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Planning Checklists, Fact Sheets and Examples

Below are a set of handy planning checklists, fact sheets and examples to help you make sure your planning application is complete with everything required.

Checklists

  • Bushfire Requirements Checklist(DOCX, 52KB)
  • Commercial Development Checklist(DOCX, 45KB)
  • Covenant Removal/Variation Checklist(DOCX, 30KB)
  • Heritage Checklist(DOCX, 35KB)
  • Industrial Development Checklist(DOCX, 45KB)
  • Licensed Premises Checklist(DOCX, 43KB)
  • Multi Dwelling Checklist(DOCX, 45KB)
  • Native Vegetation Removal Checklist(DOCX, 30KB)
  • Rural Dwelling Checklist(DOCX, 40KB)
  • Signs Checklist(DOCX, 41KB)
  • Subdivision Checklist(DOCX, 40KB)

Fact Sheets

  • Brewery, Cidery, Distillery and Winery Fact Sheet(PDF, 286KB)
  • Registered Restrictive Covenant Fact Sheet(PDF, 157KB)
  • Section 173 Agreement Fact Sheet(PDF, 119KB)
  • Certificate of Compliance Fact Sheet(PDF, 72KB)
  • Native Vegetation Removal Regulations(PDF, 2MB)

Example Plans

  • Two Dwellings(PDF, 3MB)
  • Agricultural Building(PDF, 756KB)
  • Commercial Development(PDF, 2MB)
  • Industrial Warehouse(PDF, 1MB)
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Warragul VIC 3820

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their ongoing connection to the land and waters that make up Baw Baw Shire. We pay our respects to their Elders: past, present, and emerging. We thank the Traditional Custodians for caring for Country and continuing the customs that maintain the longest practised culture in the world.

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