Suburban Rail Loop East Precincts Standing Advisory Committee

Overview

The Suburban Rail Loop East Precincts Standing Advisory Committee was appointed by the Minister for Planning on 1 June 2025. The Committee will provide advice to the Minister on the draft structure plans and draft planning scheme amendments for the areas around the future Suburban Rail Loop  (SRL) East stations.

SRL will deliver a 90-kilometre orbital rail line connecting Melbourne’s middle suburbs, linking every major train service from the Frankston Line to the Werribee Line via Melbourne Airport.. SRL East is the first stage of the project being delivered from Cheltenham to Box Hill, with 26 kilometres of twin tunnels connecting six new underground stations.

The Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA) has prepared draft structure plans, implementation plans and planning scheme amendments for each SRL East Precinct – the neighbourhoods around the new SRL East stations at Cheltenham, Clayton, Monash, Glen Waverley, Burwood and Box Hill . These draft documents are available on the Engage Victoria webpage.

These documents aim to guide future land use and development and support new housing, jobs and services around the stations. SRLA invited public submissions on these documents in March and April 2025.

The Minister for Planning referred specific matters to the Suburban Rail Loop East Precincts Standing Advisory Committee on 7 July 2025.

Standing Advisory Committee Members

• Sarah Carlisle (Lead Chair)
• Sarah Raso (Deputy Chair)
• Con Tsotsoros (Deputy Chair)
• Tim Hellsten (Deputy Chair)
• Lisa Kendal (Deputy Chair)
• Annabel Paul (Deputy Chair)
• Gabby McMillan (Deputy Chair)
• John Roney (Deputy Chair)
• Jonathan Halaliku (Deputy Chair)
• Liz Mclntosh (Deputy Chair)
• Meredith Gibbs (Deputy Chair)
• Pene Smith (Deputy Chair)
• Shannon Davies (Deputy Chair)
• Andrew Grear
• Andrew Hutson
• Geoff Glynn
• John Hartigan
• Mark Varmalis
• Paul Tierney
• Peter Edwards
• Peter Elliott
• Prof Rob Adams AM
• Simon Shiel

Referrals

Current referrals

Suburban Rail Loop East Precincts Standing Advisory Committee: Referral of Specific Matters

The Committee will conduct a Directions Hearing for Specific Matters in person at 10.00am on Tuesday, 22 July 2025 at Stamford Hotel, 111 Little Collins St, Melbourne. You can also join online using the MS Teams link below.

Join the Directions Hearing online

Documents

Terms of reference

Letter of referral

Correspondence

More information

For information about the SRL East precinct planning program, please visit the SRL East precinct planning webpage or contact:

Suburban Rail Loop Authority
contact@srla.vic.gov.au
1800 105 105

For information about SRLA’s draft structure plans, implementation plans and planning scheme amendments, please visit the Engage Victoria webpage.

Legal Assistance Service

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The Legal Assistance Service aims to assist eligible participants in PPV processes. Foley’s List will discuss next steps directly with those who submit an enquiry form. Further information can be found on our Legal Assistance Service webpage.

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Page last updated: 14/07/25