Meet with Council planning officers before lodging your planning permit application.
A fee applies for this service.
Why use this service?
- Discuss your proposal.
- Clarify planning requirements upfront.
- Identify potential issues early.
- Receive written feedback to prepare a stronger application.
How to apply
- Online: Online Planning Portal
- Email: council@cgd.vic.gov.au
- Post: Planning Department, City of Greater Dandenong, PO Box 200, Dandenong VIC 3175.
- In person: Planning Service Counter during business hours.
What you must provide
- A completed Planning Pre-Application Discussion Service Request Form - 223KB (not needed if you apply via the Online Planning Portal).
- A digital copy of all required supporting documents for your proposal category (see below).
- Payment of the application fee. Requests cannot be processed until full payment is received.
Pre-application proposal categories
Average
- Residential - 5 or less dwellings
- Non-Residential - 250sqm to 2,000sqm
- Buildings and works less than $100,000
- Reduction in car parking between 1-10 spaces
Complex
- Residential - between 6 and 30 dwellings
- Non-Residential – 2,000sqm to 10,000sqm
- Major buildings and works
- Reduction in car parking of 11 or more spaces and/or loss of existing on-street parking
- All use applications (example: office, medical centre, place of assembly, brothel, materials recycling)
- All applications in a Green Wedge Zone (GWZ)
- Removal of native vegetation
- Planning Scheme matters
Regional / City Significance
- Residential - 31 or more dwellings
- Non-Residential - greater than 10,000sqm
- Significant loss of native vegetation
- Significant Planning Scheme matters (example: major rezoning, development plan)
Supporting information requirements
For all proposals
- A recent copy of the title for the land (within 30 days) including the Register Search Statement, Plan of Subdivision, and any covenants or restrictions.
- A site plan.
For buildings and works proposals
- Detailed drawings, including dimensioned floor plans, elevations and sections (for Average category proposals, drawings do not need to be fully completed and resolved, but must provide details of what is being proposed).
- Photos of the site and surroundings.
For use proposals
- Site plan.
- Details of the current and proposed use, for example:
- nature of the business
- operating hours
- number of employees
- vehicle movements per day / hour, and the type of vehicles that will come to the site.
Additional requirements for Complex and Regional / City Significance proposals
- Transport and traffic details, including parking capacity, demand, vehicle trips.
- Civil engineering details.
- Proposed Site and Environmental Management Plan scope (if applicable).
What happens next
- We will confirm the next available meeting date.
- Meetings are held online via Microsoft Teams video conferencing during business hours.
- You will receive written feedback after your meeting.
Important
- Advice given is preliminary and based on the information you provide.
- Council cannot guarantee approval, but applications with complete documents and issues addressed early are more likely to succeed.
