| Checklist | Types of VicSmart planning application | Criteria |
| 1 | Realign a boundary between two lots | - The area of either lot is reduced by less than 15 per cent; and
- The general direction of the common boundary does not change; and
- If the land is in a rural zone, each new lot is at least the area specified for the land in the zone or the schedule to the zone.
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| 2 | Subdivide land into lots each containing an existing building or car parking space | - The buildings or car parking spaces have been constructed in accordance with the provisions of the planning scheme or a permit issued under the scheme; and
- An occupancy permit or a certificate of final inspection has been issued under the Building Regulations in relation to the buildings within five years prior to the application for a permit for subdivision.
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| 3 | Subdivide land with an approved development into two lots | - The construction of a building
or the construction or carrying
out of works on the land has
been approved under the
planning scheme or by a permit
issued under the scheme and
the permit has not expired; and - The construction or carrying
out of the approved building or
works on the land has lawfully
started; and - The subdivision does not create
a vacant lot.
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| 5 | Construct a building or works in a zone other than rural | - The estimated cost does not
exceed:
– $1,000,000 in an industrial
zone, or
– $500,000 in other applicable
zones; and - The land is not within 30 metres
of land (not a road) which is in
a residential zone. (This does
not apply in a Capital City Zone
or Docklands Zone.); and - Is not for a purpose listed in the
table to Clause 53.10 in the
planning scheme.
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| 6 | Construct buildings and works in an overlay | - Construct a building or construct or carry out works up to $500,000.
- Must be in a commercial zone or a Special Use, Comprehensive Development, Capital City, Docklands, Priority Development or Activity Centre Zone.
- Must be in a Design and Development Overlay
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| 7 | Remove, destroy or lop one tree | Must be in a - Environmental Significance Overlay
- Vegetation Protection Overlay
- Significant Landscape Overlay
- Neighbourhood Character Overlay
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| 10 | Display a sign in a commercial, industrial or special purpose zone | - The sign is not within 30 metres of land (not a road) which is in a residential zone; and
- The sign is not a pole sign, sky sign, reflective sign, internally illuminated, floodlit, electronic or animated; and
- The total display size of the sign does not exceed 10 square metres
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Derived from State Government guide to VicSmart permits by the State of Victoria