Services
Statutory Planning
We find paths to planning permission across Victoria.
We guide development proposals through every stage of the permit process with clear documentation, coordination, and advice. Our statutory team prepares, lodges, and manages applications across Victoria, anticipating issues early and ensuring great outcomes.
Development Approvals
We prepare and coordinate permit applications for all sorts of applications at every scale. We work with councils and other stakeholders to achieve great outcomes.
Advice and Feasibility
We assess planning opportunities and constraints early, giving clear advice on the planning feasibility of your project. All our advice is targeted to the needs of our clients so you can shape viable, compliant and innovative development proposals.
Project Management
We manage the planning process from first enquiry to decision coordinating consultants, managing Council, and keeping your project moving.
Strategic Planning
We strengthen and streamline policy at the heart of planning.
We develop, review and translate planning policy into practical outcomes. Our team is experienced in all facets of strategic planning including the preparation of planning scheme amendments and review of planning schemes for public and private sector clients.
Policy Implementation and Review
We help councils, agencies, and developers strengthen planning frameworks auditing and refining policy so strategy delivers clear, workable results.
Process Improvement
We streamline planning systems identifying and fixing inefficiencies to reduce delays, improve consistency, and support better decision-making.
Planning Panels & Advisory Committees
We represent clients before Planning Panels Victoria and Ministerial Advisory Committees presenting clear, evidence-based advice that supports sound policy outcomes.
Planning Advocacy and Evidence
We provide expert evidence and advocacy through the system.
We appear at VCAT and Planning Panels Victoria representing private and public sector clients with insight, discipline, and assurance. With hundreds of appearances under our belt, our firm are acknowledged industry experts in evidence and advocacy matters.
Advocacy
We represent private and public sector clients in VCAT and Planning Panels Victoria, combining technical expertise with persuasive, outcome-focused advocacy.
Evidence
We prepare and present expert planning evidence that’s clear, defensible and meticulously researched.
Coordination
We coordinate advocates and experts, develop case strategy and manage all aspects of a matter. Our service includes briefing counsel, liaising with experts, and undertaking case management, all to ensure consistency, efficiency and great outcomes.
Industry training
We’re the planners the planning industry calls upon for training.
Through our training arm ADDO, we deliver specialised planning training for professionals through peak bodies, private enterprise, Councils, and state government.
