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Important Note: The native vegetation removal exemptions for wildfire safety have changed. To meet the exemption residents must undertake a site assessment and prepare a plan which is then lodged with DSE.
Find out more and download the plan template..

CFA & Land Use Planning

CFA is involved in strategic and statutory land use planning and subdivision processes in a number of ways. CFA is a Referral Authority in all municipal planning schemes for subdivisions that create a road and for areas that are subject to a Wildfire Management Overlay.

The following are areas into which CFA provides input:

  • Provision of comment on design and development plans (Planning & Environment Act 1987)
  • Planning permits to subdivide land which creates a road (Victorian Planning Provisions)
  • Certification of subdivision plans (Subdivision Act 1988)
  • Statements of compliance (Subdivision Act 1988)
  • Comment on planning permit applications for dwellings in rural living, rural, environmental, rural and low density rural residential zones (Victorian Planning Provisions)
  • Determination and direction to Mandatory referral from Council with regard to all applications for development within Wildfire Management Overlay areas (Victorian Planning Provisions)
  • Comment on various other planning permit applications
  • Provisions for access and water supply in various planning scheme zones (Victorian Planning Provisions)

See Also:

Building In a Bushfire Prone or Wildfire Management Overlay Area

In an effort to assist people developing a dwelling in areas designated as 'Bushfire Prone', or covered by a Wildfire Management Overlay, CFA has produced an Applicant’s Kit titled ‘Building in a Wildfire Management Overlay’. The Applicant's Kit is intended to be used at the time when people are planning to build. However, it is equally useful for people simply seeking a building permit in a Bushfire Prone Area. More…

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