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Planning Permits
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Planning Permits
A Planning Permit is permission to develop or use land for a particular purpose.

A planning application may have to address many different matters. Some matters that might be relevant to a planning permit application include:

  • Bushfire planning and recovery information
  • Bushfire hazard
  • Flood hazard
  • Climate change
  • Erosion hazard
  • The amenity of an area
  • Social impacts
  • Vegetation removal
  • Heritage
  • Infrastructure

Planning permit applicants need to supply all the information so that Council can assess the issues and reach a good, balanced decision.

As well as deciding if a planning permit should be issued, Council must enforce the rules about land use and development.  For example planning permits often have conditions about how a proposal must be carried out. Council Officers check that these conditions are met and may take action if the conditions are not met. Similarly if a permit has not been issued by Council but development happens anyway, Council will start enforcement action.

Remember, it is up to you to check and get the correct permits.

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220 Baades Road Subdivision of approved development June 1999
Clause 53.03 Specific Sites and Exclusions.
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A Good Neighbour Code of Practice for a Circus or Carnival 1997
Table to Clause 81.01.
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A Land Capability Study of the Cassilis Valley Swifts Creek 1995
Clause 44.01 Erosion Management Overlay Schedule.
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A Study of Land in the Gippsland Lakes Catchment Area 1992 Vol 1
Clause 44.01 Erosion Management Overlay Schedule and Clause 44.02 Salinity Management Overlay Schedule.
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A Study of Land in the Gippsland Lakes Catchment Area Vol 2
Clause 44.01 Erosion Management Overlay Schedule and Clause 44.02 Salinity Management Overlay Schedule.
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A quality of life community Raymond Island Strategy Draft 1991
Clause 42.02 Vegetation Protection Overlay Schedule 1 to 8.
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Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006
Clause 15 Built Environment and Heritage
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Activity Centre Design Guidelines
Clause 11 Settlement and Clause 15 Built Environment and Heritage.
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Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan
Clause 12 Environmental & Landscape Values.
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Apiary Code of Practice May 2011
Table to Clause 81.01 and Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Bairnsdale Growth Strategy 2009 - Volume 1
Clause 21.03 Settlement, Clause 21.04 Environmental and Landscape Values, Clause 21.07 Built Environment and Heritage, Clause 21.08 Housing, Clause 21.09 Economic Development and Clause 21.12 Strategies for Sub-Regions, Towns and Localities.
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Bairnsdale Growth Strategy 2009 - Volume 2
Clause 21.03 Settlement, Clause 21.04 Environmental and Landscape Values, Clause 21.07 Built Environment and Heritage, Clause 21.08 Housing, Clause 21.09 Economic Development and Clause 21.12 Strategies for Sub-Regions, Towns and Localities.
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Best Practice Management Guidelines for Landfills 2001
Clause 19 Infrastructure.
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Broiler Farms Code of Practice 2009
Table to Clause 81.01 and Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Bullock Island Lakes Entrance Concept Plan 2011
Clause 37.01 Special Use Zone Schedule 1 and Clause 43.04 Development Plan Overlay Schedule 1.
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Bushfire Management on Public Land Code of Practice 2012
Table to Clause 81.01.
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CFA Planning Conditions and Guidelines 1991 amended
Clause 21.05 Environmental Risk.
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Cattle Feedlot Code of Practice 1995
Table to Clause 81.01 and Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Coastal Spaces Landscape Assessment Study Municipal Reference Document 2006
Clause 42.02 Schedule 1, Clause 42.03 Schedule 2 to 6 Significant Landscape Overlay.
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Coastal Spaces Landscape Assessment Study State Overview Report 2006
Clause 12 Environmental & Landscape Values.
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Coastal Spaces Landscape Assessment Study State Overview Report 2006
Clause 42.02 Schedule 1, Clause 42.03 Schedule 2 to 6 Significant Landscape Overlay.
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Coastal Towns Design Framework 2007
Clause 21.12 Strategies for Sub-Regions, Towns and Localities.
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Code of Practice Onsite Wastewater Management 2013
Clause 19 Infrastructure, Clause 21.06 Natural Resource Management and Clause 21.08 Housing.
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Code of Practice for Telecommunication Facilities in Victoria 2004
Clause 19 Infrastructure.
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Construction Techniques for Sediment Pollution Control EPA 1991
Table to Clause 81.01 and Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Cycling Strategy - Cycling into the Future 2012
Clause 18 Transport.
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Designing, Constructing and Operating Composting Facilities 2017
Clause 19 Infrastructure.
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Development Contributions Guidelines 2007
Clause 19 Infrastructure.
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Doing it right on subdivisions 2004
Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Domestic Wastewater Management Plan 2006
Clause 21.06 Natural Resource Management
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East Gippsland Forest Management Plan 1995
Clause 21.04 Environmental and Landscape Values.
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East Gippsland Native Vegetation Plan Draft 2000
Clause 42.02 Vegetation Protection Overlay Schedule 1 to 8.
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East Gippsland New Format Planning Scheme Panel Report 1998
Clause 53.03 Specific Sites and Exclusions.
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East Gippsland Shire Council Urban Waterway Guidelines 2013
Clause 21.04 Environmental and Landscape Values, Clause 21.05 Environmental Risk, Clause 21.08 Housing and Clause 43.04 Development Plan Overlay Schedule 9.
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East Gippsland Soil Erosion Management Plan 2009
Clause 44.01 Erosion Management Overlay Schedule.
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Ellasville Road Nicholson Subdivision Process
Clause 53.03 Specific Sites and Exclusions.
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Endorsed Development Plan 10 Marlo Road, Marlo
Development Plan Over Schedule 7 contained within the East Gippsland Planning Scheme
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Environment Protection Industrial Waste Resource Regulations 2009
Clause 19 Infrastructure.
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Environmental Guidelines for major construction sites 1996
Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Extract from Lake Tyers Beach and surrounds Strategy Plan 1991 plan 4
Clause 53.03 Specific Sites and Exclusions.
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Extract from Lakes Entrance Strategy Plan 1987 fig 4.3 outline Development Plan
Clause 53.03 Specific Sites and Exclusions.
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Fernbank Restructure Plan
Clause 45.05 Restructure Plan Overlay Schedule.
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Freight Futures - Victorian Freight Network Strategy 2008
Clause 18 Transport.
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Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005
Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Gippsland Forest Management Plan 2004
Clause 21.04 Environmental and Landscape Values.
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Gippsland Lakes Coastal Action Plan 1999
Clause 21.03 Settlement, Clause 21.05 Environmental Risk and Clause 42.02 Vegetation Protection Overlay Schedule 1 to 8.
