart shows the offences recorded in each of the ten years to March 2026; the darkest bar is the latest year, where a trend was tested. Each chart has its own scale, starting at zero, so read the shape, not the height against another chart. Beneath it, the latest rate per 100,000 people (solid) is set against the Victorian rate (outlined). The Crime Statistics Agency publishes no trend, so each direction here is ours, calculated by WattleAddr from its ten annual rates, and named only where it is statistically significant. The direction is of the rate per 100,000, so it can differ from the bars, which are counts.
Break and enter, homes
Rate: no clear direction over ten yearscalculated by WattleAddrMotor vehicle theft
Rate: no clear direction over ten yearscalculated by WattleAddrTheft from vehicles
Rate: no clear direction over ten yearscalculated by WattleAddrCriminal damage
Rate: no clear direction over ten yearscalculated by WattleAddrAssault, non-family-violence
Rate: no clear direction over ten yearscalculated by WattleAddrThe same figures as a table
| Offence | Ten year trend | Knox | VIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Break and enter, homes | Rate: no clear direction over ten years, calculated by WattleAddr | 229.8 | 347.3 |
| Motor vehicle theft | Rate: no clear direction over ten years, calculated by WattleAddr | 331.0 | 434.9 |
| Theft from vehicles | Rate: no clear direction over ten years, calculated by WattleAddr | 922.8 | 1,074.8 |
| Criminal damage | Rate: no clear direction over ten years, calculated by WattleAddr | 446.8 | 595.2 |
| Assault, non-family-violence | Rate: no clear direction over ten years, calculated by WattleAddr | 188.9 | 318.6 |
Recorded offences are what was reported to and recorded by Victoria Police: a rise can mean more of an offence, or more of it being reported, and these figures cannot tell the two apart. A count also moves with the population, which the rate allows for and the bars do not. We leave out offences whose recorded numbers depend mostly on police activity, such as drug and weapons offences; the offences shown are still only what was reported and recorded. Rates are per 100,000 people on the Victorian Government’s Victoria in Future population projections, not the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ current estimated resident population. The Crime Statistics Agency uses them because the ABS figure for the most recent year is not available in time. The Crime Statistics Agency excludes justice institutions, immigration facilities and Unincorporated Victoria from its council-level tables, so these figures do not add up to its published Victorian totals. We use one table throughout and never mix the two.
How a direction is calculated
Trend calculated by WattleAddr from ten years of Crime Statistics Agency data. CSA does not publish a trend figure. Method: a least-squares straight line fitted to the logarithm of the ten annual rates per 100,000, read as the average change per year. A direction is named only where that slope is significant at the 5 per cent level (two-sided t test, 8 degrees of freedom); where it is not, we say the direction is unclear rather than name one. An offence averaging fewer than 20 recorded incidents a year in the area is not calculated at all.
Charts drawn by WattleAddr from the Crime Statistics Agency’s figures. Source: Crime Statistics Agency, Victoria. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. Source data. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Planning zones mapped in Knox
48 zones in use
COMMERCIAL 1 ZONE
- C1Z
COMMERCIAL 2 ZONE
- C2Z
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ZONE
- CDZ1
- CDZ2
- CDZ3
FARMING ZONE
- FZ
GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE
- GRZ1
- GRZ3
- GRZ4
- GRZ7
- GRZ8
GREEN WEDGE A ZONE
- GWAZ1
GREEN WEDGE ZONE
- GWZ1
- GWZ2
INDUSTRIAL 1 ZONE
- IN1Z
LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE
- LDRZ
MIXED USE ZONE
- MUZ
- MUZ2
- MUZ3
NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE
- NRZ1
- NRZ2
- NRZ3
- NRZ4
- NRZ5
- NRZ6
- NRZ7
- NRZ9
PUBLIC CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE ZONE
- PCRZ
PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATION ZONE
- PPRZ
PUBLIC USE ZONE - CEMETERY/CREMATORIUM
- PUZ5
PUBLIC USE ZONE - EDUCATION
- PUZ2
PUBLIC USE ZONE - HEALTH AND COMMUNITY
- PUZ3
PUBLIC USE ZONE - LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- PUZ6
PUBLIC USE ZONE - OTHER PUBLIC USE
- PUZ7
PUBLIC USE ZONE - SERVICE AND UTILITY
- PUZ1
RESIDENTIAL GROWTH ZONE
- RGZ1
- RGZ2
- RGZ3
RURAL CONSERVATION ZONE
- RCZ1
- RCZ2
RURAL LIVING ZONE
- RLZ
SPECIAL USE ZONE
- SUZ1
- SUZ2
- SUZ3
TRANSPORT ZONE 1 - STATE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
- TRZ1
TRANSPORT ZONE 2 - PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK
- TRZ2
TRANSPORT ZONE 3 - SIGNIFICANT MUNICIPAL ROAD
- TRZ3
URBAN FLOODWAY ZONE
- UFZ
The 48 distinct zones the register maps here, and how many separate areas each is mapped over. A Victorian zone’s schedule is where its control lives, so General Residential Zone Schedule 1 and Schedule 3 are listed apart: they are the same zone and not the same rule. Zone names are as the register publishes them, capitals and all. This counts mapped areas in the register, not properties: a zone over one large polygon may cover more land than a zone over fifty.
