Blog - Change of Plan

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...

December 16, 2017

Better Apartment Design Standards. The ‘BADS’ not so bad?

Posted at 20:46h in Planning Controls, Planning Process

On Tuesday the 14th of November we had a representative from our office attend a day dedicated to learning about the new Better Apartment Design Standards, or the BADS: Clause 58. The BADS are set our similarly to Clause 54, 55 and 56 in the...

October 25, 2017

What Consultants Do I Need For My Multiple Dwelling Planning Application?

Posted at 05:38h in Planning Process

First time developers often come to us during the preliminary stages of research and investigation to find out information and refine their project case. One question we get asked is "What services or consultants will I need for a multiple dwelling planning application?". Obviously it is...

September 19, 2017

Draft Housing Strategy for Mornington Peninsula

Posted at 07:16h in Planning Policy

The Mornington Peninsula Shire have released a draft Housing and Settlement Strategy for public comment. Further details and links to the documents can be found here. The provision of a housing strategy represents a maturing of planning policy within the municipality. It is this sophistication in...