What are the approved or endorsed plans?

Most permits refer to and are accompanied by endorsed plans. Endorsed plans form part of a permit and should be described as such. These are the plans submitted with the application form and supporting documentation forming your application.

Sometimes aspects of the development shown on the plans may not require planning permission under the scheme. Fencing is a common example. However, if they are seen as essential to granting the development permission they should be included on the endorsed plans irrespective of whether scheme permission is required. Unless annotated to the contrary, the layout and all components of development shown on the endorsed plans then become subject to the permit. So long as that permit is relied upon, new development cannot lawfully proceed on the land unless the permit is amended or consent is granted for development to depart from that shown on the endorsed plans.

The permit and the endorsed plans are important documents and should be kept in a safe place. Don’t use the endorsed plans as your working plans.

You can view an example of a planning permit and endorsed plans here.

 Derived from Writing Planning Permits by the State of Victoria