The zones as a table, with mapped areas
| Zone | Name | Mapped areas |
|---|---|---|
| C1Z | COMMERCIAL 1 ZONE | 62 |
| C2Z | COMMERCIAL 2 ZONE | 21 |
| CDZ1 | COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 | 1 |
| CDZ2 | COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ZONE - SCHEDULE 2 | 1 |
| CDZ3 | COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ZONE - SCHEDULE 3 | 1 |
| FZ | FARMING ZONE | 2 |
| GRZ1 | GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 | 6 |
| GRZ3 | GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 3 | 8 |
| GRZ4 | GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 4 | 11 |
| GRZ7 | GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 7 | 1 |
| GRZ8 | GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 8 | 1 |
| GWAZ1 | GREEN WEDGE A ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 | 1 |
| GWZ1 | GREEN WEDGE ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 | 2 |
| GWZ2 | GREEN WEDGE ZONE - SCHEDULE 2 | 8 |
| IN1Z | INDUSTRIAL 1 ZONE | 21 |
| LDRZ | LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE | 6 |
| MUZ | MIXED USE ZONE | 23 |
| MUZ2 | MIXED USE ZONE - SCHEDULE 2 | 2 |
| MUZ3 | MIXED USE ZONE - SCHEDULE 3 | 1 |
| NRZ1 | NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 | 25 |
| NRZ2 | NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 2 | 1 |
| NRZ3 | NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 3 | 1 |
| NRZ4 | NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 4 | 40 |
| NRZ5 | NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 5 | 14 |
| NRZ6 | NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 6 | 2 |
| NRZ7 | NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 7 | 1 |
| NRZ9 | NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 9 | 4 |
| PCRZ | PUBLIC CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE ZONE | 29 |
| PPRZ | PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATION ZONE | 322 |
| PUZ5 | PUBLIC USE ZONE - CEMETERY/CREMATORIUM | 1 |
| PUZ2 | PUBLIC USE ZONE - EDUCATION | 32 |
| PUZ3 | PUBLIC USE ZONE - HEALTH AND COMMUNITY | 2 |
| PUZ6 | PUBLIC USE ZONE - LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 36 |
| PUZ7 | PUBLIC USE ZONE - OTHER PUBLIC USE | 11 |
| PUZ1 | PUBLIC USE ZONE - SERVICE AND UTILITY | 44 |
| RGZ1 | RESIDENTIAL GROWTH ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 | 26 |
| RGZ2 | RESIDENTIAL GROWTH ZONE - SCHEDULE 2 | 7 |
| RGZ3 | RESIDENTIAL GROWTH ZONE - SCHEDULE 3 | 4 |
| RCZ1 | RURAL CONSERVATION ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 | 5 |
| RCZ2 | RURAL CONSERVATION ZONE - SCHEDULE 2 | 2 |
| RLZ | RURAL LIVING ZONE | 13 |
| SUZ1 | SPECIAL USE ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 | 7 |
| SUZ2 | SPECIAL USE ZONE - SCHEDULE 2 | 2 |
| SUZ3 | SPECIAL USE ZONE - SCHEDULE 3 | 3 |
| TRZ1 | TRANSPORT ZONE 1 - STATE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE | 7 |
| TRZ2 | TRANSPORT ZONE 2 - PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK | 6 |
| TRZ3 | TRANSPORT ZONE 3 - SIGNIFICANT MUNICIPAL ROAD | 8 |
| UFZ | URBAN FLOODWAY ZONE | 45 |
Overlays in force in Knox
Every gazetted overlay family the scheme applies here, with the number of separate schedules under it. The schedule is the control: two councils with a Heritage Overlay do not have the same heritage rules, they have their own numbered schedules to it.
