Apply for copy of building plans
You can request copies of building plans or documents for your house or business within Moreland. This can be useful if you are doing renovations.
You must be the current owner or have the owner's written consent to view or obtain plans or documents.
Information required
When you lodge an application for copy of building permit plans or documents, we need to know:
- property address
- applicant's name: the person asking for the building plans or documents
- type of building plans or documents: residential or commercial to calculate the fee, and
- as much information about the plans you are looking for as you can provide, like details of a particular renovation, the area of the building if it is a large development, and the building permit number if you know it.
This information helps us locate the plans.
Apply for copy of building permit plans or documents
Apply online: use Council's online lodgements
You can logon, apply and pay online for a search of building permit plans or documents.
- Register first as a user on Council's eServices before you can apply online for copy of building permit plans or documents.
- If you are a registered user apply for copy of building plans online now
Send in an application form
Download and fill in the:
- application for copy of plans by the property owner form (DOC 71Kb) if you are the current owner, or
- application for copy of plans by person authorised by owner form (DOC 70Kb) if you are applying on behalf of the owner.
Submit the form with your payment:
- at the Coburg Citizens Service Centre, 90 Bell Street Coburg or
- by post to Moreland City Council, Locked Bag 10, Moreland 3058.
See fees for copy of plans applications.
Application process
Once you apply for building permit plans for a property, we carry out a search of our records. Please allow 7 working days for a Council Officer to respond to your request.
While we do a thorough search, Council cannot guarantee the building plans you request are available. This can be because:
- the building may be too old
- the plans may have been done by a private building surveyor and not lodged with Council, or
- no building permit was obtained for the work.
The fee is for file searching. Should we be unable to locate the plans, this fee is not refundable. We will advise you of the outcome of our search.
If the plans you apply for are found, you are invited to come in to Council offices to view the plans. At this point, you need to provide evidence that you are the owner of the property. If you applied online and are not the owner, you will need to bring a signed application for copy of plans or documents by person authorised by owner form (DOC 70Kb) with you.
If you want copies of the plans there is an additional copying fee which depends on the size of the plans you require.
Files
- Application for copy of plans or documents by the property owner form (DOC 71Kb)
- Application for copy of plans or documents by person authorised by owner form (DOC 70Kb)
