---
title: "Victorian planning permit: application checklist from the department guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/planning-and-environment/vic-planning-permit-application"
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id: "a12-vic-planning-permit-application"
area_id: "A12"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A12-T1-R2"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Victorian planning permit: application checklist from the department guide

> Checklist for a Victorian planning permit application, taken from the department guide to the planning system. It asks whether a permit is required before any form is prepared.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/planning-and-environment/vic-planning-permit-application  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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Checklist for a Victorian planning permit application, taken from the department guide to the planning system. It asks whether a permit is required before any form is prepared. It is not a New South Wales development application.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Planning & Environment](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/planning-and-environment.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Victoria
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Victoria.

## When to use it

Use when preparing an application for a planning permit in Victoria, including the information the guide says should be in the application. The planning scheme for the land is read with it. The scheme was not opened for this checklist.

## Used for these tasks

- [Build a development-application lodgement checklist from the controls](https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/build-a-development-application-lodgement-checklist-from-the-controls.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may assemble plans, title and the fee receipt into the checklist. The lawyer decides whether a permit is required and whether the application is complete.

**AI may:**

- List the documents on the file against the information rows
- Record the zone and overlays only where the lawyer has copied them from the planning scheme
- Flag a VicSmart question that has not been answered

**AI must not:**

- Must not state that a permit will be granted
- Must not describe a New South Wales control as if it applied
- Must not invent a referral authority

**The lawyer checks:**

- The use or development needs a permit and is not prohibited or as-of-right
- The application identifies the land, the proposal, the existing use, the estimated cost, and any registered restrictive covenant
- The responsible authority is identified from the planning scheme. The guide says it is usually the council
- Clause 65 and the Planning Policy Framework are read before any merits comment. They were not opened

## Authorities

- [Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria), Guide to Victoria's Planning System, chapter 3 (a permit application under Planning and Environment Act 1987 ss 47 to 86; information in ss 47(1) and (1A))](https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/guides-and-resources/guides/guide-to-victorias-planning-system/planning-permits)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/planning-and-environment/vic-planning-permit-application and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*