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• Residents
  • New residents
  • Fire, flood and emergencies
    • Before emergencies
      • Are you prepared?
      • Stay informed
      • What Council does before emergencies
    • During emergencies
    • After emergencies
    • Floods and storms
    • Fire and heat
      • Fire Danger Ratings
      • Fire Danger Period
      • Preparing your property for fire
      • How Council prepares for fire
      • During emergencies
      • Extreme heat and heatwaves
    • Pandemic and other emergencies
  • Infringements
  • Pets and farm animals
    • Cat and dog registrations
      • Register a dog or cat
      • Pay your pet registration renewal
      • Update your pet registration details
      • Request a replacement pet tag
    • Lost and found animals
    • Problems with neighbourhood pets
    • Owning a cat
      • Registering your cat
      • Keeping your cat confined to your property
      • Apply for a permit for multiple cats
    • Owning a dog
      • Off-leash areas and dog parks
    • Owning other animals
  • Rates, valuations and property
    • Pay your rates
    • Apply for a rates concession
    • Switch to email notices
    • Get a copy of a rates notice
    • Update contact details for rates
    • Change of property owner
    • Understanding your rates
      • What your rates pay for
      • Understand your rates notice
      • Rate increases and caps
      • Property valuations and objections
  • Roads, drains and paths
    • Who's responsible?
    • Roads and roadsides
      • Who's responsible for managing roads and roadsides
      • Unsealed roads
      • Report a road issue
      • Road and roadside management
      • Working in the road reserve
    • Drainage and stormwater
    • Footpaths and driveways
    • Nature strips
    • Working in the road reserve
      • Apply for an infrastructure works permit
      • Submit a Traffic Management Plan
  • Traffic and parking
    • Traffic and road safety
    • Parking
  • Waste and recycling
    • Bin collection service
      • Our bin service
      • Check your bin day
      • Report a bin problem
      • Bin changes
      • Bin sizes
      • Bin inspections and feedback
    • A to Z of waste and recycling
    • Recycling and waste disposal
      • Recycling Centre
      • Book a hard waste collection
      • Apply for a skip bin permit
      • E-waste and batteries
      • Container Deposit Scheme
      • Other facilities
    • Report litter and dumped waste
    • Learn about waste
      • Reduce your waste
      • Managing food waste
      • Reusable nappies
      • What happens to your waste
• Explore
  • Visit Nillumbik
  • About the Shire
    • Snapshot of Nillumbik
    • Local history
    • Natural environment
    • Artistic tradition
  • Arts and culture
    • What's on
      • Nillumbik Summer Sounds
      • Midsumma Festival
    • Art collections
      • Visual and civic art
      • Public art
    • Arts places and spaces
      • Eltham Library Community Gallery
    • Opportunities for artists
      • Rainbow Exhibition 2027
      • Eltham Library Community Gallery
      • Performers for Summer Sounds 2027
      • Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing
      • Nillumbik Artist in Residence Program
      • Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art 2025
      • Arts and cultural development grants
    • Conservation of art in Nillumbik
      • Conservation of The Breeze
      • The Symbiogenesis Project: Laughing Waters
      • Taking care of Platy for the next generation
    • Heritage and culture
    • Initiatives, strategies and policies
      • Arts and Culture Strategy 2022-2026
      • Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee
    • Stay connected
  • Climate and sustainability
    • Climate action
    • Sustainable living
      • Energy and electrification
      • Your home
      • Water
      • Food and garden
      • Energy and sustainable living advice
      • Sustainable business
  • Environment
    • Nillumbik Biodiversity Strategy 2024-2034
    • Natural environment
      • Bushland reserves and wetlands
      • Animals
      • Plants and trees
    • Caring for land - for rural and urban residents
    • Events, activities and education
      • Spring Outdoors
      • REthink Nillumbik Program
      • Webinars on demand
    • Environment projects and programs
      • Gardens for Wildlife
      • Forest Health Monitoring Program
      • Nillumbik Deer Control Project
      • The Watsons Creek Conservation Partnership (Rivers to Ranges)
      • Collaborative Community Deer Action across Nillumbik
      • Sugarloaf Link Project
      • Roadside conservation significance
      • Yarra Strategic Plan 'Burndap Birrarung burndap umarkoo'
      • Smart Farms: Sustaining Land-Sustaining People
    • Grants, rebates and incentives
      • Land Management Incentive Program Grants
      • Rebates and incentives for landowners
      • Equiculture course - discount for Nillumbik residents
    • Environmental volunteer opportunities
      • Friends groups
      • Gardens for Wildlife
      • Landcare groups
      • Forest Health monitoring
      • Other ways to record plants and animals
      • Environment and Sustainability Advisory Committee
      • Environment and climate groups in Nillumbik
