Planning process and permits

Preliminary advice

If you would like to know what type of application is required for your building plan or to seek our assistance to identify any relevant issues, you can apply for our free preliminary advice service.

For landscape planning – please also see the Preparing Landscape Plans for Development Applications (PDF).

No Permit Required (NPR) assessment

A No Permit Required (NPR) assessment is a formal non-statutory assessment based on a finalised design or set of documentation. A No Permit Required assessment provides formal advice suitable to satisfy the requirements of the Building Act 2016 – often used by building surveyors.

Council and crown land consent

If the land of your proposed works is owned by council or the state government, you will need to obtain the written consent of the council’s CEO or the relevant government minister and include this in your application by using the following forms:

• Council Landowner Consent Form
• Crown Land Consent Form

In addition to the planning scheme, there may be council policies that are applicable to a particular application.

Applications for a planning permit should be submitted in PDF format and contain all relevant documents, including the application form with each document saved separately. Clause 6.1.2 of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme – Clarence lists application requirements for information that must be supplied with an application.

Application for development – use or subdivision form

You can send us your application via email to cityplanning@ccc.tas.gov.au. Submission by email will ensure the most efficient assessment of your application.

Please note, we will not accept applications on CD or USB devices.

We will continue to accept applications in physical format up to an A3 size. However, we reserve the right to charge for applications submitted in larger paper sizes in accordance with our Fee Schedule. Where paper applications are submitted, one copy of all of the relevant documents and application forms should be submitted for scanning.

Documents should be labelled clearly with the street address and what the document is, as per the following examples:

• 123 Council Road – Application Form and Title
• 123 Council Road – Plans (this document should include all plans, ie. site plan, elevations, floor plans etc.)
• 123 Council Road – Soil and Water Management Plan
• 123 Council Road – Correspondence

Plan documents should be ‘flattened’ and not contain multiple document layers.

If you provide an email address on your application form we will correspond with you via email. Providing an email address will be treated as consent, pursuant to the Electronic Transactions Act 2000, to use this address for requests for additional information, our decision to grant or refuse to grant a permit and any other necessary correspondence relating to your application. If you do not provide an email address we will correspond with you via post.

For Landscape Planning please see the below documents:

• Public Open Space – Landscape Planning Process
• Commercial – Landscape Planning Process

Application fees

Once an application has been lodged, we will invoice you for the planning fees you need to pay. This might include fees for:

• planning applications
• planning scheme amendments
• strata titles
• subdivision plans for sealing

Our planning fees can be found in our Fee Schedule.

For certain not-for-profit charities, application fees may be waived or reduced. For more information see our Waiving or Reducing Fees For Planning and Building Permits Policy.

Amending a permit

If you have a permit but would like to make a minor change to it, you can apply for a minor change by completing the form below and emailing it to cityplanning@ccc.tas.gov.au

Application for minor amendment under S56 of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.

Fees may apply to an amendment.

Extending a permit

Once a permit is approved, you have two years to substantially start the project. However, you can apply via email to cityplanning@ccc.tas.gov.au for an extension of time before it expires, or at least within six months of the day of expiration. This may be done up to two times, so you could have up to six years before the permit lapses.

Fees may apply to extend a permit.