Native vegetation and planning permits
The following information relating to native vegetation may be useful if you are making or considering a planning permit application.
Planning practice notes and advisory notes
- Assessing applications involving native vegetation removal, March 2006 (PDF - 142 KB)
Guidance for responsible authorities assessing planning permit applications involving the removal of native vegetation. - Managing native vegetation in the planning system, September 2008 (PDF - 204 KB)
Guidance on how to plan for the protection and removal of native vegetation using a native vegetation precinct plan, property vegetation plan or works program. - Native vegetation offsets, September 2008 (PDF - 197 KB)
Advice for planning authorities about native vegetation offsets. - Preparing a native vegetation precinct plan, September 2008 (PDF - 213 KB)
Guidance for planning authorities preparing a native vegetation precinct plan. - New exemptions for native vegetation removal in planning schemes, September 2008 (PDF - 371 KB)
Information about the exemptions for native vegetation removal introduced into the Victoria Planning Provisions and planning schemes on 15 September 2008. - Biodiversity, March 2002 (PDF - 303 KB)
Explains the importance of biodiversity, the role of planning schemes in achieving biodiversity objectives, what planning authorities can do to establish a local biodiversity framework in planning schemes, and examples of planning tools. - Vegetation protection in urban areas, August 1999 (PDF - 453 KB)
Guidance on how to assess the significance of vegetation in urban areas and how to protect significant vegetation through the planning scheme. - Wildfire protection and native vegetation- addtional exemptions to manage native vegetation around dwellings, November 2006 (PDF - 35 KB)
Information about the additional exemptions to the requirement for a planning permit to remove, destroy or lop native vegetation. - Buildings and native vegetation removal, July 2009 PN51 (PDF - 257 KB)
Guidance on the operation of planning permit exemptions for native vegetation removal associated with constructing and maintaining buildings, including dwellings. - Farming and native vegetation removal, July 2009 PN52 (PDF - 260 KB)
Guidance on the operation of planning permit exemptions for native vegetation removal associated with farming activities.
Information about native vegetation on the DSE site
The Department of Sustainability and Environment website provides information for permit applicants about the duty of care and planning scheme requirements where any work or proposal may impact on native vegetation.
Native vegetation - permit applicants
Native vegetation - Sustaining a living landscape