If you are unable to make your submission using this form, please email planning@melbourne.vic.gov.au or call us on 6139658 9658.
You can lodge an objection any time after the application has been lodged with City of Melbourne and before a decision is made on the application.
To ensure your objection is not made after our decision, you are encouraged to lodge your submission by the date shown on this website, the notice, the advertising sign displayed, or the newspaper notice.
We will consider all submissions we receive before a decision is made.
Once you lodge an objection, we will send you acknowledgment that we received it.
City of Melbourne will take all objections into consideration before making a decision.
If City of Melbourne decides to grant the permit and third-party notice and appeal rights are applicable, we’ll send you a Notice of Decision to Grant a Permit (NOD). If you objected, you will have 28 days to lodge an application for review with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). If no objectors request a review with VCAT, we will issue the planning permit. For information about current planning permit applications, visit our planning permits register.
Please note, copies of objections are public documents. The applicant, Councillors and VCAT or other interested parties may view them to help inform the decision as part of the planning process.
Planning and Environment Act 1987
Objecting to a Planning Permit:
City of Melbourne is committed to protecting your privacy. The personal information requested on this form is being collected by City of Melbourne in accordance with the Planning and Environment Act 1987.
The personal information requested on this form is being collected by Council to assist Council in the registration of your objection and assessment of the issues that you have raised. The personal information will be used solely by Council for that primary purpose or directly related purposes. Council may disclose this information to the applicant and their representatives, neighbouring property owners and/or occupiers and any other parties who may have an interest in the application. 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.
Council must make a copy of this objection available for any person to inspect free of charge under Section 57(5) of the Act. If you fail to provide this information the City of Melbourne will not be able to advise you of any consultation or decision making forums or the decision regarding this matter, but you may access this information by contacting the Council. The person(s) objecting understands that the personal information provided is for the registration of their objection and the processing and assessment of a planning application. If you object the Council must consider the objection unless you withdraw it.
The personal information you provide in this submission 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.
By submitting an objection you consent to the storage of your personal information in Victoria and NSW. 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 on 03 9658 9658 or email planning@melbourne.vic.gov.au.
