VicSmart Clause 59.05 – Decision Guidelines

59.05 – Buildings and works in an overlay  is the clause in local planning schemes that sets out the following for VicSmart planning applications:

• Clause 59.05-1 Information requirements – what you must provide to support your application and repeated in VicSmart Checklist 6: Construct a buildings or works in an overlay.
• Clause 59.05-2 Decision guidelines – the decision guidelines by which the council assess your application.

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59.05 BUILDINGS AND WORKS IN AN OVERLAY

59.05-2 Decision guidelines

31/07/2018 VC148
In assessing an application the responsible authority must consider as appropriate:

• The statement of significance and the objectives contained in the schedule to the overlay and whether the buildings and works will adversely affect that significance or the objectives.
• Whether the proposal meets any requirements specified in the overlay or the schedule to the overlay.
• For an application in a Salinity Management Overlay, any comments from the relevant referral authority
• For an application in a Neighbourhood Character Overlay, the relevant objectives, standards and decision guidelines of Clause 54.
• Any relevant decision guideline specified in the overlay and the schedule to the overlay.

 Source: Victoria Planning Provisions – VicSmart Clause 59.05 by the Department of Transport and Planning