Merri-bek City Council has identified a suburb boundary that requires a minor realignment due to development. The area affected is between Sydney Road and Merri Creek along the Fawkner/Coburg North locality boundary.

It currently runs at the rear of properties historically facing Queens Parade Fawkner, and several properties adjoining this boundary have been built with access from roads attributed to Coburg North instead.

As the naming and numbering authority Council is responsible for the maintenance of suburb boundaries. While locality boundaries are intended to be enduring, in areas subject to development, boundaries should be reviewed and amended where appropriate.

The existing boundary is not compliant and should be realigned to comply with state naming rules, meet addressing standards, to prevent mapping anomalies, assist service deliveries, and emergency service responses.

The Official Naming Rules for Places in Victoria, Section 5.2.1 outlines that ‘In dead-end roads and cul-de-sacs, the locality boundary should wrap around the properties at the end of the road so that all properties accessed from the same road are addressed to the same locality’.

This proposed suburb boundary realignment, if approved by Council, would encompass the identified properties accessed primarily from Coburg North roads into Coburg North. No other addresses will change.

See current and proposed boundary images below for further detail.

Map of Fawkner and Coburg North streets divided by a magenta dashed line, including the horizontal streets Marlborough street, Queens Parade and Mathieson Street; and the vertical streets Albert street, Emma court, Manly Court and Borang street.

Current Boundary Overview (above). See zoomed in images for further detail.

Map of Fawkner and Coburg North streets divided by a magenta dashed line, including the horizontal streets Marlborough street, Queens Parade and Mathieson Street; and the vertical streets Albert street, Emma court, Manly Court and Borang street.

Proposed Boundary overview (above). See zoomed in images for further detail.

Zoomed in images for further detail

Mathieson street, showing the current suburb border on the left and the proposed border on the right.
The current map on the left shows a straight dashed line as border, the proposed map on the right shows a border that curves around and includes the two properties at the end of Mathieson street.
Borang street, showing the current suburb border on the left and the proposed border on the right.
The current map on the left shows a straight dashed line as border, the proposed map on the right shows a border that steps out and includes the property at the end of Borang street.
Manly Court, showing the current suburb border on the left and the proposed border on the right.
Two details maps of the properties in Manly Court. The current map on the left shows a straight dashed line as border, the proposed map on the right shows a border that steps out and includes the property at the end of Manly Court.
Albert Street, showing the current suburb border on the left and the proposed border on the right.
Two detailed maps of the properties in Albert Street. The current map on the left shows a straight dashed line as border, the proposed map on the right shows a border that steps out to include the property at 18 Albert Street.

Submissions should be returned

by 15 May 2026.

If you require further information, please feel free to contact Council’s Revenue Services team by phone on03 9240 1111 or via email to propertydivisions@merri-bek.vic.gov.au.

Yours sincerely,

Merri-bek City Council