Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Mornington Peninsula council approval times 2Nov 29, 2010 2:23 pm The last application at Mornington Peninsula took about 3 months to be approved by Town Planning. Also, Town Planning applications can take longer this time of year, and the advertising period is extended to 4 weeks instead of 2 weeks over the christmas period. Are you in the Mount Martha area? If so, some sites have had the Wildfire Management Overlay removed from their site, making it a little easier and now not needing to comply with the CFA conditions and Bushfire Attack Levels of 12.5. If your site is affected by the Wildfire Management Overlay, you will need to comply with a BAL of 12.5. If your builder has not considered this, it does involve upgrades of a few thousand dollars, and you need to ensure you have a hydrant within 120m of the rear of the site, you can find this out by ordering Dial Before You Dig and looking at the water response from South East Water. I have dealt with Mornington Peninsula Shire a few times and they have been helpful, provided feedback and advice and were honest with timeframes. A lot of people don't understand the Town Planning process, it's not all that black and white and it does take time, they must assess your application, ask for further information, do referrals and advertise in that area, prepare reports, and all of these have timeframes they must comply with. Re: Mornington Peninsula council approval times 3Dec 24, 2010 8:34 pm We have had planning approval come through on our 30sq extension at Dromana. The total time was 5 months but this was delayed due to us having unreasonable neighbors who visit their holiday house 4 weeks a year. They required a meeting at council chambers and a further delay when they threatened to take us to VCAT. Basically council approved our very reasonable design and checked/double checked their processes so the neighbors didn't have a leg to stand on. In the end there was no VCAT submission which just saved us time and money. Being a builder is more than just having once held a hammer. It's about the trades you hire and ensuring that they give a result that meets the industry standard and the home owners expectations. Re: Mornington Peninsula council approval times 5Jan 30, 2011 1:59 pm Sorry in advance for my ignorant question but would this time include getting a building permit or do you have to get one and then apply for the next? If separate, how long did it take then to get the building permit? Re: Mornington Peninsula council approval times 6Jan 30, 2011 7:46 pm Where I work has has dealings with Mornington council 4 times for 4 different things and found them universally useless. Long long long delays, lost files, different answer every time you call, refuse to put things in writing, you'd change something to exactly the way they've requested it and then they'd knock that aspect back as not compliant. Generally a nightmare. Twice had to go to VCAT - twice we won. Good luck!! Hi Minho I have heaps of experience in Ku-ring-gai with both DAs and CDC ( this is the main area we build in). DA's are taking 12-18months and CDC's we have been doing… 1 3162 1 2989 Even if it's not being sub-divided and you want to keep it as Torrens title, you will still need to talk to a town planner or Council themselves, to see if they will allow… 1 11035 |