Bushfire Exemptions expire
Recent State Planning Scheme Amendment VC188 removed Clause 52.13 2009 Bushfire Recovery Exemptions and references to it from all planning schemes, following its expiry.
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Some changes to some residential zones – Planning Scheme Amendment GC172
Readers may recall that the State Government reformed the residential zones of the Victorian Planning Provisions between 2014 and 2017, with some additional improvements introduced in 2018.
Design Matters National Presentation 2020
Victorian Town Planning – A Year in Review
Food and Drink Exemptions
Planning scheme amendment VC193 is a State-wide amendment; one of a number of planning scheme amendments made to support the State’s social and economic recovery from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Amendment was made operative on 21 October 2020 and provides 12 months of exemptions to planning scheme and existing planning permit requirements, for uses and development in relation to (mainly) outdoor dining.
Christmas Advertising Extended
At this time of year Councils across the state will implement ‘blackout periods’, restricting the advertising of planning applications over the holiday season. The dates and restrictions of the ‘blackouts’ vary significantly from Council to Council.
State Planning Policy – housing supply, location, character and infrastructure
Planning Scheme VC169 is a state-wide Planning Scheme Amendment which came into effect on 9 October 2020.
Existing Use Rights
lause 1 Planning has recently had cause to undertake a detailed review of the relevant provisions and caselaw associated with a complex existing use rights issue. We have leveraged some of that work into the following summary of what permit applicants should know about existing use rights.
Mandatory Height Controls and Garden Areas: VCAT’s Differing Approach
Regular planning permit applicants will be aware of the importance of ensuring that mandatory garden areas, specified in the Neighbourhood Residential Zone and General Residential Zone, are accurately included into your design response, if the site is not exempt.
Secondary Dwelling Pilot Program
In a recent article we reported on Moreland City Council’s Planning Scheme Amendment C190, which proposes a new class of local VicSmart application that would allow planning permit applications for two dwellings on a lot within the General Residential and Neighbourhood Residential Zones.
All Council Schemes to Change
As part of the Victorian Government’s push to simplify and modernise our planning regime all Victorian municipal planning schemes are required to be updated to Victoria’s new format Planning Policy Framework (PPF), by June 2021.