Application for Town Planning

Today we submitted all of the information required for Town Planning to the Mornington Peninsula Shire.

They wanted to see all of the plans (including the house location on the block, shadowing, overlooking and landscaping proposal) and well as a copy of title, POS (Plan of Subdivision) covenants and Section 173 agreements (conditions/restrictions on use of land).

The block of land we purchased is subject to 3 overlays (Bushfire Management, Vegetation Protection and Design & Development Overlay)*  This of course only adds to the complexity of getting approval.  The builder says that it's something we get from the council, and the council say it's something we get independently..don't you hate that?!

Apparently the whole application process can take up to 3 months....   We are hoping we can get it though sooner - let's just hope we've dotted all our i's and crossed all our t's..

Nothing much else to add, hand over the document, pay $500 application fee, leave it with them and hope for the best!

Hopefully our next post will be that we have the green light to build!!!

*(Adam filled out the whole bushfire management document. This not only saved us a heap of money I'm guessing, but also a week or two in time too. I have no idea how he did it - I'm lucky to have such a clever husband - all I did was proof read it and I was confused!)