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Permit application forms and resources

This page provides access to information and tools to assist the preparation of planning permit applications.

• SPEAR Planning
  Make an online planning application

• Application for a Planning Permit form

• Application to Amend a Planning Permit form

• Building and planning permit consistency
  Links to guidance on the Building Commission website about the relationship between building and planning permit applications.
  
  
• Restrictive covenants
  Information about restrictive covenants and planning permits including links to legislation and relevant cases at VCAT.
  
  
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• Using Victoria's Planning System is a guide for those who use the planning system on a regular basis as well as those who have occasional contact with it. The guide is designed to assist professional planners, officers of authorities, councillors, students, people making an application for a planning permit and people who may be affected by planning proposals. It is a technical guide to interpretation and administrative procedures under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the Planning and Environment Regulations 1998 and their interaction with other related legislation and planning schemes.

• Planning practice and advisory notes
  These notes cover a range of topics and may be relevant to the subject of your application. See also our web page Permit types for more information about specific subjects.
  

• Writing Planning Permits (PDF - 209 KB)
  A guide for responsible authorities issuing permits - includes standard permit conditions

• Planning Schemes Online
  View current Victorian planning schemes online

• Fees
  Planning and responsible authorities (usually municipal councils) provide a range of planning services free-of-charge or at a cost. Planning fees are set out in the Planning and Environment (Fees) Regulations 2000.

• Legislation and regulations
  Information about Victorian legislation relevant to planning.

• Ministerial permits
  Information about areas where the Minister for Planning is the responsible authority for issuing permits and a link to the permits register.

• Ministerial interventions
  Matters where the Minister for Planning has intervened in planning and heritage processes.

• Planning Permit Activity Reporting project
  Monitoring of the planning permit system is a key part of improving the system. The Planning Permit Activity Report provides information on the matters that require planning approval, differences between metropolitan and rural areas and permit workload volumes.

Please note: Document(s) on this page are presented in PDF format. If you do not have the Adobe Reader, you can download a copy free from the Adobe web site.