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                    Lodge a planning application

                    Use this page to lodge your completed and signed planning permit application form. You also need to include all supporting documents. This will help us process your application faster.

                    Please ensure you have all the information required for the permit. Read the Planning application process overview and further details below.

                    Please note: The Minister for Planning is responsible for any proposed developments exceeding 25,000 m2, all permit applications at particular sites within the City of Melbourne and certain types of major planning permit applications. For more information, visit Ministerial planning applications.

                    If you are unable to lodge your application using this form, please email planning@melbourne.vic.gov.au or call 03 9658 9658.​

                    Documents you need to provide

                    When lodging your application, you need to include the following documents:

                    If you don’t submit all the required documents it may delay your application.

                    We’ll send you an email with a reference number and details on how to pay the application fee.

                    Collection notice

                    City of Melbourne is committed to protecting your privacy. The personal information requested on this form is being collected by City of Melbourne for the purposes of assessment of planning permit applications, parts of which are set out in the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (PE Act). If you included any personal or identifying information about another person in your submission, please ensure you have informed that person you provided their information to City of Melbourne.

                    The personal information will be used for the following purposes:

                    • correspond with you about your permit application
                    • if necessary, notify affected parties who may wish to inspect your application so that they can respond – this may be a notice onsite, in a notice online, and/or by post
                    • any other directly related, or reasonably related purposes.

                    The information you provide will be made available:

                    • online on Council’s website during the public notice period of the application
                    • on Council’s permit register (no name or personal details are visible in the online register)
                    • to any person who may wish to inspect your application until the application process is concluded, including any review at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
                    • to relevant officers within Council and other pertinent government agencies directly involved in the planning process
                    • to persons accessing information in accordance with the Public Records Act 1973, Planning and Environment Act 1987 or the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

                    The personal information you provide in this planning application will be hosted in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW). While NSW does have privacy protections in place, Council does not make assertions as to whether those protections are similar to those available to you in Victoria, under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. 

                    The information will not be disclosed to any other external party without your consent, unless required or authorised by law.

                    By submitting an application you consent to the storage of your personal information in Victoria and NSW. If the personal information is not collected, we may not be able to process your application. If you have any questions about the storage of your personal information, wish to access or alter any of the information you have supplied to City of Melbourne, please contact the Planning and Building branch by telephone 03 9658 9658 or email planning@melbourne.vic.gov.au.

                    Lodgement form

                    Your details


                    Application type

                    Please indicate whether your application is a standard or VicSmart application (required)

                    Application form and supporting documents

                    You must provide your completed and signed application form (in PDF or Word format) and certificate of title. You can also provide other documents to support your application. Refer to the Application checklists if you are unsure what you need to provide.

                    • You can upload documents individually using each file upload field below, or you can provide all documents using a document-sharing service such as DropBox, Hightail or Google Drive, via the ‘Document link’ option.
                    • If uploading documents individually, each must be less than 25 MB. You can submit larger or additional files using the ‘Document link’ option.
                    • Each document's file name should reflect the content of the document, for example 'Certificate of title.pdf', 'Waste management plan.pdf', 'Town Planning report.pdf’. File names should only contain letters and numbers.
                    • We accept the following file types: PDF, ZIP, XPS, standard image formats and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook.

                    Upload documents individually

                    Submit documents via document-sharing service

                    If using a document-sharing service, please ensure you unlock the files or folders and provide the link here.

                    Declaration

                    I declare I am the applicant; all information in this application is true and correct; the owner (if not myself) has been notified of the permit application; and I have read and understood the collection notice. (required)

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