Planning Application Forms

This guideline details the process for Planning Applications from the point of lodgement:

Guide to Planning Application Procedures (pdf, 29KB)

A meeting with a Council Planning Officer prior to the lodgement of an Application for Planning Permit will help to resolve design issues and identify the information to be submitted to facilitate a speedy consideration of the application:

Guide to Pre-Application meetings in Monash (pdf, 40KB)

Request for search and copy of planning permit and/or endorsed plans (the below document is effective from 1 July 2019):

Request for search and copy of planning permit/endorsed plans (pdf, 506KB)

This guideline has been prepared to detail the issues and procedures relevant to an application to extend the time for either, the commencement, or the completion of a use, and/or development permitted by a Planning Permit

Extension of Time for Permits in Monash - Guidelines (pdf, 178KB)

How to apply for an extension of time for a planning permit?

You can make application to extend your permit:

• Before the permit expires or within 6 months after the permit expiry date, where the permit has not yet started
• Within 12 months after the permit expiry date, where the permit has started

To help us when considering your request, you need to complete the below form and pay the applicable fee:

Request for Extension of Time to Planning Permit (pdf, 724KB)

Metropolitan Planning Levy (MPL) must be paid to State Revenue Office (SRO) if the estimated cost of a development is more than $ 1,076 million (effective from 1 July 2019). A planning application cannot be lodged without a current MPL certificate. Please refer to the SRO website – www.sro.vic.gov.au.

Guide to Planning Fees/Charges 2021/2022 (effective from 1 July 2021):

Planning Fees & Charges (pdf, 305KB)

This form is to be used when finalising landscaping for the release of a Statement of Compliance in relation to a subdivision application. Please ensure that all photos as listed within the Landscape Photo Submission form are submitted.

Landscape Photo Submission Form (pdf, 2MB)

Land that is liable to flooding has an additional approval requirement. However an exemption is granted from a Planning Permit, if a block of land is greater than 500m². At this point the form "Land Liable to Flooding - Report and Consent" will be used to be granted an exemption from Council.

Note: If all or any part of the proposed building footprint is within the  Special Building Overlay (SBO) or Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) a Planning Permit is required.

BLD0313A - Land Liable to Flooding - Report and Consent from Council (reg 802) (pdf, 250KB)

To satisfy the above requirement the following information is to be provided with the application for Planning Permit:

Guide to Neighbourhood Description (pdf, 52KB)

Use this form to amend a current planning permit application or current amendment application; under Section 50 (before public notification) and Section 57A (after public notification) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and to provide the information required by regulation 16 of the Planning and Environment Regulation 2005.

Application to Amend a Current Planning Application under Section 50 or 57A (pdf, 686KB)

Application to Amend Approved Planning Permit

This form is to be used when wishing to amend a planning permit which has already been approved by Council:

Amend an Approved Planning Permit - Application (pdf, 976KB)

The information needed on the Application to Amend a Planning Permit form is required under Section 72 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and regulation 16 of the Planning and Environment Regulations 2005:

Amend an Approved Planning Permit - How to Complete the Application (pdf, 186KB)

Secondary Consent

Where a permit allows (for example: the permit contains a condition such as "the development as shown on the endorsed plans must not be altered without the written consent of the Responsible Authority"), you may request minor changes to the endorsed plans by Secondary Consent.

To apply for Secondary Consent, please complete the Secondary Consent form and submit to Council along with all supporting documents and relevant fee.

Guide to Amend an Approved Development Plan by Secondary Consent (pdf, 201KB)

Application Form for Secondary Consent (pdf, 2MB)

Pursuant to Clauses 54.01 and 55.01 of the Monash Planning Scheme, the following detail must be provided to scale and be accurately shown in the Site Description:

Site Description - Checklist (pdf, 50KB)

This Certificate of Accuracy should be signed by the Architect, Designer or Consultant that has prepared the Site Description Plan:

Site Description - Certificate of Plan Accuracy (pdf, 17KB)

Tree removal or tree works within the Vegetation Protection Overlay (VPO):

Vegetation Protection Overlay application forms

If you require advice in writing, for example whether a planning permit is required for your proposal, please submit the Request for Written Planning Advice form, including relevant fee. You may want to include plans or other details of your proposal. Please allow 10–14 working days for a response.

Request for Written Planning Advice (pdf, 754KB)

There may be some additional requirements:

Additional Requirements