Practice and advisory notes in accessible Word format
These notes are generally aimed at the planning practitioner however they can also help people who only occasionally interact with the planning system. They include:
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Practice notes - now numbered
Activity Centre Zone, September 2009 PN56 (DOC - 3.0 MB) Buildings and native vegetation removal, revised July 2009 PN51 (DOC - 100 KB) Farming and native vegetation removal, revised July 2009 PN 52 (DOC - 105 KB)VPP Practice Notes
Applying for a permit under the flood provisions, August 2000 (DOC - 269 KB) Applying the flood provision in planning schemes, August 2000 (DOC - 803 KB) Applying the Heritage Overlay, February 1999 (DOC - 113 KB) Applying the Incorporated Plan and Development Plan Overlays, January 2003 (DOC - 548 KB) Applying the Public Land Zones, February 1999 (DOC - 74 KB) Appying the Special Use Zone, February 1999 (DOC - 137 KB) Applying the rural zones, March 2007 (DOC - 130 KB) Assessing applications involving native vegetation removal, March 2006 (DOC - 199 KB) Biodiversity, March 2002 (DOC - 186 KB) Extractive industry proposals, April 2006 (DOC - 158 KB) Format of Municipal Strategic Statements, February 1999 (DOC - 495 KB) Implementing a coastal settlement boundary, October 2006 (DOC - 333 KB) Incorporated and reference documents, August 2000 (DOC - 97 KB) Managing native vegetation in the planning system, September 2008 (DOC - 103 KB) Metropolitan Freeway Service Centres, August 2000 (DOC - 82 KB) Native vegetation offsets, September 2008 (DOC - 85 KB) Parking precinct plans, July 2002 (DOC - 217 KB) Planning for wildfire protection, July 2002 (DOC - 128 KB) Planning requirements for Public Transport Land, January 2000 (DOC - 109 KB) Preparing a native vegetation precinct plan, September 2008 (DOC - 77 KB) Shipping container storage, January 2003 (DOC - 114 KB) Timber production in the rural zone, February 1999 (DOC - 81 KB) Understanding the residential development standards, June 2004 (DOC - 1.4 MB) Using the access and mobility management provisions of Clause 56 - Residential subdivision, October 2006 (DOC - 131 KB) Using the integrated water management provisions of Clause 56 - Residential subdivision, October 2006 (DOC - 817 KB) Using the neighbourhood character provisions, July 2004 (DOC - 139 KB) Using the parking provisions, July 2002 (DOC - 387 KB) Using the residential subdivision provisions of Clause 56 - Residential subdivision, October 2006 (DOC - 143 KB) Uisng the site management provisions of Clause 56 - Residential subdivision, October 2006 (DOC - 72 KB) Urban Growth Zone, June 2008 (DOC - 249 KB) Vegetation protection in urban areas, August 1999 (DOC - 217 KB) Writing a local planning policy, December 1999 (DOC - 313 KB) Writing schedules, May 2000 (DOC - 683 KB)Page Top
General Practice Notes
Managing referrals and notice requirements, January 2009 (DOC - 69 KB) Assessing mining proposals, April 2006 (DOC - 119 KB) Assessing a planning application for a dwelling in a residential zone, December 2001 (DOC - 84 KB) Authorisation to prepare planning scheme amendments affecting the Urban Growth Boundary and green wedge land, June 2003 (DOC - 93 KB) Improving access to planning documents, October 2007 (DOC - 102 KB) Making a planning application for a dwelling in a residential zone, December 2001 (DOC - 96 KB) Managing coastal hazards and the coastal impacts of climate change, December 2008 (DOC - 99 KB) Ministerial powers of intervention, November 2004 (DOC - 89 KB) Planning considerations for horticultural structures, February 2002 (DOC - 87 KB) Potentially contaminated land, June 2005 (DOC - 123 KB) Preparing a green wedge management plan, August 2005 (DOC - 113 KB) Resolving planning issues, February 1999 (DOC - 98 KB) Review of planning schemes, February 2006 (DOC - 90 KB) Rural residential development guidelines, October 2006 (DOC - 143 KB) Strategic Assessment Guidelines, April 2008 (DOC - 102 KB)(see Strategic Assessment Guidelines checklist template on Checklists page.)
Structure planning for activity centres, December 2003 (DOC - 70 KB) The Aboriginal Heritage Act and the planning permit process, October 2007 (DOC - 97 KB)See also
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and the Environment Effects process, August 2007 (DOC - 96 KB) Understanding neighbourhood character, December 2001 (DOC - 97 KB) Urban Design Frameworks, September 2002 (DOC - 516 KB)Page Top
Advisory Notes
Amendment VC60, September 2009, AN 22, (DOC - 85 KB) Amendment VC56 - Government funded education facilities, May 2009 (DOC - 58 KB) Amendment VC56 - Government funded social housing (DOC - 142 KB) Amendment VC49, September 2008 (DOC - 98 KB) Applying the Residential 3 Zone, November 2004 (DOC - 73 KB) Protocol for fast tracking amendments, March 2007 (DOC - 100 KB) Amendment VC57 - Bushfire replacement buildings, May 2009 (DOC - 58 KB) Changes to the gaming provisions in planning schemes, October 2006 (DOC - 86 KB) Changes to the planning permit process, May 2005 (DOC - 107 KB) Changes to the planning scheme amendment process, May 2005 (DOC - 91 KB) Interim height limits for neighbourhood centres, November 2004 (DOC - 90 KB) Interim measures for bushfire protection VC61 AN21, September 2009 (DOC - 114 KB) Interim provisions for structure plans, March 2007 (DOC - 230 KB) New exemptions for native vegetation removal in planning schemes, September 2008 (DOC - 522 KB) New native vegetation provisions in planning schemes, March 2006 (DOC - 301 KB) New planning provision for Melbourne Airport, May 2007 (DOC - 94 KB) New zones for rural Victoria, June 2004 (DOC - 78 KB) Planning provisions for Melbourne's green wedges, November 2003 (DOC - 103 KB) Reducing amendment timeframes, February 2007 (DOC - 79 KB) Reducing amendment timeframes by pre-setting panel hearing dates, July 2007 (DOC - 66 KB) Referral of projects to the Priority Development Panel, February 2006 (DOC - 72 KB) Wildfire protection and native vegetation - additional exemptions to manage native vegetation around dwellings, November 2006 (DOC - 75 KB)