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Gippsland Regional Growth Plan May 2014
Clause 11 Settlement.
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Glen Wills Restructure Plan 2013
Clause 45.05 Restructure Plan Overlay Schedule.
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Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Act 2008
Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Growth Area Framework Plans 2006
Clause 11 Settlement.
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Guide to Residential Streets and Paths 2004
Table to Clause 81.01.
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Guidelines for Higher Density Residential Development
Clause 11 Settlement and Clause 15 Built Environment and Heritage.
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Guidelines for Planning Permit Applications in Open Potable Water Supply Catchment Areas 2012
Clause 19 Infrastructure.
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Healeys Road Overall Development Plan
Clause 53.03 Specific Sites and Exclusions.
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Improving Walking and Wayfinding in Bairnsdale 2011
Clause 21.03 Settlement and Clause 21.07 Built Environment and Heritage.
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Infrastructure Design Manual 2015
Clause 43.04 Development Plan Overlay Schedule 9.
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Input to Twin Rivers Land Use Plan - Economic Assessment of Future Land Requirements August 2011
Clause 21.12 Strategies for Sub-Regions, Towns and Localities and Clause 43.04 Development Plan Overlay Schedule 9.
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Integrated Coastal Planning for Gippsland Coastal Action Plan 2011
Clause 21.03 Settlement.
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Interim Guidelines for control of noise from industry in country Victoria
Clause 13 Environmental Risks.
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Lakes Entrance Business District Interim Use and Development Control 2011
Clause 53.03 Specific Sites and Exclusions.
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Lakes Entrance Northern Growth Area - Development Contributions Plan
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Lakes Entrance Northern Growth Area Concept Plan Hydrology Water Tech 2013
Clause 21.12 Strategies for Sub-Regions, Towns and Localities and Clause 43.04 Development Plan Overlay Schedule 8.
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Lakes Entrance Northern Growth Area Native Vegetation Precinct Plan 2013
Clause 42.01 Environmental Significance Overlay.
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Lakes Entrance Northern Growth Area Native Vegetation Precinct Plan 2013
Clause 21.12 Strategies for sub-regions, towns and localities, Clause 43.04 Development Plan Overlay Schedule 8 and Clause 52.16 Native Vegetation Precinct Plan.
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Lakes Entrance Northern Growth Area Outline Development Plan 2013
Clause 21.12 Strategies for Sub-Regions, Towns and Localities and Clause 43.04 Development Plan Overlay Schedule 8.
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Lakes Entrance Northern Growth Area Social Impact Assessment 2012
Clause 21.12 Strategies for Sub-Regions, Towns and Localities and Clause 43.04 Development Plan Overlay Schedule 8.
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Land Use Planning Report Colquhoun Area Study Subdivision Structure Plan
Clause 22.00 Local Planning Policies.
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Linking People and Spaces Report Parks Victoria 2002
Clause 11 Settlement
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Low Density Living Study October 1997
Clause 21.08 Housing.
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Mineral Resources Sustainable Development 1990
Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Ministerial Direction No 1 potentially contaminated land
Clause 13 Environmental Risks.
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Ministerial Direction Section 12 Urban Growth Areas
Clause 11 Settlement.
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Native Vegetation Information Management General Use Quick Reference Guide
Clause 12 Environmental & Landscape Values.
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New Planning Scheme Report of the Advisory Committee 1999
Clause 53.03 Specific Sites and Exclusions.
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Newlands Arm Estate Restructure Plan 2017
Clause 45.05 Restructure Plan Overlay Schedule.
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Newspaper Printing and Production Facility 2011
Clause 21.12 Strategies for sub-regions, towns and localities.
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North Arm Foreshore and Estuary Action Plan 1996
Clause 42.02 Vegetation Protection Overlay Schedule 1 to 8.
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North East Regional Catchment Strategy 2013
Clause 35 Rural Zones.
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Onsite Wastewater Management Code of Practice 2013
Table to Clause 81.01.
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Patricia Baleen Gas Plan 2014
Clause 37.01 Special Use Zone Schedule 4.
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Permitted Clearing of Native Vegetation Biodiversity Assessment Guidelines 2013
Table to Clause 81.01.
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Permitted clearing of Native Vegetation Biodiversity Assessment Guidelines
Table to Clause 81.01 and Clause 12 Environmental & Landscape Values.
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Petroleum Act 1998
Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Piggeries Code of Practice 1992
Table to Clause 81.01 and Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Planning Guidelines for land based aquaculture in Victoria 2005
Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Policy and Planning Guidelines for Development of Wind Energy Facilities in Victoria 2016
Clause 19 Infrastructure.
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Potable water guidelines 2012
Clause 14 Natural Resource Management.
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Precinct Structure Planning Guidelines 2009
Clause 11 Settlement.
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Private Tennis Court Development Code of Practice 1999
Table to Clause 81.01.
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Public Transport Guidelines for Land Use Development 2008
Clause 18 Transport.
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Re-imagining Bairnsdale Master Plan 2013 - Volume 1
Clause 21.03 Settlement, Clause 21.07 Built Environment and Heritage and Clause 21.12 Strategies for Sub-Regions, Towns and Localities.
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Re-imagining Bairnsdale Master Plan 2013 - Volume 2
Clause 21.03 Settlement, Clause 21.07 Built Environment and Heritage and Clause 21.12 Strategies for Sub-Regions, Towns and Localities.
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Recommended separation distances for industrial residual air emissions
Clause 13 Environmental Risks and Clause 17 Economic Development.
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Report on Environmental Issues and Constraints Colquhoun Area Study Draft May 1999
Clause 22.00 Local Planning Policies.
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Roadside Vegetation Strategy 2012
Clause 21.04 Environmental and Landscape Values and Clause 42.02 Vegetation Protection Overlay Schedule 1 to 8.
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Safer Design Guidelines for Victoria
Clause 11 Settlement and Clause 15 Built Environment and Heritage.
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Site Specific Control 26 Phillips Lane Lucknow 2012
Clause 21.12 Strategies for sub-regions, towns and localities.
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Site Specific Control for land at 1015 Bairnsdale-Dargo Road Hillside 2010
Clause 53.03 Specific Sites and Exclusions.
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Siting and Design Guidelines for Structures on the Victorian Coast 1998
Clause 42.02 Schedule 1, Clause 42.03 Schedule 2 to 6 Significant Landscape Overlay.
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Social Impact Assessment Guidelines for Development Applications 2013
Clause 21.07 Built Environment and Heritage, Clause 21.08 Housing and Clause 21.11 Infrastructure.
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What is Planning?

