Minister’s Guidelines and Rules

The Minister's Guidelines and Rules (MGR) sets out guidelines and rules for plan-making, as well as a variety of other important functions including:

• what can be considered in setting a tailored plan-making process
• how local planning instrument are made or amended
• how infrastructure designations are processed
• how certain compensation exemptions can apply where relating to natural hazards
• the process for environmental assessment and consultation for infrastructure designations
• the process for working out the cost of infrastructure for offset or refund relating to infrastructure for a development approval
• criteria for deciding a conversation application relating to infrastructure for a development approval.

The guidelines and rules in the MGR are made by the Planning Minister.

Minister's Guidelines and Rules version	Publication date	Date commenced
Minister's Guidelines and Rules - version 2.0 ( 1.2 MB) The amendment made to the previous version of the MGR, includes: changes to allow the rezoning of land and removing the effect of an overlay, where the overlay affects the demolition or removal of structures on land acquired for disaster recovery or resilience, through the minor planning scheme amendment process other minor and administrative changes to generally improve the readability, presentation and navigation of the MGR, including editorial and formatting changes.	17 July 2023	28 July 2023
Minister's Guidelines and Rules - version 1.1 ( 50.9 MB) Read ( 185.0 KB) a summary of the amendment made to the previous version of the MGR	22 September 2020	11 September 2020
Minister's Guidelines and Rules ( 684.7 KB)	26 May 2017	3 July 2017