During his tenure as Planning Minister, Matthew Guy became known for approving a large number of high rise buildings apartment towers in the CBD and Southbank, and for rezoning swaths of land at Fishermans Bend, Footscray and North Melbourne for high-rise development. Developments over 25,000 square metres in total developed area within the CBD and Southbank had long been the responsibility of the Minister for Planning rather than the City of Melbourne, and with the growth of larger apartment developments in the central city in the early 21st century, more and more towers fell into this category. In early 2010 the then Labor Government set up the "Central City Standing Planning Committee" with representative from Council and State Government to advice on these applications, but in December 2010 it was disbanded by the new Coalition Government and not replaced despite it being Coalition policy.