What you need to know
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Secondary consent
Minor changes to endorsed plans (secondary consent)
If you want to make minor changes to your plans you can apply under Secondary Consent. These applications are processed relatively quickly and don’t need be advertised.
Secondary consent applications can include the following:
- changes that have no impacts on adjoining properties
- changes that don’t require additional planning permission
- changes that don’t contradict permit conditions.
if you are unsure if you are eligible to apply for a secondary consent amendment contact our Statutory Planning department on 9243 9111 to speak with a planning officer.
Prior to submitting a secondary consent application you will need to have registered for our online services. Please allow up to 48 hours for your registration to be processed.
Once you have registered an account you can use the button above to submit your application (you will be prompted to log in first if you haven’t done so).
Submission of plans for endorsement
Once a planning permit has been issued, you may be required to submit amended plans for endorsement before a use/development can commence. These can include:
- amended development plans (commonly referred to as “Condition 1 Plans”, in reference to the requirements of Condition 1 of a planning permit)
- landscape plans
- stormwater treatment reports
- arborist reports
- other plans or reports as requested by your planning permit.
Once you have satisfied the conditions of your planning permit and received endorsed plans from Council, you may commence the approved use/development.
Extension of time
Construction and Site Management Plan (CSMP)
Construction Site Management Plans (CSMPs) are reviewed by our Development Engineering team and as such they are lodged through a different portal.
A Construction and Site Management Plan (CSMP) is a condition of a planning permit. This condition is usually applied to large or difficult to build developments.
CSMPs are necessary to ensure construction sites, including demolition and excavation, do not adversely affect health, safety, amenity, traffic or the environment in the surrounding area. It must also address broader obligations such as recycling, waste management and environmental initiatives. A CSMP must fully consider and address each stage of construction, including demolition, excavation and construction.
The objective of a CSMP is to plan ahead for each phase of construction, minimising the impact on:
- neighbours and nearby residents
- businesses and public venues (e.g. Melbourne Showgrounds and Flemington Racecourse)
- users of public footpaths, roads, bike paths and reserves
- traffic flow within the surrounding street network
- public parking within the vicinity of the site
- the environment and local waterways
- trees on and surrounding a development site.
A permit holder (responsible builder or developer) should first check the planning permit to determine if the proposed development meets a condition or conditions which require a CSMP to be submitted to us for approval.
Where additional information is required or is not adequate, we may request further detail and a resubmission. A fee will be applied for each CSMP resubmission. Refer to the fee schedule (pdf, 244KB). Complete this secondary application online:
Please note, submission of Council CSMP Template is compulsory.
Where construction commences without an endorsed CSMP in place, significant Penalty Infringement Notices will apply and you will be ordered to cease works.
Approved Construction Site Management Plans
View a list of approved Construction Site Management Plans (pdf)
For further information
For further information please contact Development Engineering team on 9243 8880 or email developmenteng@mvcc.vic.gov.au.
COVID19 exemptions ending
As part of the ongoing rollback from the Government’s pandemic declaration, the temporary exemptions introduced to the Victorian Planning Scheme under Clause 52.18 to support the hospitality sector are coming to an end.
These exemptions allowed hospitality businesses to use and modify (buildings and works) existing outdoor spaces to facilitate alfresco dining without the need to obtain a planning permit / to comply with the conditions of the current planning permit(s).
The exemption period is defined as the period when a state of emergency declaration under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 in relation to coronavirus (COVID19) is in force and for 24 months after. As the declaration ended on 12 October 2022, the exemptions at Clause 52.18 of the Moonee Valley Planning Scheme will end on 12 October 2024.
From 13 October 2024, any uses, including buildings and works which are associated with these exemptions, must cease.
If any business is interested in exploring the possibility of maintaining the changes implemented under the Clause 52.18 exemption, we encourage you to get in touch with Council's Economic Development Department on 9243 8866.