Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning was a government department in Victoria, Australia.
Commencing operation in January 2015, the DELWP was created in the aftermath of the 2014 state election, with Premier Daniel Andrews announcing that the previous Environment and [Primary Industries">Biophysical environment">Environment and [Primary Industries |Department of Environment and Primary Industries ] would be renamed. The newly formed DELWP subsequently assumed property and land titles, planning and local government portfolios from the previous Department of [Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure], whilst responsibilities for agriculture were transferred to the Department of [Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources].
The department was responsible for various matters related to the environment, energy and planning. On 1 January 2023, planning functions were transferred to the Department of Transport and Planning and DELWP was renamed to Department of [Energy, Environment and Climate Action].
Functions
The DELWP had responsibility for the following policy areas:- Environment
- Energy
- Wildlife
- Heritage
- Climate change
- Waste and resource recovery
- Planning
- Marine and coasts
- Planning
- Property and land titles
- Water and catchments
- ''Forest Fire Management Victoria''