New and updated apartment standards
Recent State-wide Planning Scheme Amendment VC174 has introduced new provisions for apartment development applications, to implement the recently revised Better Apartment Design Standards.
Recent State-wide Planning Scheme Amendment VC174 has introduced new provisions for apartment development applications, to implement the recently revised Better Apartment Design Standards.
Planning permit applicants should be aware that a recent planning scheme amendment seeks to provide protection to extractive industries from the impacts of expanding urban areas. Amendment VC 196 applies to all planning schemes in Victoria, making changes to the Victoria Planning Provisions to provide stronger recognition and protection of existing extractive industries, and to designate […]
The recent red-dot decision in Priestley v Horsham RCC [2021] VCAT 639 considered the requirement for the minimum garden area where a proposed subdivision created 4 vacant lots, each less than 400 square metres in area, in the General Residential Zone (GRZ).
A recent VCAT decision, Burnley Maltings Pty Ltd v Yarra CC [2021] VCAT 337, has provided a notable interpretation to the exemptions that allows development to exceed, the otherwise mandatory, ‘height’ and ‘number of storey’ restrictions contained within the General (GRZ) and Neighbourhood Residential Zones (NRZ).
Victorian Town Planning- A Year in Review Design Matters National Presentation Inspo + Expo 2021 Download a copy here… 2021_DesignMattersNational_Presentation
VC194 introduced new provisions for State projects, and Local Government projects with a cost under $10 million. The amendment was approved on 25 March 2021 to assist with social and economic recovery after Covid and to provide timely delivery of state and local government infrastructure projects.
Council planning fees set under the Planning and Environment (Fees) Regulations (2016) are set to rise commencing 1 July 2021
From 14 June 2021 where VCAT hearing fees are payable regarding your Planning & Environment matter they will be payable in full upfront.
Two recent VCAT cases looked at the validity of applications lodge by objecting parties, where the wrong form had been used by the appellant.
Further to reforms undertaken in 2020, VCATs Planning and Environment Division has taken additional steps to move to a fully ‘online’ processes.