Town planning in the City of Monash.
Glen Waverley · Clayton · Mount Waverley · Mulgrave · Wheelers Hill · Oakleigh · Chadstone
Monash combines some of Melbourne's strongest residential demand — Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Wheelers Hill — with the Monash employment cluster, the university precinct and major activity centres at Glen Waverley, Oakleigh and Chadstone.
Council applies its residential character policies firmly, garden city principles run deep in its decision-making, and contested applications regularly end up at VCAT. Three Suburban Rail Loop stations are planned across the municipality, which will bring significant strategic change to Clayton, Monash and Glen Waverley.
We have taken Monash matters through every stage — including a successful Section 77 appeal at VCAT that overturned Council's refusal of a place of assembly use in Oakleigh South, with the Tribunal directing a permit to issue. We know how Monash argues its cases and what evidence shifts the outcome.
Controls you'll commonly meet in Monash.
Every property is different — these are the zones and overlays that most often shape applications in this municipality. Each links to the current ordinance in the Monash planning scheme.
What the numbers say about Monash.
planning applications recorded, FY2015–16 to FY2022–23
of determined applications resulted in a permit or notice of decision
median time from lodgement to decision
Source: Department of Transport and Planning, Planning Permit Activity Reporting (PPARS) register — historical data to mid-2023. Withdrawn and lapsed applications are excluded from the approval rate. These figures describe the council overall — your site's prospects depend on its specific controls.
Services we provide in Monash.
Residential
Single dwellings, dual occupancies, multi-unit and apartment developments — the backbone of our practice.
Commercial Permits
Statutory planning strategy, lodgement and permit management for commercial, retail and industrial projects.
VCAT Appeals
Strategic advocacy when your application is refused or objected to.
Strategic Planning
Planning scheme amendments, rezonings and structure plans for long-horizon projects.
Development Advice
Know what you can build before you buy — or before you commit capital.
Renewable Energy
Solar farms, wind farms and battery storage — specialist approvals experience.
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.
- Sometimes. We give an honest merits assessment before you commit: what the refusal grounds actually amount to, what the Tribunal has said on comparable sites, and whether a revised design would resolve it faster than a hearing. Where the case is strong we act as advocate or arrange expert evidence — we have set aside Monash refusals at VCAT before.
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.