Victoria's town
planning experts.
Planning permits, VCAT appeals and strategic advice across Melbourne and regional Victoria. From a single dwelling in a heritage overlay to apartment developments, shopping centres and solar farms — we've secured approvals for every type of project for over 25 years.
Six audiences. One disciplined practice.
Whether you hold a development pipeline, a single family site, or a refusal that shouldn't have happened — we adapt our approach to you.
Extensions, renovations, and new homes — including in heritage and overlay areas.
Dual occupancies, multi-unit developments and subdivisions on Victorian sites.
From townhouses and apartments to commercial and industrial projects — end to end.
Planning partners who integrate with your design process from concept stage.
Change of use, licensed premises, fit-out and commercial permits.
Independent expert evidence to PNVCAT2 standards for VCAT and Panels.
End-to-end planning — from first sketch to final permit.
Single dwellings, dual occupancies, multi-unit and apartment developments — the backbone of our practice.
Can your block be subdivided? A planner-reviewed desktop report for any Victorian address — $395 inc. GST, delivered within 24 hours on business days.
Statutory planning strategy, lodgement and permit management for commercial, retail and industrial projects.
Strategic advocacy at the Tribunal — for applicants fighting a refusal, and for objectors challenging a permit.
A development next door has been advertised and the clock is running. Objection drafting is a fixed fee — $770 inc. GST — and we act for residents all the way to VCAT.
Planning scheme amendments, rezonings and structure plans for long-horizon projects.
Know what you can build before you buy — or before you commit capital.
Solar farms, wind farms and battery storage — specialist approvals experience.
Independent, Tribunal-ready expert evidence from a 25-year practitioner.
Two-lot to broadacre — subdivision permits and plan certification.
Use permits, licensed premises approvals and activity-centre planning.
Form 7 and Form 8 notices under the Building Act — acting for building owners, adjoining owners and surveyor referrals. Victoria only.
Siting dispensations under the Building Regulations, and appeals to the Building Appeals Board when council says no. Victoria only.
A four-step path from enquiry to approval.
Every engagement is different, but every engagement follows the same disciplined process — so you know what's happening, when, and why.
Tell us about the site, the project and the timeline. We respond within 24 hours with an honest assessment of the pathway.
We analyse planning zones, overlays, strategic context and council policy — and tell you plainly what is achievable.
A tailored permit strategy: pre-app meetings, objection management, sub-consultant coordination and a clear program.
Submission, negotiation and — when required — VCAT advocacy. We see it through to a permit you can build on.
Selected projects.
A small sample across retail, residential, public and industrial — with permits secured, conditions negotiated, and buildings now standing.
Pre-application strategic advice and feasibility framing for the redevelopment of a St Kilda Road site — an active matter progressing through early-stage engagement with Council.
Supreme Court of Victoria expert witness engagement — evidence on whether the land could have been subdivided as at a specific historical point in time, under the layered controls of the Moorabool Planning Scheme.
Ministerial approval of Amendment C202knox to the Knox Planning Scheme — introducing a Specific Controls Overlay and an incorporated document authored by Perry Town Planning to facilitate a 7MW solar energy facility.
Successful Section 77 appeal at VCAT — Monash City Council's refusal of a place of assembly use permit was set aside and a permit was granted.
Trusted by developers, architects and homeowners.
From our public Google reviews, collected over years of Victorian planning practice.
Perry's demonstrated a fact based understanding and communication of our council planning scheme.
Lovely staff, good advice and excellent result.
Very good services. Will recommend to people who need town planning services.
A senior practice, quietly built over 25 years.
Perry Town Planning was founded in 1999 by Frank Perry, with the simple idea that senior planning advice should be available without the bloat of a large consultancy. Today we continue to run Director-led: every matter has a principal on it from the first phone call to the last permit condition.
Member of the Planning Institute of Australia.
Planning in Victoria since 1978 — public and private sectors.
Regularly briefed to provide expert planning evidence.
Lecturer, Victoria University — School of the Built Environment.
Questions we’re asked most.
If you have a question that’s not here, call us — we answer honestly, whether or not it leads to work.
- Yes. We have lodged and negotiated permits across more than forty councils in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. We know local planning policies, decision-maker tendencies, and the practical differences between councils.
Got a site, a permit, or a refusal on your desk?
An obligation-free conversation is the fastest way to see if we can help. We respond within 24 hours — usually much sooner.