    • Environment publications
  • Events and festivals
    • Events calendar
      • Add an event to our calendar
      • Meditation at the Hurstbridge Hub
      • Memory Care Café - Hurstbridge
      • Creating Beautiful Designs
      • Basic Tech Help - Wednesdays
    • Annual events
      • Summer Sounds
      • Eltham Jazz, Food & Wine Festival
      • Warrandyte Festival
      • St Andrews Community Festival
      • Nillumbik Artists Open Studios
      • Open Cellars of Nillumbik
      • Hurstbridge Wattle Festival
      • Diamond Creek Rotary Town Fair
      • Nillumbik Pet Expo
      • Community Bushfire Expo
      • Rotary Eltham Festival
      • Night on the Hill Festival
      • Festive events
    • Awards and ceremonies
      • Citizenship ceremonies
      • Nillumbik Community Awards
      • Rainbow Exhibition
      • Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art
      • Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing
      • Flag Raising Ceremony
    • Planning an event in Nillumbik
      • Apply for temporary signage to advertise your event
  • Libraries and community centres
    • Libraries
    • Neighbourhood Houses
      • Allwood Neighbourhood House
      • Diamond Creek Living & Learning Hub
      • Eltham Living & Learning Hub
      • Panton Hill Living & Learning Hub
      • Wadambuk St Andrews Community Centre
    • Hurstbridge Community Hub
  • My neighbourhood
  • Parks, reserves and playgrounds
  • Shop in our Shire
  • Sport and recreation
    • Aquatic and leisure centres
    • Local sports club directory
    • Sporting Club Hub
      • Seasonal clubs
      • Book a sports ground
      • Fair access for women in sport
      • Supporting local clubs
      • Equity and inclusion in sports
      • All abilities in sport
      • Working with children
      • Eltham High School oval
    • Bike paths and walking trails
• Community
  • Children and families
    • Find family services near you
    • Child care
    • Playgroups
    • Kindergarten (preschool)
      • Preschool services in Nillumbik
      • Register for kindergarten
      • The preschool offer process
      • Key dates in the preschool offer process
      • How preschool places are allocated
      • Accept, withdraw or cancel a preschool offer
    • Maternal and child health
      • Key age and stage visits
      • Immunisations
      • Locations and contact details
      • Programs, resources and support
    • Resources and support
      • Nillumbik Parenting Hub
      • Early Years Infrastructure Plan
      • Programs, resources and support
    • What's on - family activities and events
      • School holidays
    • Child safety and wellbeing
  • Youth
  • Older people
    • Aged care services
      • Commonwealth Home Support Program
      • Transport services
      • Aged Care Navigation and Advocacy Service
    • Events and activities
      • Seniors Festival
      • Community Directory
      • Volunteering
      • Magic Table (Tovertafel)
    • Keeping active
      • Be In Motion - Exercise At Home
    • Resources
      • Resources for older people
      • Family violence resources
      • Pensioner discount for rates
      • 'Ageing Well in Nillumbik' newsletter
      • Elder abuse awareness and resources
      • Positive Ageing Resource Guide
      • Living with dementia
    • Transport services
      • Community Bus
      • One-on-one transport
      • Other transport options
      • Pay a Council invoice
  • Community development
    • Nillumbik Leaders
    • Community Toolkit
      • Marketing
      • Volunteering
      • Finance
      • Projects
      • Access, equity and inclusion
      • Governance
      • Environment and Climate
      • Community Training Calendar
    • Community Training Calendar
    • Community and Services Directory
    • Community Connect Network
    • Placemaking
  • Diversity and inclusion
    • Disability, accessibility and inclusion
      • Disability Inclusion eNewsletter
      • Apply for an accessible parking permit
      • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
      • Assisted Listening Systems
      • Home and Community Care Program
      • Changing Places facility at Alistair Knox Park
      • International Day of People with Disability
      • Magic Table (Tovertafel)
      • Liberty Swing at Eltham North Adventure Playground
    • Gender equity
      • Gender Equality Action Plan 2022-25
      • SOLD OUT - International Women's Day in Nillumbik
      • Family violence resources
      • 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
      • Gender Equity in the Early Years
    • Reconciliation
    • LGBTIQA+
  • Grants
    • Council grants
      • Connecting Over 55s - Social Connection Grant
      • Reconciliation Grant
      • Sporting Achievement Grants
      • Environment grants, rebates and incentives
      • 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence grants
      • Celebrating Over 55s - Seniors Festival Grant
      • Festive Fund Grants
      • International Day of People with Disability Grants
      • Nillumbik Community Fund
      • Nillumbik Triennial Festival and Event Program
      • Place Activation Grants
      • Quick Response Grants
      • Successful grant recipients
    • Nillumbik Grants Hub
    • Information and support
  • Public health and safety
    • Asbestos
