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During advertising a person can make a submission about the proposal. This can be either an objection or support. You can object or support a planning application online.
Anyone can object to a planning permit application. We must consider all objections and submissions when we make our decision. Read more about responding to an advertised plan .
We assess your application and prepare a report.
After the advertising period finishes the Council officer will write an assessment report. The report will make a recommendation about Council’s decision.
The report outlines the following:
- description of the proposal
- the relevant policies and planning scheme requirements
- the assessment process and
- a response to objections and/or referral comments.
From March 2025, the Victorian State Government has approved Planning Scheme Amendment VC267 and introduced ‘deemed to comply’ standards which have altered notice and review requirements. For further information, please see Townhouse and Low-Rise Code .
In August 2025, the Victorian State Government approved Planning Scheme Amendment VC282 and extended the new ‘deemed to comply’ standards to single dwelling developments under Clause 54 of the planning scheme. For further information, please see Single Home Code .
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Lodge an objection or support
- Open our list of Advertised Statutory Planning Applications and search for the application.
- Select the application and click 'submit response'.
- Enter your response and reasons for objecting/supporting. You may also use the objection/submission form (PDF, 153 KB) which can be attached to your response.
- Provide your name, address and contact details and click 'submit'.
- You will receive a letter confirming that the objection/submission was received.
- The objection/submission form (PDF, 153 KB) can also be emailed to council@mvcc.vic.gov.au.
You can lodge a petition but please be aware that it only counts as one objection and that only the first name on the petition will be lodged as an objector to the application.
Please note, an objection/submission is a public document and copies may be made available to other parties including the applicant, Councillors and Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).
Only relevant planning matters should be included as part of any objection. For example, the following matters may not be considered relevant planning issues:
- Financial detriment or devaluation of property
- Precedent
- Perceived issues with the occupants of any future development (i.e. whether a development will have renters or owner-occupiers)
- The motivations of an applicant/owner to lodge a planning permit application
- Personal grievances with the applicant/owner of any proposal
- Aspects of a proposal that do not need a planning permit (i.e. building protection work matters to protect adjoining properties from damage)
If there are 10 or more eligible objections for an application, as determined by Council’s Statutory Planning Delegation Policy, a Councillor may request a Consultation Meeting. These meetings are attended by the relevant Councillor, a Council Planning Officer, the permit applicant and objectors/submitters.
Such meetings provide a discussion forum, where everyone is given an opportunity to discuss and resolve matters in dispute
While Consultation Meetings are not decision-making forums, constructive negotiations and compromises are encouraged.
If a Consultation Meeting is organised for an application you have objected to, you will be invited to attend.
If we decide to grant the permit, you will receive a Notice of Decision to Grant a Permit (NOD). As an objector you will have 21 days to appeal the decision – appeals are considered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). If no objectors lodge a review with VCAT during this time, the planning permit will be issued.
Request copy of closed planning file
Members of the public can request access to any endorsed documents as part of an approved planning permit application. Examples include:
- endorsed development and landscape plans
- endorsed construction and site management plans
- endorsed specialist reports such as arboricultural reports, traffic impact assessments, sustainability management plans etc.
Fees apply for this service. Please allow for up to 15 business days for your request to be processed.
You will need to provide the following information:
- identify the address of the subject land and the planning permit number
- the endorsed document or plan that you require. If you do not know which document to request, describe the information that you are after
- your reason for making the request.
Council officers will write to the applicant advising whether the document request has been approved. Requested documents will be supplied electronically by Council and will be delivered to the nominated email address.
In instances where access to documents is not readily available, a request will need to be made to retrieve the files from Council’s archives. The fee for retrieval will be charged in addition to the initial request fee. If this fee is applicable, the customer will be invoiced for payment. The retrieval fee is non-refundable in the event the documents cannot be located. See our Make a payment page for administration fees.
Note: on 24 April 2020 the State Government introduced the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill 2020 which are temporary measures in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Planning documents previously required to be physically available to view at state or local government office are now only required to be available for online inspection. This includes copies of planning scheme amendments and submissions, and planning permit applications and objections. If you require any assistance with obtaining any digital copies of planning permit applications and objections, please contact us at council@mvcc.vic.gov.au. For more information see the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill 2020 .