Strategic planning fees

Notes on fees

• Requests submitted without the correct fee will be returned.
• All fees are exempt from GST.
• Fees are current effective 18 August 2009.

1. Standard fee for: 

(a)  considering a request to amend a planning scheme

(b)  taking action required by Division 1 of Part 3 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987

(c)  considering any submissions which do not seek a change to the amendment, and

(d)  if applicable, abandoning the amendment in accordance with section 28.

$798

Fee to be paid to Moreland City Council by the person who requested the amendment, at the time of making the request.

2. Additional fee for:

(a)  considering submissions which seek a change to an amendment, and where necessary referring the submissions to a panel

(b)  providing assistance to a panel in line with section 158

(c)   making a submission in line with section 24(b)

(d)   considering the report in line with section 27, and

(e)   after considering submissions and the report in line with section 27, if applicable,  abandoning the amendment in line with section 28.

$798

Fee to be paid to Moreland City Council by the person who requested the amendment, before Council considers the submissions.

3. Additional fee for:

(a)  adopting an amendment or a part of an amendment in line with section 29, and

(b)  submitting the amendment for approval in accordance with section 31.

$524

Fee to be paid to Moreland City Council by the person who requested the amendment, before Council adopts the amendment.

4. Additional fee for:

(a)  considering a request to approve an amendment in line with section 35; and

(b)  giving notice of approval of an amendment in line with section 36.

$798

Note 1: 

Fees payable to Council should be marked to:

Amendment C {insert number}
Strategic Planning Unit
Moreland City Council
Locked Bag 10
Moreland Vic 3054

Note 2:

Fees payable to the Minister for Planning should be made payable to the Department of Planning and Community Development.

Note 3: 

Internal process for processing cheques – use “Receipt Preparation Form”

Payment of Panel Costs:

If an independent panel is required to hear submissions as a result of unresolved objections (submissions) to the amendment, the planning authority will pass onto the proponent the costs and expenses incurred for or by a panel in carrying out its functions in line with s.156 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987.

The cost of the Panel will depend on the number of days it sits and the number of Panel Members appointed. An indicative cost is $4,000 per day.

Combined permit application and planning scheme amendment

The fee requirements are set out at reg. 9 of the Planning and Environment Act (Fees) Regulations 2000 as follows:

• The fee for an application for a planning permit combined with a request for amendment of a planning scheme, made in accordance with s.96A of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, is the sum arrived at by calculating the higher of the fees plus 50% of the lower of the fees which would have applied if separate applications had been made.
• If an application for a planning permit is for a combination of use and development, only the highest fee for the planning permit is calculated for the purposes described above. Subdivisions and any matter referred to in classes of application 16, 17 or 18 set out in the table in reg. 7 are not included in these calculations and generate a separate fee.

Note: a schedule of planning permit application fees in accordance with reg. 7 is attached.

Other fees

(GST inclusive)

Property enquiries  

• Written responses from Council to residential property enquiries $105
• Written responses from Council to commercial (including mixed use and industrial) property enquiries $140

Note: If the existing or proposed use is commercial, the commercial property enquiry fee applies.  

Photocopying of plans, policies, studies or other documents        

• Endorsed Plans A4 & A3 (per set) $35
• Endorsed Plans A1, A2 & A0 (per page) $11.50
• A4 Plans/Page (per page) $1.20
• A3 Plans/Page (per page) $2.35
• A1, A2, A0 Plans/Page (per page) $8.00

Note: A search of Council documents can be undertaken on Council’s website. Where possible, documents may be able to be emailed without charge.