Heritage Overlay
A Heritage Overlay is a planning control that helps us to conserve and enhance areas and structures with cultural, heritage or natural value.
If you want to develop on a site with a Heritage Overlay, you will need a planning permit.
Use the VicPlan map tool to check if your property is subject to a Heritage Overlay.
For a comprehensive list of permit requirements, check the Benalla Planning Scheme, Heritage Overlay (clause 43.01).
Application requirements
Documents should be submitted as digital files via email. We also accept hard copies by mail or in person.
- Completed planning permit application form
- Written description of your proposal
- Certificate of Title from Landata
- VicPlan Planning Property Report
- Fully dimensioned plans at a scale of 1:100 or 1:200, maximum size A3, If lodging in hard copy, supply x3 copies of each plan
- site plans
- floor plans (as applicable)
- elevation plans (as applicable)
- Report of selected materials, colours and finishes (as applicable)
Use our Planning Permit Application Lodgement Checklist(PDF, 276KB) to ensure you are meeting the application requirements.
Fees
Check our Fees and Charges to see all costs involved in your permit application.
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The materials you submit with your application, including plans, will be made available for public view. Copies may be made to interested parties for consideration and review as part of the planning process under the Planning and Environment Act 1987.
Contact us for advice
It is important that you discuss your proposal with us before you submit your application to avoid potential delays or disappointments during the planning process.
Written description of proposal
Your description should outline your proposal with as much detail as possible about your intended operation, and how you plan to use or develop the land.
Certificate of Title
The Certificate of Title for your property can be requested from Landata. Fees will apply.
You will need to supply a current Certificate of Title (within the past 3 months) when you apply for your planning permit.
Plans
Your plans should be fully dimensioned at a scale of 1:100 or 1:200. The maximum size is A3.
If lodging in hard copy, please supply x3 copies of each plan.
The site plan must show:
The floor plan must show:
Onsite inspections
To help us conduct an efficient onsite inspection, please:
- provide a photograph of the site from the street
- mark the site clearly with a sign showing the street number
- peg out the location of the development and tape any vegetation to be removed
- if the height of the development may be an issue, erect height poles to indicate the height of the proposed development