Sustainable design requirements for planning permit applications

We are committed to creating an environmentally sustainable and livable city. We can assist you to incorporate environmentally sustainable design into your development during the planning process.

When you apply for a planning permit you are required to include sustainable design information with your application as required under Clause 15.01-2L-04 of the Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme.

Incorporating sustainable design into new developments

Incorporating environmentally sustainable design into new developments is a requirement under the Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme. The objective is that development should achieve best practice in environmentally sustainable development from the design stage through to construction and operation.

The policy provides objectives and application requirements for residential, mixed-use, and non-residential development. It recognises the importance of considering environmentally sustainable design at the time of planning approval for new developments.

If you are applying for a planning permit to construct a new building, you will need to provide information with your planning permit application across the following areas:

  • Energy performance
  • Integrated water management
  • Indoor environmental quality
  • Transport
  • Waste management
  • Urban ecology