Planning Plantations | Plantation Management

Victoria

Plantation Planning Application Process

A Planning Permit Application Process may include the following steps:

Complete Planning Application for relevant local government area
Possibly include Environmental Management Plan
May need to meet with referral authorities such as Department of Sustainability & Environment or the relevant CMA.
May need to supply additional information e.g. maps, flora surveys, additional details relating to the proposed establishment operation
May need to deal with or appeal against objections via local council or State processes e.g. Victorian Civil Appeals Tribunal, Planning & Environment List
The time period to approve or resolve an application is not defined.

Plantation Development Notices are available on most local government and some private forestry development committee websites.

Download a generic example of a Plantation Development Notice (pdf).

This Practice Note is to provide guidance to planning authorities about:

the strategic work required to apply the Farming Zone, Rural Activity Zone, Rural Conservation Zone and Rural Living Zone, and
the purposes and features of each zone and where they may be applied.

Sections that relate to plantation forestry are as follows:

Page 3 "Clause 17.07 Forestry and Timber Production

The establishment , management and harvesting of plantations, harvesting of timber from native forests and the development of forest based industries are to be facilitated.
Timber production activities should be environmentally sustainable."

Page 11 "Possible Farming Zone areas (includes) Forestry Plantation Areas