Developing a Land Access Code of Practice

Making a Land Access Code of Practice Draft Decision

On 15 June 2023, we released our Making a Land Access Code of Practice Draft Decision. Our draft decision and the draft Land Access Code of Practice can be found in the Resources tab (at the top of this page). 

Stakeholders were invited to provide feedback on the draft Land Access Code of Practice via a survey through Engage Victoria or by making general comments over email, mail or phone. Our consultation process closed Thursday 27 July 2023.

As part of our consultation process, we held an online public forum on 17 July 2023 where we presented the proposed scope and content of the draft code of practice. Stakeholders provided feedback on the draft Land Access Code of Practice and shared their experiences regarding land access.

A recording of the forum is provided below:

Next steps

We will assess the feedback that we’ve received and will continue to proactively engage with the community, transmission companies, government departments and agencies as this review progresses. If you have any questions about the development of the draft Land Access Code of Practice, you can contact us through email, mail or phone.

• Email: energyreform@esc.vic.gov.au
• Mail: Essential Services Commission, Level 8, 570 Burke Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000
• Phone: +61 3 9032 6290

Public submissions to the are now available on the Resources tab.

We are aiming to release the final code of practice over the coming months.

Making a Land Access Code of Practice Consultation Paper

We released a consultation paper in February 2023 and sought further feedback from stakeholders ahead of the release of the draft code of practice. Stakeholders were able to provide their feedback in the form of written submissions of through responding to survey questions via Engage Victoria.

• 15 stakeholders responded to our consultation
• all non-confidential submissions and survey results can be found in the Resources tab (at the top of this page)

In response to the consultation paper, the community reiterated to us the need for an enforceable instrument to set out parameters for how electricity transmission companies use their powers under section 93 of the Act. The feedback we received to the consultation paper informed our draft decision.

Public forum - 13 December 2022

We held a public forum on 13 December 2022. We heard from stakeholders what their experience with land access had been following the release of the Electricity Transmission Company Land Access Statement of Expectations and provided information on key timelines and how stakeholders could engage with us as we developed the Land Access Code of Practice.

A recording of the forum is available below: