A 30-storey Moonee Ponds apartment tower has been approved by Planning Minister Richard Wynne, despite the local Labor MP for the area saying it will be too high.

Moonee Valley Council wanted Mr Wynne to approve a building only half that height.

Victorian Planning Minister Richard Wynne has approved a 30-storey Moonee Ponds tower.

But developer Caydon – which is also behind a plan to partially demolish the Nylex silos in Richmond to build almost 1000 apartments – has welcomed the decision.

On Thursday, Mr Wynne said the approval followed the advice of an expert planning panel that he had appointed.