Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

Department overview
Formed	1 January 2015
Preceding agencies	Department of Environment and Primary Industries Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure
Dissolved	31 December 2022
Superseding agencies	Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Department of Transport and Planning
Jurisdiction	Victoria, Australia
Headquarters	8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002
Ministers responsible	Lily D'Ambrosio, Minister for Energy, Minister for Environment and Climate Action & Minister for Solar Homes Harriet Shing, Minister for Water Lizzie Blandthorn, Minister for Planning
Department executive	John Bradley, Secretary
Website	delwp.vic.gov.au

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) 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 Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]

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 (an agency for Bush firefighting)