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Schemes and amendments

Amendment Tracking System

  • New Incorporated documents changes tool.
  • New SharePoint folder labels.
  • What You See is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editing available.
  • Review mode for viewing a document is switched off.

  • Fixes to the live business days timers for approval stage.
  • Data processing improvements between Dynamics and Planning Schemes Online.
  • Improvements to content templates.
  • Additional monitoring features.

  • Fields for housing statement reporting
  • Delegates process for Authorisations
  • New amendment sub-statuses
  • New Panel record type ‘Post Exhibition Panel Update’
  • Various lodgement process improvements

  • Fix to prevent duplicated Ordinance Changes and Incorporated Documents Changes tool forms.

ATS Dynamics changes:
  • A new table and functionality to manage collaborators on amendments
  • New ‘Council meeting date’ field on panel records

  • Amendment status automatically updating to “Adoption Under Consideration” when the panel report is received, removing the need to wait 10 days.
  • Department staff can now use the ‘Send back to PA’ function for ministerial (20(4)) and prescribed amendments.
  • Automatic alerts when the SharePoint folder creation process fails.
  • System emails/workflows converted to HTML content templates, enabling easier editing and preparation for collaborators functionality.
  • Quick search functionality activated and searchable tables configured for amendments, contacts and accounts.

  • Collaborators functionality is now available to give an external user the ability to author and/or progress an amendment on behalf of a planning authority.

Planning Schemes Online (PSO)

  • Enable the identification of amendments from the Development Facilitation Program (DFP)

Permits and applications

Ministerial permits and applications

  • New Planning Facilitation system, replacing previous Development Facilitation Portal.
  • Pre-applications and general enquiries can now be lodged through the new Planning Facilitation system.
  • All account details and requests migrated from previous Development Facilitation Portal.
  • Improved user experience and design consistent with online lodgement of Ministerial permits.
  • New integrated spatial tool for for Ministerial permits and Development Facilitation applications (excluding title upload).

Planning Facilitation (Planner Hub)
  • Automatically copy files from pre-application to the Invest Victoria referral record
  • Display days taken in Referrals table
  • Fix to net dwelling gain calculations and display tool tip
  • Referral email template now available when pre-application status is not set to Referral

Planner Hub
  • New colour scheme to help users easily recognise when they are working in an internal system Planning Facilitation only:
    • option to multi-select files that are to be copied from the pre-app to a referral request.
Dynamics
  • Add ‘determined by’ to Application record
  • Exclude Draft & Withdrawn Pre-apps from Manager Dashboard
  • Enable edit of NOD sent date
  • Replace use of custom workflow activities in content template solution
  • Remove non-renewable mandatory fields
  • Preparations for new email sender queues (content templates)
  • Rule to stop status progression past ‘Received’ without payment.

Planner Hubs: Planning Facilitation, Impact Assessment, State Project Concierge

  • Planners can now reply to emails or forward emails whilst within a request

Permits Online - Dynamics
  • Documents generated from a content template now automatically save to the relevant SharePoint sub-folder within the application. Users no longer need to manually move the file from their downloads folder to SharePoint.

Planner Hub - Environment Assessment & IAU Planner Hub - 5 December 2024
  • Proponents or applicants can reply to emails from planning.applications@transport.vic.gov.au
  • Replies can be found in a request under the email history tab, and the assigned assessor will be notified of the email reply.
Planner Hub - Planning Facilitation - 19 December 2024
  • New field to capture assisting planners on a request
  • Assisting planners will receive the same email notifications as the assigned planner.
Permits Online - Dynamics - 20 December 2024
  • Elapsed days logic updated to consider applications where RFI has lapsed and Determination equals Lapsed.
  • Applicable applications published to the permit register when the status is set to ‘Lodged’.
  • VicSmart applications will have the advertising required field automatically set to ‘No’.

Data, spatial and insights

Planning Permit Activity Reporting System

  • New public reporting dashboard, adding new summary page, layout and navigation.
  • New data extracts available for download, including processing days to RA outcome, processing days to final outcome & number of submissions.
  • Update to all PPARS data dictionaries to include new VCAT grounds for appeal types.

Vic3D - 16 December 2024 (Version 1.7)
  • Improved accuracy in the placement of 3D model uploads with ability to snap to a location
  • Ability to export a file from the sketch tool in order to display in other systems

Victorian Planning Portal

Victorian Planning Portal launch

  • New single-entry point and login experience to access Victoria’s digital planning and data services.
  • A centralised and consistent approach to support users to easily navigate through the digital planning tools they need.

Page last updated: 15/01/25

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