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Some Planning Permit applications can be fast-tracked via VicSmart. VicSmart is a streamlined process for straight forward applications. It may also reduce your application fee.

VicSmart applications are processed within 10 days.

Check if you are eligible

You may be eligible to apply via VicSmart if your land is affected by any of these zones and overlays:

  • Residential Zone (if associated with one dwelling)
  • Environmental Significance Overlay
  • Significant Landscape Overlay
  • Heritage Overlay
  • Design and Development Overlay (including Design and Development Overlay Schedule 31)
  • Special Building Overlay.

To check your zones and overlays, get a property report from the VicPlan website.

There are further eligibility requirements and conditions for each of these zones and overlays.

For more information, go to the Department of Transport and Planning website for a checklist and applicant’s guide for VicSmart permits.

Developing on smaller lots

If you are developing on a smaller lot (less than 300 m2), your property must meet requirements from the Boroondara Planning Scheme to be assessed via VicSmart. You can learn more on the Boroondara Planning Scheme page on the Department of Transport and Planning website.

Your development must meet the following Clause 54 requirements.

  • A3 Street Setback
  • A15 Overlooking
  • A14 Overshadowing open space
  • A13 North-facing windows
  • A12 Daylight to existing windows
  • A11 Walls on boundaries
  • A10 Side and rear setbacks.

For information about smaller lot developments, visit our Developing on smaller lots page.

VicSmart application fees

You must pay an application fee as set by the Victorian State Government. Your application fee will depend on the type of development and estimated cost of works. The fee will be calculated for you automatically after you finish the eForm. It’ll be based on the information you give. 

For a list of fees:

Download fee schedule

  Statutory Planning Fee Schedule 2024-2025 263.68 KB [PDF] 11 September 2024

Apply for your permit online

  1. Apply using the online application form.
  2. Attach supporting documentation and plans when submitting the form.
  3. Pay the required Statutory fee.

Apply for a VicSmart planning permit

The assessment process

We assess your application against the Planning Scheme criteria.

You may be asked for more information within 5 business days of us receiving your application.

We will notify you within 10 business days of our decision. You can appeal this decision if you do not agree.

For more information about how we make decisions or the appeal process, visit our Apply for Planning Permit page.

More information

For more information about the process, visit the VicSmart permits page of the Department of Transport and Planning website.

For planning controls in Boroondara check the Boroondara Planning Scheme page on the Department of Transport and Planning website.

You can contact us at [email protected] or on (03) 9278 4888.

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