Application forms, checklists, and templates

• Pre-Application Meeting Request(DOC, 234KB)
• Planning Permit Application Form - word(DOCX, 322KB)
• VicSmart Application Form - word(DOCX, 371KB)
• Amend a planning application in process (before a decision is made)(DOCX, 39KB)

• Application to Amend a planning permit that has been issued(DOCX, 337KB)
• Amend the plans only of a planning permit that has been issued (secondary consent)(DOCX, 35KB)
• Apply for planning permit extension of time in accordance with section 69 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987(DOCX, 120KB)
• Application form to endorse permit condition plans(DOCX, 56KB)

Apply for planning information (planning controls)

• Application form to amend or end S173 Agreement(DOC, 90KB)

• Find out if you need a planning permit or request archive search(DOCX, 96KB)
• Hopetoun Park plans approval(DOCX, 28KB)
• Object to a planning application - word(DOCX, 55KB)
• Statutory declaration of public notice(DOC, 48KB)
• Demolish a building requiring building/planning consent(DOC, 73KB)

Fees charged are either statutory fees or Council fees which are set by each Council.

Statutory fees

Statutory planning fees are set by the State Government and are required for new planning permit applications, amendments to existing permits, and certification of subdivision.

To learn about the fees charged by state and local authorities for planning and subdivision services, you can visit the Department of Transport and Planning website. 

Council planning fees

Council fees are required for other applications including advertising during an application, secondary consent, and extensions of time to permits. See below for the 2025-26 financial year fees.

For further information about Council's planning fees please contact us to speak with a member of the Planning team.

Looking for building fees? Find building fees here

• Submission of Plans and Drawings(DOC, 92KB)

• Use of your dwelling for a home based business(DOCX, 23KB)
• Use of land, buildings and works for business(DOC, 1MB)
• Use of land, buildings and works for industry(DOC, 1MB)
• Reducing car parking and displaying advertising signage(DOC, 1MB)
• Use of land for a liquor licence(DOC, 1MB)
• Use of land for public entertainment(DOC, 1MB)

• Removal of native vegetation
• Native Vegetation Removal Regulations (DEECA)

• Subdivide land checklist(DOC, 1MB)

• Single dwelling, outbuildings and building and works in Rural Zones(DOC, 1MB)
• Use and development of a dwelling in the Farming Zone(DOC, 1MB)
• Buildings and works in a Bushfire Management Overlay 
• Outbuildings in a Bushfire Management Overlay 
• (DOC, 1MB)Development of a dam(DOC, 941KB)

Titles (also known as register search statements) and related attachments can be obtained from Landata, where a fee is usually applicable.

The prescribed lead time for deciding a statutory planning application is within 60 days. Less complex applications such as approving plans or extending an expired permit are generally much quicker, however more complex ones can take longer.

Objections to planning applications can be lodged online through Council’s Planning Permit Register (following the prompts for an application on ‘advertising’), by email or post attention Statutory Planning, reference no. (the PA no. or address) PO Box 18 Ballan VIC 3342.