The Tally Ho Activity Centre is designated as an Activity Centre - Housing Choice and Station in Plan for Victoria, the State Government's long term plan for Victoria.
Activity centres are places where people live, shop, work, visit. They provide a broad range of goods, services and community facilities for people and have good access to public transport. Activity centres can vary in size from a small neighbourhood cluster of shops to major centres such as Box Hill, and typically include a mix of uses such as retail, commercial and residential.
Tally Ho is a key eastern suburbs office park and technology hub and provides approximately 3,750 jobs. The Melbourne Industrial and Commercial Land Use Plan 2020 reinforces this role, stating that Tally Ho is a regional employment node with substantial office space. It is also located close to tram and bus services. Council actively supports maintaining and enhancing the economic role and function of Tally Ho.
The activity centre and surrounding area also feature several key sites that will be developed. These sites play a vital role in maximising the investment in Tally Ho to strengthen the activity centre’s economic role in the region and to broaden the mix of land uses.
Preparation of a Tally Ho Structure Plan
Council commenced a project in late 2023 to prepare a Structure Plan for the Tally Ho Activity Centre. The project includes a comprehensive review of the existing UDF and the Guidelines.
The Structure Plan will inform future changes to the Planning Scheme. This could include zoning changes, revisions to the existing planning controls and other provisions where needed, along with any non-statutory actions that are relevant to achieving the revised vision for the centre.
Stage 1 of the project consisted of a background review.
Stage 2 of the project included the preparation of an Issues and Opportunities Report (you can download the documents below).
| Tally Ho Structure Plan - Issues & Opportunities Summary Report |
| Tally Ho Structure Plan - Issues & Opportunities Full Report |
Stage 3 of the project was preparing a draft Structure Plan (you can download the documents below).
| Tally Ho draft Structure Plan - 26 November 2024 |
Stage 4 includes the public consultation phase and preparation of the draft final Structure Plan for Council's consideration. The public consultation period was from 11 March 2025 to 8 April 2025.
An updated Structure Plan and proposed planning scheme amendment have now been prepared responding to community and stakeholder feedback. A report will be presented to Council at its meeting on Monday 27 October 2025 regarding the Structure Plan and planning scheme amendment.
For more information, contact Council’s Strategic Planning Team on 9262 6303.