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Camberwell and the City of Boroondara, and only that: 10 suburbs inside one municipality. Staying inside one council area means one permit process, one set of standard drawings and one inspection regime, known inside out, including the heritage overlays that cover so many of these streets.

Boroondara permits

The City of Boroondara requires a vehicle crossing permit before a crossover is constructed, widened, relocated, reinstated or removed. Only the property owner or the contractor can apply, the application needs a detailed site plan and a current Before You Dig report no older than three months, and council allows up to ten business days to assess it. The permit covers two inspections: one of the formwork booked at least five business days before the pour, and a follow-up about four weeks after. Crossings are built to the council’s standard drawings, and on bluestone kerbed streets the kerb and channel are reinstated to the council’s bluestone drawings so the street edge matches what was there. Council will not approve a crossing that crowds a street tree or removes parking it wants kept, and permit fees are the council’s, change from time to time, and are confirmed at the quote.

Heritage overlays cover much of the municipality, and they change the paperwork rather than the concrete. The overlay controls what is visible from the street, not the material on your own land: replacing an existing driveway like for like is usually just the standard crossing permit, but widening a crossover, adding a second one, or changing the frontage in a heritage street can require a planning permit on top of it, and some heritage applications qualify for the council’s faster VicSmart stream. Street trees are protected, with a separate permit needed for any works within two metres of a protected tree’s canopy. What your job needs is confirmed in writing before anything is booked, and the permit path is priced into the quote rather than left as a surprise.

Council permit information