Suburban Rail Loop East Precincts Standing Advisory Committee – Monash Precinct

Overview

The Suburban Rail Loop East Precincts Standing Advisory Committee was appointed by the Minister for Planning on 1 June 2025.

The Suburban Rail Loop (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 at Cheltenham, Clayton, Monash, Glen Waverley, Burwood and Box Hill.

The Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA) has prepared the draft Monash Structure Plan and associated draft planning scheme amendment Monash C176mona. These draft documents are available on the Engage Victoria webpage.

The Minister for Planning referred the Monash Precinct matter to the Suburban Rail Loop East Precincts Standing Advisory Committee on 7 July 2025. The Committee will provide advice to the Minister on the draft Monash Structure Plan and draft planning scheme amendment Monash C176mona.

Committee members

• Tim Hellsten (Chair)
• Penelope Smith (Deputy Chair)
• Andrew Hutson
• Paul Tierney
• Mark Varmalis

Documents

Terms of reference

Letter of referral

Document list

A document list for documents tabled as part of the Monash Precinct Committee process is provided below.

Any person who is not a party to the Hearing and wants access to any tabled document must make a written request to Planning Panels Victoria (PPV) outlining which documents they want to access, and the reasons for wanting access to those documents. The express consent of the party who provided the document (and any additional authors of the document) will be required before PPV is able to release any documents. Documents may also need to be checked by PPV and any personal information redacted before they are released.

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.

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Page last updated: 29/10/25