The company that runs Box Hill Central shopping centre has had a big win in its bid to build skyscrapers above the suburb's bustling railway station.

And Whitehorse Council, which had hoped to restrict high-rise development, has been handed a damning rejection by a panel of expert government planning advisers.

Whitehorse Council's plans to put a height limit on Box Hill's skyscrapers has been knocked back.

Box Hill is undergoing one of the biggest building booms in Melbourne's history, as the city's population expands to an expected 8 million by 2050.

Dozens of towers, some rising to as high as 36 levels, have been built or approved over the past five years.