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Local VicSmart Checklist – Geelong: Use land to sell or consume liquor in an Activity Centre Zone

If you qualify for the VicSmart permit application process, the council will have given you a VicSmart application form and one or more of the checklists like the one below. You should be able to find answers to any questions you have about the VicSmart application form or checklists on this site.

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Greater Geelong Planning Scheme Clause 59.16 Schedule 2

Geelong – Use land to sell or consume liquor in an Activity Centre Zone

Pre-application discussion: Was there a pre-application meeting? Who with and when?
Planning Officer: Date:
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
For all planning permit applications the following MUST be provided:
 A completed application form
 Signed declaration on the application form
 The application fee
Accompanying information
Note: The council may reduce the information that you need to provide but cannot ask for more information than listed. Please check the information requirements with council. The following information must be provided as appropriate.
 Copy of title and any registered restrictive covenant.
The title information must include a ‘register search statement’ and the title diagram, and any associated ‘instruments’. Check if council requires title information to have been searched within a specified time frame.
 3 copies of a layout plan drawn to scale and fully dimensioned showing:
 The location of the existing building, car parking area, driveways and storage areas.
  The internal layout of the building.
 A red line showing the area proposed to be licensed.
 The adjoining land uses.
 A written statement that describes:
 The use of the land and the nature of the proposed license sought to sell or consume liquor, including the proposed liquor licence trading hours, number of staff employed, patrons and seats available to the public.
 Any proposed entertainment.
 Any proposed noise attenuation measures to protect sensitive interfaces.
 A copy of any current liquor licence and plans for the premises if applicable

Creative Commons License Derived from Schedule 2 to Clause 95 – Greater Geelong Planning Scheme by the State of Victoria