In Australia, developing and managing towns and cities are vital for fostering sustainable communities that thrive both socially and economically. Behind the scenes, town planners play a crucial role in shaping the built environment, ensuring efficient land use, and...

If you are purchasing a property and intend to develop or significantly renovate it, you may require the services of a land surveyor. These professionals play a vital role in the construction industry – they are responsible for measuring, analysing, and mapping out...

Unfortunately, not everything goes perfectly. The Council or Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), whether its decision is agreeable or not, sometimes rejects a client’s application for a permit or imposes restrictive permit conditions.   However, it...

Do you have big changes in mind for your land or property that your neighbours are bound to notice? Let’s talk about your strategy; let’s talk about how you will conduct these efforts while maintaining good rapport with your neighbours.Here are some tips for dealing...

When you limit time, you create pressure. Even the easiest tasks become stressful when they have a time limit. This is why we’ve been called to answer the following questions. What is the best way to allocate time for our clients? How do we know when we’ve given our...

If the Council refuses to permit your property development plans, do not give up. We had a client who first came to us after the Council had already rejected them. Our new client explained that they had been seeking to build eight townhouses upon their block of land....

Apartment buildings are challenging to plan because there are a lot of quality checks that your team must pass in a small window of time. Due to the scale of apartment buildings, local interest in them is high. This can lead to people making objections against your...

A Heritage Overlay is one of many planning scheme overlays included in Planning Schemes throughout Victoria. Each local government planning scheme's heritage overlay schedule includes sites of local and state importance (Victorian Heritage Register). The Heritage...

One of the most crucial elements of any client engagement at Terrain Consulting Group is transparency. And for us, transparency starts with a clear fee proposal, as explained by our Director - Lorenzo Rigoni. “The formal engagement should set out the scope of services...

A Planning Permit is a legal document that authorises the use and/or development of property. The Planning Permit outlines the conditions that must be fulfilled as well as a set of plans. In simple terms, a planning permit may well be the single most important...

Land development is a big undertaking with a lot of moving parts. Because of that, a successful land development project will require the input and expertise of professionals from multiple disciplines, be they architects, legal professionals, land surveyors or town...

There’s no denying it. When it comes to development, the Local Government – or Council – that presides over the area your proposal is set to take place in, is one of the key stakeholders in the success of your development. The truth is, they are effectively the major...

Collaboration is crucial to Terrain Consulting Group’s success. Regardless of whether we are helping a client with their town planning services or land surveying work, there are always multiple stakeholders that need to be involved. From our client’s advisers and...