Preparing a landscape plan

Landscape plans aim to enhance our urban environments and balance the impact of urban development. 

They are required as part of planning applications for:

• new dwellings (and larger scale extensions)
• medium density housing - two or more dwellings
• new commercial or non-residential buildings (such as medical centres)
• applications seeking the extensive removal of trees or vegetation. 

Checklist - what to include in your plan

Your landscape plan must include a planting plan and a plant schedule.

Planting plan

This is a scaled and dimensioned site plan that includes:

• title boundaries - must be clearly shown and labelled
• existing and proposed external or internal fencing
• contours (if relevant)
• existing and proposed buildings and structures
• paving, retaining walls, fence design details and areas of cut and fill
• easements and services (if relevant)
• existing significant vegetation (trees) to be retained and removed – canopy shown to scale
• exact location of proposed plants 
• legend listing all existing and proposed vegetation and other features
• north point.

Plant schedule

This is a comprehensive table that lists the proposed vegetation by:

• botanical and common names of each species
• quantity of plantings for each species
• height of species at planting and maturity 
• width of species at maturity
• key to cross reference with the Planting Plan.

Indigenous plants of Nillumbik should make up the majority of vegetation proposed. Check our publication Live Local Plant Local(PDF, 5MB).