Apply for a VicSmart planning permit

Is your application eligible?
Ensure your application meets the VicSmart criteria. If you're unsure please visit the DEECA website, engage a planning consultant or contact us for either written planning advice or to book a preapplication meeting.

Prepare your application
Your application should include:

• Copy of Title (produced within the last 100 days). If you have any difficulties please call Landata on (03) 9102 0402. Alternatively, a conveyancer or solicitor can help you get a copy of title.

• Prepare the documents required in the relevant VicSmart checklist (Plans must be at the scale of 1:100 or 1:200). Council must now seek the consent of any person (including third parties) before publishing any personal information (other than the land address relevant to the submission) due to the introduction of the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020. We appreciate your cooperation on this matter and ask that you not submit any plans or documents which contain personal information.

Complete the online application and pay the fee
To view more detail on fees and associated costs please visit the Fees, forms & checklists page.

Apply now

Application received
Your application will be reviewed by a planning officer to make sure it contains all the information required. If it doesn't, we will send you an email advising what must be included with your application.

Application lodged
Once your application fee is paid, the application will be allocated to a planner.

VicSmart Amendment Application
If you have already lodged a VicSmart Permit Application and you wish to make an amendment to the plans then click the button below.
Amend VicSmart 

• Applicants Guide to Lodging a VicSmart Application(PDF, 362KB)

• Checklist 1: Realign a boundary between two lots(PDF, 84KB)

• Checklist 2: Subdivide land into lots each containing an existing building or car parking space(PDF, 77KB)

• Checklist 3: Subdivide land with an approved development into two lots(PDF, 77KB)

• Checklist 4: Construct a front fence in a residential zone (DOC 89.0 KB)(PDF, 72KB)

• Checklist 5: Construct a building or works in a zone (other than a rural zone)(PDF, 79KB)

• Checklist 6: Construct a building or works in an overlay(PDF, 78KB)

• Checklist 7: Remove, destroy or lop one tree(PDF, 74KB)

• Checklist 8: Minor subdivision, minor buildings and works, painting or tree lopping in a Heritage Overlay(PDF, 77KB)

• Checklist 9: Minor subdivision or buildings or works in a Special Building Overlay(PDF, 74KB)

• Checklist 10: Display a sign in a commercial, industrial or special purpose zone(PDF, 73KB)

• Checklist 11: Reduce a car parking requirement(PDF, 73KB)

• Checklist 12: Two lot subdivision in a rural zone(PDF, 73KB)

• Checklist 13: Buildings and works in a rural zone(PDF, 73KB)

• Checklist 14: Extension to one dwelling on a lot in a residential zone(PDF, 83KB)