Checklist · Planning & Environment
Victorian planning permit: when it operates, when it expires, and an extension of time
Checklist for the start and expiry of a Victorian planning permit, and for a request to extend time under the periods the department guide states. The Kantor considerations are the guide's list. The judgment was not opened.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Victoria
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Victoria.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a permit may lapse, or the owner or occupier asks for more time to start or finish. Copy the expiry from the permit before using a default period.
Used for these tasks
- Turn conditions of consent into a construction and use compliance register
- Draft or comment on proposed conditions of consent
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may copy the dates printed on the permit and count the request window from the expiry date the lawyer enters. The lawyer decides whether to ask for an extension.
AI may
- Enter the commencement and completion dates printed on the permit
- Calculate six months and twelve months from the expiry date the lawyer identifies
- List works the file shows have started, with the date
AI must not
- Must not state that the permit is still in force
- Must not apply a default period where the permit states its own
- Must not decide the Kantor considerations
The lawyer checks
- The expiry on the face of the permit is used first
- The request is by the owner or occupier, or by another person with the owner's written consent
- The request is inside the six-month or twelve-month period the guide states, or it is recorded that the authority has no power to extend
- A refusal or a failure to decide within one month is noted as a possible VCAT review. Section 81 was not opened
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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