If you qualify for the VicSmart permit application process, the council will have given you a VicSmart application form and one or more of the checklists like the one below. You should be able to find answers to any questions you have about the VicSmart application form or checklists on this site.
This site also allows you to do your own planning permit online. It simplifies the government’s VicSmart application form, checklists, permit decision criteria, local planning schemes and government guides with planning advice in an interactive online guide to help you, step by step, with the VicSmart permit application process.
Checklist 2Subdivide land into lots each containing an existing building or car parking space |
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Pre-application discussion: Was there a pre-application meeting? Who with and when? | ||||
Planning Officer: | Date: | |||
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS | ||||
For all planning permit applications the following MUST be provided: | ||||
A completed application form | ||||
Signed declaration on the application form | ||||
The application fee | ||||
Accompanying information | ||||
Note: The council may reduce the information that you need to provide but cannot ask for more information than listed. Please check the information requirements with council. The following information must be provided as appropriate. | ||||
Copy of title and any registered restrictive covenant. The title information must include a ‘register search statement’ and the title diagram, and any associated ‘instruments’. Check if council requires title information to have been searched within a specified time frame. |
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A copy of the relevant planning permit and approved plans for the development. | ||||
A copy of the occupancy permit or a certificate of final inspection for the development. | ||||
3 copies of a layout plan drawn to scale and fully dimensioned showing: | ||||
The location, shape and size of the site. | ||||
The location of any existing buildings, car parking areas, driveways, storage areas, loading areas and private open space. | ||||
The location, shape and size of the proposed lots to be created. | ||||
The location of any easements on the subject land. | ||||
The location and details of any significant vegetation. | ||||
The location of the approved stormwater discharge point. | ||||
Any abutting roads. | ||||
The location of any street trees, poles, pits and other street furniture. | ||||
Existing and proposed vehicle access to the lots. | ||||
Any loading bays and vehicle standing areas. | ||||
Any waste storage areas. | ||||
Any proposed common property to be owned by a body corporate and the lots participating in the body corporate. | ||||
If common property is proposed, an explanation of why the common property is required. | ||||
If the land is in an area where reticulated sewerage is not provided, a plan which shows the location of any existing effluent disposal area for each lot or a land assessment which demonstrates that each lot is capable of treating and retaining all wastewater in accordance with the State Environment Protection Policy (Waters of Victoria) under the Environment Protection Act 1970. | ||||
For land in an overlay, a written statement that describes how the proposal responds to any statement of significance, objectives or requirements specified in the schedule to the overlay. | ||||
Note: If a proposal falls into more than one VicSmart class of application, the information requirements of each class apply and the corresponding checklists should be completed. For instance:
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Source: VicSmart Checklists by the Department of Transport and Planning