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November 19, 2024

Five Things To Research Before Buying or Leasing Your Next Business Premises

Posted at 16:30h in Commercial/Industrial, Planning Process, Projects 0 Comments

Doing some research with the local council town planning department before you settle on a property for your business may save you from a costly mistake. As they say forewarned is forearmed....

August 05, 2022

Common Town Planning Terms Demystified

Posted at 10:34h in Planning Process

We know our clients sometimes feel like planners have invented another language! To help you out we have written some definitions of some of the planning terms that you might encounter during your planning application process. NOD This stands for Notice of Decision. It is formal notice...

July 12, 2022

Existing Use Rights

Posted at 14:15h in Planning Controls

The basis for existing use rights came about from common law. It is based on the principle that it would be unfair for the planning scheme to change and make someone’s use or livelihood suddenly be unlawful. Once an existing use right is...

May 13, 2022

Extensions of Time For Planning Permits

Posted at 12:39h in Planning Process

The short answer is yes, you can apply for an extension of time to your planning permit. Every Council has a process for you to apply to extend your time on a planning permit, either to extend the time to commence or the time...

May 12, 2022

Time Limit to Use a Planning Permit

Posted at 18:13h in Planning Process

After a planning permit gets issued how long do you have to act on it? Make sure you know, as if you forget to watch your time limit you could end up with an expired permit and have to go through the process all over again! There...

October 30, 2021

Going to VCAT

Posted at 12:42h in VCAT

Several people have asked me about lodging an application with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) recently so I thought I would provide some information on it from the perspective of the planning applicant. Three common types of applications are: Review a Council RefusalReview conditions placed...