    • Tobacco and tobacco smoke
      • Make a complaint about a smoke-free area
      • Make a complaint about tobacco sales to a minor
    • Syringes
    • Food safety and food hygiene
      • Make a complaint about suspected food poisoning
      • Make a complaint about food hygiene or cleanliness
      • Make a complaint about food contamination
    • Noise
      • Make a complaint about noise
    • Odour and smoke
      • Make a complaint about odour or smoke
    • Mosquitoes
    • Blue-green algae in our waterways
  • Volunteering
    • Information for volunteers
      • Volunteer opportunities
      • Volunteer resources
    • Information for volunteer leaders
      • List your volunteer opportunity
• Develop
  • Planning permits and building permits
  • Planning
    • Your planning permit
      • Check if you need a planning permit
      • Ask us to confirm if you need a planning permit
      • Talk to one of our planners
      • Prepare your planning permit application
      • Submit your planning permit application
      • Submit your VicSmart planning permit application
      • Request miscellaneous consent or apply for a satisfaction matter
      • Assessing planning permit applications
      • Respond to a request for further information
      • Advertising applications for a planning permit
      • Outcomes of a planning permit application
      • Appeal a planning decision or process
      • Amend your application for a planning permit
      • Amend your VicSmart planning permit
      • Amend your approved planning permit
      • Extend your planning permit
      • Submit plans to satisfy planning permit conditions
    • Planning advice
      • Arborist report for planning applications
      • Clearing trees and vegetation - bushfire exemptions
      • Environmental significance overlay
      • Home-based businesses
      • Native vegetation removal and offsets
      • Neighbourhood character and your planning application
      • Nillumbik native vegetation offset program
      • Remove, lop or prune trees and native vegetation
      • Referral authorities for planning applications
      • Section 173 agreements
      • Subdivisions
      • Tree protection zones
    • Planning application checklists
      • New use of land – 01P application checklist
      • Change to land use with buildings/works – 02P application checklist
      • Multi-dwelling build – 03P application checklist
      • Single dwelling buildings and works – 05P application checklist
      • Building and works commercial – 06P application checklist
      • New house Rural, Green Wedge Zone – 07P planning application checklist
      • Remove, destroy or lop trees or vegetation – 10P application checklist
      • Fast track tree removal – 10FP application checklist
      • Subdivide or consolidate land - 14P planning application checklist
      • Install signage application checklist – 17P application checklist
      • Home-based businesses – 18P application checklist
      • Amend or end Section 173 - 19P application checklist
    • View advertised applications for a planning permit
    • View list of planning permit applications
    • Make an objection or submission to a planning application
    • Make a planning application payment
    • Request a copy of a planning permit
    • Certificate of Compliance
    • Planning fees
  • Building
    • Building permits
      • The building permit process
      • Apply for a building permit
      • Private building surveyors - online lodgement
      • Amend or extend a building permit
    • Other construction-related applications
      • Report and consent (dispensation)
      • Asset protection
      • Property information and certificates
      • Working in the road reserve
      • Protecting neighbouring properties
      • Make a building or infrastructure payment
    • Nillumbik Building Surveyors
    • Complaints
      • Make a complaint about building work
  • Swimming pools and spas
    • Register your pool or spa
    • Request a pool or spa inspection
    • Lodge a pool or spa compliance or noncompliance certificate
    • Pay a swimming pool or spa infringement
    • Request a copy of the pool/spa registration letter
  • Waste water management and your property
    • Install or alter a septic system
    • Maintaining your septic tank system
  • Infrastructure (roads, drains and paths)
  • Planning for Nillumbik's future
    • Nillumbik Planning Scheme
    • Heritage planning
    • Our Green Wedge
      • Green Wedge Management Plan and advocacy
      • Green Wedge information hub
    • Neighbourhood character
    • Major Activity Centres
      • Diamond Creek Major Activity Centre
      • Eltham Major Activity Centre
  • Projects and works
  • Planning Scheme Amendment VC253
• Business
  • Business permits and approvals
    • Starting, expanding or buying a business
      • Step 1: Prepare
      • Step 2: Apply
      • Step 3: Assessment
      • Step 4: Outcome
      • Step 5: Ongoing support
      • Fees
    • Planning and Business Concierge
    • Business permits
      • Food businesses
      • Health and beauty businesses
      • Accommodation businesses
      • Businesses on unserviced allotments
      • Other business permits
    • Your Business is our Business podcast
      • What is the Planning and Business Concierge?
