Tally Ho Major Activity Centre

The Tally Ho Activity Centre is designated as a Major Activity Centre (MAC) in Plan Melbourne 2017-2050.

Provide your feedback on the draft Structure Plan.

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Draft Structure Plan Feedback

Read the draft Structure Plan ( PDF 27.84MB) (more details below) then provide your feedback.

Provide your feedback
- Complete the survey by 8 April 2025
Attend an information session to chat to the project team
- In person: Tuesday 25 March, 4.30pm to 6pm at the Nunawading Basketball Centre (Hall of Fame room), Burwood Hwy, Burwood East (opposite Mahoneys Road)
  No registration is required. Drop in at any time.
- Online: Wednesday 26 March, 4pm-5pm. Register to attend

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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 the Tally Ho MAC 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 MAC 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 MAC. 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 MAC.

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

Summary Report - English

Summary Report - Simplified Chinese

Tally Ho Structure Plan - Issues & Opportunities Full Report

Full Report (part 1)

Full report (part 2)

Appendix document ( PDF 10.62MB)

Stage 3 has prepared a draft Structure Plan (you can download the documents below).

Tally Ho draft Structure Plan - 26 November 2024

Summary draft Structure Plan - English ( PDF 11.45MB)

Full draft Structure Plan - English ( PDF 27.84MB)

Stage 4 is now inviting feedback on the draft Structure Plan until 8 April 2025. You can chat to the project team at one of the following sessions:

In person: Tuesday 25 March 2025 between 4.30pm and 6pm at the Nunawading Basketball Centre (Hall of Fame room to the right of the main entrance). No registration is required and drop in at any time.
Online: Wednesday 26 March 2025 between 4pm and 5pm – registration is required. Register here.

The information available will be the same at both sessions.

Alternatively, register here to be kept informed about future consultation or to complete the survey online.

For more information, contact Council’s Strategic Planning Team on 9262 6303.

Tally Ho - Urban Design Framework, 2007

In 2007 Council adopted the Tally Ho Urban Design Framework ( PDF 9.51MB) (UDF) to guide change within the MAC. The UDF includes broad development principles for the whole area, as well as specific design guidelines for some of the major sites that are ready for redevelopment. The Tally Ho Urban Design and Landscape Guidelines 2013 ( PDF 9.01MB) (the Guidelines) were subsequently adopted in October in 2015.

Amendment C110 to the Whitehorse Planning Scheme (Planning Scheme) implemented the UDF and the Guidelines.

Tally Ho Major Activity Centre - Review of the Commercial 1 Zone, 2020

In 2013 the State government changed the zoning of land in the Business 1 Zone (B1Z) and Business 2 Zone (B2Z) to the Commercial 1 Zone (C1Z). Most of the land in the Tally Ho MAC was previously in the B2Z, intended for offices and associated commercial uses. The change to the C1Z had the potential to change the role of the MAC as an important employment hub by allowing non-employment uses, such as residential.

In 2019 Council examined if the C1Z was the most appropriate zone for the MAC, or whether a more suitable planning tool was needed to ensure the vision for the MAC is achieved and sustained. The Tally Ho Commercial 1 Zone Review ( PDF 6.42MB) (the Review) prepared by Urban Enterprise recommended changing the planning controls in the MAC to align with the business and employment focus of Tally Ho.

The Review was on public consultation in February and April 2020. At its meeting on 27 January 2021 Council considered the submissions received and decided to undertake a review of the DDO9, concurrent with seeking a planning scheme amendment to rezone the C1Z to the Commercial 3 Zone.

However, the State Government refused to authorise the amendment as they believed the background documents for the amendment were outdated.

As a result, a review of the current UDF is required to establish a renewed vision for the centre that can underpin future planning scheme amendments.

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