What is VicSmart
VicSmart is a streamlined planning permit process for eligible applications that offers a fast 10-business-day assessment.
Key features:
- fixed information requirements
- pre-set assessment criteria
- no advertising or third-party review rights.
Find out more at Department of Transport and Planning (DTP): VicSmart permits.
Is your application eligible
Your proposal must:
- be listed as a VicSmart class of application in Clause 59 of the Greater Dandenong Planning Scheme
- meet the eligibility criteria
- be located in the specified zone or overlay.
Common eligible applications:
- two-dwelling developments
- two-lot residential subdivision
- subdivision of existing dwellings into two lots
- remove, destroy or lop a canopy tree
- minor buildings and works
- small advertising signs
- car parking reductions.
If you are unsure if your proposal is eligible, or what the information requirements are, contact the Planning team.
How the VicSmart process works
The VicSmart process involves four simple steps:
Prepare
- Check the Greater Dandenong Planning Scheme.
- Discuss your proposal with Council.
- Download the relevant checklist from Department of Transport and Planning (DTP): VicSmart permits.
Submit
- Submit your application with all the required information.
- Pay the application fee - we will send you an invoice for payment.
- If referral authority consent is needed, you must obtain written consent before lodging.
- Applications without required consent cannot use VicSmart and will follow the regular permit pathway.
Assess
- Council reviews your application against pre-set criteria.
- Further information may be requested, if required.
Decision
- Council issues a permit or refusal within 10 business days.
