Planning Permits

What Do Planning Permits Do?

  • Ensure that any new 'use' or 'development' of land within our Shire is appropriate under the Glenelg Planning Scheme.
  • Use means how the land is used e.g. residential, farming, etc.
  • Development means what is constructed on the land.
  • Consider the impact of any development on the local environment.
    

What the Planning Officer can advise

Council’s Planning Officer will be able to explain the planning scheme provisions and policy requirements that relate to the proposed development. There may be special conditions that apply to the area, including heritage and vegetation controls. Dependant on the level of information provided by the applicant, the Planning Officer should be able to provide an explanation of the likely planning issues that may arise from the development concept.

What the Planning Officer cannot advise

Every application needs to be considered on its merits and assessed against the provisions of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, the Glenelg Planning Scheme, and relevant State and local policies. So while the Planning Officer can provide guidance on the potential issues and overall direction in preparing the application, they cannot provide a definitive ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer at this stage.

Council’s Planning Officer is not in a position to offer an alternative to obtaining relevant, independent professional advice in the preparation of a detailed permit application.

 

Do your plans need a permit?

You may need to apply for a planning permit if your plans propose to:

  • Open a new business
  • Construct a house, or multiple houses
  • Construct a garage/carport/shed
  • Erect and display signs
  • Implement industrial or commercial buildings and site works
  • Alter external treatments on a building, or apply internal alterations on select buildings, within our Heritage Overlays (LINK)
  • Subdivide land and/or buildings, or
  • Remove or lop vegetation, such as boundary trees, shrubs and grasses, and native trees including dead native trees.

Planning Fees

Planning Fees for 2025-2026 (PDF, 426KB)

Advertised Planning Applications

An advertised planning application is a planning permit lodged with Council that does not yet have approval. It is on exhibition for public viewing. Comments / objections can be submitted for consideration. See the current applications on notice.

Heritage Places

For more information on Heritage Places visit our Heritage Service page.

Bushfire Planning Resources

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning website contains Bushfire Planning Resources to enable an assessment and submission of your application under the Bushfire Management Overlay.

Guidelines for Preparation of a Landscape Plan

A planning permit application may require that a landscape plan is provided.


Council has prepared guidelines to assist in the preparation of these plans(PDF, 10MB) . Please ensure that the appropriate Ecological Vegetation Class (EVC) is used when selecting appropriate species and for weed management purposes.
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Planning Permit Application

Submission to a Planning Permit Application

Find out how to make a submission to a Planning Permit.

Request an Extension of Time

The responsible authority may extend the time if a request is made in writing or by completing the Request Extension of Time to a Planning Permit form before the permit expires or thereafter, within the periods allowed by section 69 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 as below;

  • Before the permit expires,
  • Within 6 months of the permit expiring,
  • Within 12 months of the permit expiring where the development commenced lawfully before the permit expired.

Amending a Planning Permit

Applications can be made to amend and change an existing permit under Section 72 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987. 

Please note any decision issued by the Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal cannot be amended.

An application form can be downloaded to amend the permit(PDF, 324KB).

Find more information here on how to fill out the application form(PDF, 453KB).

Application for Secondary Consent

Minor amendments under the primary consent of a permit can be considered under secondary consent.

Apply online by submitting the - Application for Secondary Consent

 

 

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