Planning Permit Application Forms

The Victorian Application for Planning Permit form can now be filled in online. Use the links below to go to your local council's form or you can request a hard copy of the form from the relevant council.

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How to complete the form

For help on how to complete the form, download this guide:

How to complete the Planning Permit Application Form (PDF 424KB)

Online applications

Applications for permits in many local council areas can be made using SPEAR, an online system that offers end-to-end processing and tracking of applications including lodgement, referrals, public viewing, council determination and Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) appeals.

SPEAR makes lodging and managing planning permit applications faster for councils, referral authorities and the community.

Visit the SPEAR website for more information and free registration.

Application forms

Council forms

Use these forms where a council is the responsible authority. Select the council where you need to lodge your application from the maps or lists below.

If you don’t know the name of your local council, you can search by postcode at Find Your Local Council

Metropolitan Melbourne

Hume Whittlesea Nillumbik Melton Wyndham Hobsons Bay Maribyrnong Melbourne Moonee Valley Brimbank Moreland Darebin Banyule Manningham Yarra Boroondara Whitehorse Maroondah Monash Stonnington Port Phillip Glen Eira Bayside Knox Kingston Greater Dandenong Cardinia Yarra Ranges Casey Mornington Peninsula Frankston

Rural Victoria

Mildura Swan Hill Gannawarra Buloke Yarriambiack Hindmarsh Loddon West Wimmera Horsham Northern Grampians Glenelg Southern Grampians Ararat Pyrenees Colac Otway Surf Coast Corangamite Golden Plains Greater Geelong Ballarat Moorabool Hepburn Central Goldfields Mount Alexander Macedon Ranges Mitchell Greater Bendigo Campaspe Greater Shepparton Moira Strathbogie Benalla Wangaratta Indigo Wodonga Towong Alpine Murrindindi Mansfield Baw Baw French Island and Sandstone Island Bass Coast South Gippsland Latrobe Wellington East Gippsland Moyne Warrnambool

Minister for Planning forms

Use these forms where the Minister for Planning is the responsible authority.

    More information

    For more information or assistance about a council form, contact your local council. Contact details for the council are provided at the end of each application form.

    For assistance with Minister for Planning application forms, please contact the relevant DPCD regional office

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