How to get Your Home Design Approved at Panorama
Panorama Portarlington is poised to be a premier coastal community and our design guidelines are in place to reflect this. Coastal properties are often designed to complement the surrounding environment, while also being able to withstand coastal conditions such as wind and salt spray. With the correct preparation and the right builder, it’s easy to design a beautiful home that suits your own unique taste while meeting our design guidelines.
Panorama Portarlington Design Panel
The Panorama Portarlington Design Panel (PPDP) has been established to formally check and review your homesite’s design against the Panorama Design Guidelines. Approval of your home design, fencing, landscaping and other structures must be obtained from the PPDP prior to commencing construction on any homesite. The PPDP reserves the right to request further information from applicants, for clarification to help complete its assessment, and may exercise discretion to waive or vary a requirement were deemed appropriate for the development. The Guidelines may also be subject to change by the City of Greater Geelong. It is important to note that the PPDP does not check applications against ResCode requirements and applicants will be required to have their building surveyor provide this review. Once your house plans are approved by the PPDP, you must obtain all other necessary planning, building and regulatory or authorities’ approvals as required for construction.
Step by step approval process
Due diligence – check your homesite suits your design requirements
Design your home and landscaping
Submit your house and landscape plans to the PPDP
Receive an Acknowledgement of Application within 48 hours from PPDP
Receive approval from PPDP
Obtain a building permit and all other regulatory or authorities' approvals as required for construction
Commence construction within 36 months of settlement date
Complete construction within 54 months of settlement date, including the garage, driveway and retaining walls
Complete fencing within 30 days of Certificate of Occupancy being issued
Complete landscaping within 6 months of the Certificate of Occupancy being issued
Submission requirements and timeframes
When you have finalised your house and landscape plans and elevations, send these and all the items requested on the Design Guideline Approval Checklist (Refer to Attachment 1) to the PPDP for review.
All submissions for PPDP must include the following information:
Site plan at 1:200, with dimensions and showing the building outline, setbacks and % value of site permeability
All floor plans, roof plans and elevations at 1:100, showing dimensions, the internal layout, and any pergolas, decks, terraces, balconies, verandas, windows, doors and other openings
Provide printed samples or images (swatches, colour photos etc) of all proposed external materials and colour selections
Landscape plan at 1:100, with dimensions and showing the indicative extent of all hardscapes and softscapes, and a planting schedule that lists all proposed species referenced on landscape plan
For homesites with greater than 1.5m land fall, please include at least one sectional drawing, at 1:100, that explains the extent of proposed cut and fall location and heights and materials of proposed retaining walls
Please submit your application to:
Panorama Portarlington Design Panel (PPDP)
Email: submissions@panoramaportarlington.com.au
If you’ve submitted a complete application that complies with the Design Guidelines, you will receive a stamped copy of your documents within approximately 15 business days and you can proceed to complete the drawings necessary for a Building Permit. Your Building Permit documents must correspond with the information endorsed by the PPDP at Design Approval.
Re-submissions
If your submission does not comply with the requirements of the Design Guidelines, the PPDP will detail what is required for you to achieve compliance. You will be required to re submit amended documents for endorsement. An allowance has been made to cover the administration cost of one re-submission and all additional re-submissions will incur a fee.
New submissions for a homesite that already has an approved application also incur an additional fee for each submission. No claims shall be made to the developer or their representatives with respect to decisions made by the PPDP.
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