Planning is a way to ensure that economic, social and environmental matters and impacts are considered and managed as places change. For example, there are different areas where houses, shops, pubs, parks, farms, factories and roads are located. Planning is how the community tries to put these different land uses and developments in the right places. The planning process should achieve fair, orderly and sustainable land use and development outcomes.

The use, development and protection of land in Victoria is controlled by the Planning and Environment Act 1987.  The Act says that documents known as “Planning Schemes” are to set out the goals and rules about the use and development of land in each local government area.

The East Gippsland Planning Scheme is the document that sets out the rules in East Gippsland and is used by Council to assess planning permit applications.  When putting together a planning permit application you must find out how the Planning Scheme relates to your proposal.

Do you need a Planning Permit?

What is a planning permit?

A Planning Permit is permission to develop or use land for a particular purpose.  The East Gippsland Planning Scheme sets out the many types of use and development of land that require a planning permit.

You may need other approvals as well as a planning permit – such as a building approval.  A planning permit is not a building permit.

Some instances when a planning permit is required

Some of the most common reasons a planning permit is required are:

  • Starting a business
  • Constructing, altering, or extending a building
  • Subdivision of land
  • Clearing native vegetation from land
  • Displaying a sign
  • Changing the use of a property
  • Applying for a liquor licence

A planning permit only applies to the land for which it has been granted. Permits are usually subject to conditions, including the approval of plans by Council.

It is an offence to use, or to develop land, if that use or development needs a planning permit and you have not obtained one.

The Planning Permit Process

Council has created a flowchart to assist in understanding how the planning permit process works.

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