      • Understanding planning permits
      • Planning permit FAQs
      • Business and strategic planning considerations
      • Understanding building permits
      • Business and community safety considerations
      • The Food Act explained
      • Health and beauty requirements
      • Home-based business considerations
      • Council support available for local businesses
    • Factsheets for new businesses
    • Nillumbik business kit
  • Marketing support
    • Local trader and business associations
    • Promotion of our Visit Economy businesses
    • Northern Business Achievement Awards
  • Workshops and events
  • Tourism businesses
    • List your business with the ATDW
    • Tourism East
    • Tourism East Destination Management Plan
    • Accessible tourism
    • Tag @visitnillumbik
    • Get tourist signage
  • Creative businesses
  • Agricultural businesses
  • Sustainability for business
    • Council’s sustainability team
    • Circular economy
    • Recycling and waste reduction
    • Sustainable energy
    • Single use plastics
    • Local food production
    • Sustainable building
    • Your Business is our Business - Sustainability
      • Your eco-friendly home-based business
      • Elevating sustainable hospitality
      • Cultivating regenerative food systems
      • Greening your hair and beauty business
      • Building a resilient future - Innovation in construction
      • Navigating sustainable business strategies
    • Small Business Climate Adaptation Toolkit
  • Other types of support
    • Good Access for Good Business
    • Local training and mentoring
    • Wellbeing, financial and business support
    • Victorian Small Business Commission
    • Funding and support
    • Translation services
  • Nillumbik economic profiles and strategy
    • Diamond Creek
    • Eltham
    • Hurstbridge
  • Opportunities for businesses
    • Northern Business Achievement Awards
    • Doing business with Council
• Council
  • Contact us
    • How to contact us
    • Complaints and compliments
      • Making a complaint
      • Giving compliments or feedback
    • Mutual Respect Charter
  • Advocacy
  • Careers
    • Working at Nillumbik
    • Current vacancies
    • Work experience
    • Volunteering
    • School Crossing Supervision
  • Councillors, wards and elections
    • Councillors
      • Mayor Cr Naomi Joiner
      • Deputy Mayor Cr Kate McKay
      • Councillor Grant Brooker
      • Councillor Kelly Joy
      • Councillor Peter Perkins
      • Councillor Kim Cope
      • Councillor John Dumaresq
    • Council elections
      • Candidate information register
      • Campaign donations
      • Council-enrolled voting
    • Nillumbik wards
    • Local ward meetings
  • Council and PCC meetings
    • Council meetings
      • Meeting schedule
      • Agendas and minutes for Council meetings
      • Attend or ask a question
      • Watch the meeting online
      • Lodge a petition
    • Planning and Consultation Committee meetings
      • Meeting schedule
      • Agendas and minutes for PCC meetings
      • Speak at a meeting
      • Watch the meeting
    • Local ward meetings
  • Advisory and other committees
    • Advisory committees
      • Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee
      • Economic Development Advisory Committee
      • Environment and Sustainability Advisory Committee
      • Health and Wellbeing Advisory Committee
      • Inclusion and Access Advisory Committee
      • Living & Learning Nillumbik Advisory Committee
      • Nillumbik Youth Council
      • Positive Ageing Advisory Committee
      • Recreation Trails Advisory Committee
    • Audit and Risk Committee
    • CEO Employment Matters Committee
    • External committee representation
  • Facilities and property
    • Council facilities for hire
      • Facilities for hire - enquiry form
      • Community venues for hire
    • Enquire about leasing or licensing Council land
    • Enquire about purchasing Council land
    • Community flag request
    • Conditions of entry and banning policy
      • Conditions of entry to Council buildings
      • Banning policy
  • Local laws
  • News and publications
    • Latest news
      • Remembering Anzac Day in Nillumbik 2026
      • New Diamond Hills Preschool building opens for class
      • Emerging artists selected to take up Residency Program
      • Council Endorses Key Advocacy Priorities
    • Nillumbik News
    • eNewsletters
      • Nillumbik eNews
      • Arts and Cultural Development
      • Ageing Well in Nillumbik
      • Business in Nillumbik
      • Disability Inclusion eNewsletter
      • Environment and Sustainability
      • Living & Learning Nillumbik
      • Club Development Update
    • Public notices
    • Strategies, policies and plans
  • Our organisation
    • Community Satisfaction Survey
    • Executive leadership team
    • Governance and public transparency
      • Governance
      • Freedom of information
      • Public Interest Disclosures
    • Strategies, policies and plans
      • Council Plan including our Community Vision - Nillumbik 2040
      • Annual Report
      • Budget
      • Financial Plan
      • Health and Wellbeing Plan
      • Asset Plan
  • Tenders