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The State Government has released its final building heights for Hampton and has now gazetted the new plans, meaning they are now part of the planning scheme.

The government factsheet for the North Brighton to Sandringham Activity Centres can be viewed here:

Brighton Activity Centres Fact Sheet 2025.

These final heights have ignored the strong feedback provided to the State Government by Hampton residents, the membership of the HNA, and Bayside City Councillors. The Council sent the State Government much more reasonable proposed height limits which still achieved increased population targets.

Why has this proposal been ignored?

The final plans have increased heights in core Hampton areas

• Woolworths / Cabin Carpark / adjacent shops - increased from 8 storeys to 12 storeys
• Hampton Community Centre and area on Hampton Street side - now up to 16 storeys. Hampton is the only Bayside centre with 16 storey heights.
• Continuous 8 and 12 storey strip along Hampton Street from Small Street to South Road

This will create serious overshadowing and a wind tunnel effect.

Height limits for the inner and outer catchment areas remain unacceptable

• Inner catchment: 4 storeys and up to 6 storeys on larger sites
• Outer catchment: 3 storeys and up to 4 storeys on larger sites

Other major concerns

• No provision for additional green space and infrastructure
• The Department of Transport and Planning has now gazetted these new plans, so they are now part of the planning scheme
• Builders and developers will be able to get rapid approval for very large developments in Hampton, without any input from residents or the Bayside City Council

Here are the new height maps for Hampton:

Overview map of the Bayside activity centre areas.

Inner Catchment height limits: up to 4 storeys, and up to 6 storeys on larger lots

Outer Catchment height limits: up to 3 storeys, and up to 4 storeys on larger lots

Height map for Hampton showing the most intense change around the activity centre core.

Legend from the government map.

What you can do

• Sign this HNA petition - Click here
• If you have not already done so, you could sign the James Newbury petition - Sign here (note that HNA is politically neutral)
• Email the Premier, the Minister for Transport and Planning, and senior bureaucrats urging that the gazettal of these new documents be withdrawn immediately, pending proper reflection of community dissatisfaction with the new height limits and the State Government process:
• jacinta.allan@parliament.vic.gov.au
• sonya.kilkenny@parliament.vic.gov.au
• james.newbury@parliament.vic.gov.au
• enquiries@bayside.vic.gov.au
• dtaylorhaynes@bayside.vic.gov.au (Mayor - Cr Debbie Taylor‑Haynes)
• planning.systems@transport.vic.gov.au
• engage@transport.vic.gov.au

Sign the HNA petition The new plans have already been gazetted, meaning they are now part of the Planning Scheme.

We thank you for your ongoing support.

Warm regards,

Hamish Hughes

President, HNA