Blog - Change of Plan

April 05, 2018

What is an Activity Centre Zone?

Posted at 05:17h in Housing, Planning Controls

The Activity Centre Zone is a zone that has been created to facilitate development and land use planning within an activity centre. Unlike most other zones, the types of uses allowed are determined by the Council, which allows for a bespoke planning control, unique for the...

March 29, 2018

How to Calculate Time on Failure to Determine Applications

Posted at 01:32h in VCAT

Council's have 60 statutory days to determine a planning application. If a decision is not made within that time, the applicant can lodge an application to VCAT. This type of application is called a Failure to Determine, or a Section 79 Appeal. This means that...

March 18, 2018

What You Should Know About Suburban Tree Removal

Posted at 17:23h in Planning Policy

Tree removal in urban properties may be needed for a number of reasons: To make way for an addition or a new dwelling To make space in the yard To remove a problem tree or to maintain tree health Before picking up that chainsaw it is...

March 13, 2018

How is Fast Track Town Planning Progressing?

Posted at 23:23h in Planning Process

A couple of years ago I wrote about a new fast track program that the State Government was introducing called VicSmart. You can read more about the program here and about what I wrote here. As the program has been going for a while now I...

March 01, 2018

Road Zones Explained

Posted at 22:50h in Uncategorized

When you obtain a Planning Certificate or Planning Map of your property, you may see that you are adjacent to a different coloured road like below: There are two categories of road, Road Zone Category 1 (pink in zoning maps) and Road Zone Category 2 (yellow...