The Complete VicSmart Guide is the No.1 DIY planning permit application guide in Victoria.

It is a nominal fee-based service published by Victorian Smart Planning – Permit Application Services (VSPPAS), a town planning business that primarily offers planning advice and just gets planning permits.

It has helped thousands of applicants with the basics of preparing, lodging and getting a planning permit.

It was established to help people with government websites and the planning permit process for every Victorian council. It is not a government website. 

If you want more assistance than a DIY guide, VSPPAS offers a range of planning services including planning advice and just getting a planning permit.

If you do want to use the guide to prepare an application, it will be checked by a Town Planner who will lodge it within 24 hours of being completed.

This guide will help you to:

• prepare a VicSmart planning application
• complete the application with instructions and examples
• complete a planning application form
• sign the application form digitally
• complete the application requirements set out in the planning scheme and checklists
• provide all the information required including a correct copy of title, sufficient plans, photos, referrals and reports, if required
• create a single PDF of all supporting documents
• submit the application and council assessment fee to the relevant council

All you need to know is if your application is eligible for VicSmart, then you are ready to:

The Complete VicSmart Guide fees

Like the council’s permit assessment fee, the VicSmart Guide fee is dependent on the estimated cost of the proposal in the planning application:

The simplest way to get a VicSmart permit.