Proposed realignment – Brunswick/Brunswick East suburb boundary

18 Dec 2025

Merri-bek City Council have identified a mixed-use development set to be impacted by a bisecting locality boundary between Brunswick and Brunswick East.

According to The Official Naming Rules for Places in Victoria, Section 5.7 ’locality boundaries must not bisect properties or land’ and the Australian New Zealand Standards for Rural and Urban Addressing outline ‘Boundaries of localities in areas that are subject to development should be reviewed and amended where appropriate.

The property lies within the Brunswick Activity Centre - Lygon Street Local Area Corridor and is identified in the metropolitan planning strategy, Plan Melbourne, as an urban renewal area for investment, employment and residential opportunities.

A small realignment is proposed to bring the entirety of the site within Brunswick East. This change is required to comply with state naming rules, meet addressing standards, better align with strategic planning, and to prevent mapping anomalies

This proposed suburb boundary realignment, if approved by Council, would not alter any existing dwelling addresses. It would allow for future address allocations to the consolidated site, and forthcoming mixed-use development to meet regulations. No other addresses will change. The boundary realignment would simply move the boundary to incorporate the whole development into Brunswick East.

See current and proposed boundary images below for further detail.

Submissions should be returned to propertydivisions@merri-bek.vic.gov.au or via post to Locked Bag 10, Brunswick VIC 3056 by 02 November 2023.

If you require further information, please feel free to contact Council’s Revenue Services team by phone on 03 9240 1111 or via email to propertydivisions@merri-bek.vic.gov.au.

Yours sincerely,

Merri-Bek City Council

Current boundary

Properties represented by grey and white geometric shapes on Lygon street between Evans street and Pitt Street, are divided by a purple dashed line showing the boundary between Brunswick and Brunswick East. This line zig zags through between several adjacent buildings.

 

Proposed boundary

Properties represented by grey and white geometric shapes on Lygon street between Evans street and Pitt Street, are divided by a purple dashed line showing the boundary between Brunswick and Brunswick East. This goes long the outside of all the properties that are connected to Lygon street.