The overlays as a table
| Code | Overlay | Schedules | Mapped areas |
|---|---|---|---|
| VPO | VEGETATION PROTECTION OVERLAY | 4 | 287 |
| ESO | ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY | 2 | 164 |
| HO | HERITAGE OVERLAY | 50 | 52 |
| SBO | SPECIAL BUILDING OVERLAY | 1 | 42 |
| DDO | DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY | 12 | 27 |
| PAO | PUBLIC ACQUISITION OVERLAY | 2 | 23 |
| BMO | BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT OVERLAY | 3 | 18 |
| DPO | DEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERLAY | 14 | 14 |
| EAO | ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT OVERLAY | 1 | 14 |
| SLO | SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE OVERLAY | 6 | 14 |
| LSIO | LAND SUBJECT TO INUNDATION OVERLAY | 1 | 13 |
| RXO | ROAD CLOSURE OVERLAY | 1 | 12 |
| SCO | SPECIFIC CONTROLS OVERLAY | 5 | 6 |
| FO | FLOODWAY OVERLAY | 1 | 2 |
| RO | RESTRUCTURE OVERLAY | 2 | 2 |
| BAO | BUFFER AREA OVERLAY | 1 | 1 |
Which of our 8 Victorian planning registers map Knox
- Areas of Cultural Heritage SensitivityOne list for the whole State
- Coastal Acid Sulphate SoilsHeld, not a survey of the State
- EPA Victoria Environmental Audit Reports - Location PolygonsHeld, not a survey of the State
- Heritage InventoryHeld, not a survey of the State
- Special Water Supply Catchment AreasOne list for the whole State · updated 2 June 2009
- Vicmap Planning - Planning Scheme Overlay PolygonCovers Knox · updated 20 May 2026
- Vicmap Planning - Planning Scheme Zone PolygonCovers Knox · updated 21 September 2026
- Victorian Heritage RegisterOne list for the whole State · updated 31 July 2026
Registers that cover Knox
5 of the 8 Victorian planning registers we hold map Knox. Land in this council that is not in one of them is outside its mapped area, and that is a finding.
The 5 covering registers as a table, with what each maps
| Register | In Knox | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Vicmap Planning - Planning Scheme Zone Polygon The land use zone for every parcel in the planning scheme. Every feature is gazetted, so this layer carries no proposed or interim zone. |
879 mapped areas | 21 September 2026 |
| Vicmap Planning - Planning Scheme Overlay Polygon Every gazetted overlay in the scheme: heritage, design and development, bushfire, inundation, vegetation, public acquisition and the rest. |
691 mapped areas | 20 May 2026 |
| Areas of Cultural Heritage Sensitivity The Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2018 definition drawn as polygons. It is the regulation, not a site register: land outside it is a finding about the regulation and is not a statement that no Aboriginal place exists there. |
one list for the whole State | not stated |
| Victorian Heritage Register The statutory register under the Heritage Act 2017. It is closed: a place is on it or it is not. |
one list for the whole State | 31 July 2026 |
| Special Water Supply Catchment Areas Catchments declared under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994. The 142 declarations are the entire declared set for the State. |
one list for the whole State | 2 June 2009 |
Registers that leave Knox unresolved
We hold 3 further Victorian planning registers, and a search of them in Knox settles nothing. That is not a finding about the land.
3 are held for the whole State but are not a survey of it, as the publisher says, so land absent from them is not a finding: the register cannot say either way.
The 3 registers that settle nothing here, as a table
| Register | In Knox | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils Coastal prospectivity for acid sulfate soils, which is not a classification, and it stops at the coast. Inland, an absence is out of scope rather than unaffected. |
held, but not a survey of the State | — |
| EPA Victoria Environmental Audit Reports - Location Polygons Where an environmental audit has been carried out. An audit is frequently what clears land, so a record here is not a finding of contamination and an absence is not a finding of cleanliness. |
held, but not a survey of the State | — |
| Heritage Inventory Recorded archaeological sites. The publisher states it is not a complete record of them, so land absent from it is not a finding: the register cannot say either way. |
held, but not a survey of the State | — |
Victorian planning scheme areas next to Knox
The other Victorian planning scheme areas that share a stretch of land boundary with Knox, in alphabetical order; councils across the State border or across open water are not listed. Sharing a boundary says nothing about hazards, zoning or crime on either side of it: each page has its own figures. Every planning scheme area in Victoria is on one page.
Neighbours worked out by WattleAddr from the council boundaries (Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021, Local Government Areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0).
Sources
Reproduced verbatim, as the licences require.
© State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
© State of Victoria (Department of Premier and Cabinet). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
© State of Victoria (Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
© State of Victoria (Environment Protection Authority Victoria). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
Council names and boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021, Local Government Areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Where a report can be bought
A report is on sale for most addresses in the Australian Capital Territory, every address in New South Wales, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Moreton Bay, Noosa and Toowoomba in Queensland, most addresses in Tasmania and almost every address in Victoria. In Western Australia a shorter report is free, read at the address point only (addresses whose location is on the property). The check is free: it tells you which registers cover an address and what the report costs for it, before you pay anything. Reports from $9.90 including GST, paid once, and the price belongs to the jurisdiction the address is in.
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