Town planning makes sure a development complies with the planning scheme, zoning and overlays that apply to your property. We prepare town planning documentation for both domestic and commercial projects, and deal with council on your behalf. The right approvals early on avoid delays, legal issues and costly redesigns.
Projects we prepare planning documentation for
- New dwellings, extensions and multi-unit developments
- Subdivisions
- Commercial and mixed-use developments
- Change of use applications
Planning drawings
- Floor plans and site analysis plans
- Shadow diagrams
- Street elevations and landscape plans
- Town planning reports to support your application
Planning permit applications
- Preparing and lodging planning applications with council
- Responding to council concerns and making revisions
- Managing public notification and objections if required
Zoning, overlays and site analysis
- Site zoning analysis to confirm what's permitted
- Feasibility studies to test a project's viability
- Heritage and environmental overlays, including the Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO)
- Protected vegetation, flood zones and sustainability considerations
Subdivision and land development
- Subdivision plans and applications in line with the Subdivision Act 1988 and council requirements
- Lot layouts for small and larger subdivisions
- Liaising with water, energy and other authorities
Council liaison and VCAT
- Working directly with council planning officers
- Responding to requests for further information and to objections
- Representation at VCAT if required
After you apply
Once your application is lodged, council has 60 statutory days to decide it. That clock pauses whenever council asks for more information, and most residential applications also go through public notification, where objections can add time.
We stay in regular contact with council and keep you updated, so you don't have to chase it.
How fees work
Initial deposit
Secures your project and lets us start preliminary work.
Sketch plan and preliminary design
An initial sketch plan and site analysis, including one sketch plan with minor changes (up to two hours). Extra or alternative sketch plans are charged separately.
Town planning submission
Final design development and the planning reports for your application. Payment for this stage is due before lodgement with council.
Condition 1 plans and amendments
If your permit comes with conditions that require changes to the drawings, we quote those revisions separately based on their scope.