Neighbours will no longer be able to object to subdivisions, standalone home builds and townhouse developments following a major planning system overhaul.

Victorian Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny introduced a bill to parliament on Tuesday to shake-up the state's planning scheme, updating the current legislation made almost 40 years ago.

All development projects, regardless of their scale, currently follow the same procedural process that takes 140 days on average.

That process can blow out to as much as 300 days, if stalled by an objection.

Key reforms include faster timelines for simpler projects, with single homes approved in 10 days, townhouses and low-rise developments in 30 days and complex developments in 60 days.

It splits developments into three "streams" based on the size a

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