VICTORIA / APPLICATION GUIDE
Your Victorian application.
Each step, explained.
Appoint your building surveyor, prepare the right Form 1 and bring the supporting documents together. Our guide takes you from the first conversation to the completion stage.
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YOUR APPLICATION AT A GLANCE
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PHASE 01
Prepare & appoint
Confirm the surveyor appointment before progressing your application.
PHASE 02
Apply & assess
Use the correct Form 1 and the current project documents.
PHASE 03
Permit & complete
Read the permit and confirm inspection stages before starting.
The owner’s appointment matters. For domestic work under a domestic building contract, the builder cannot appoint the private building surveyor for the owner.
THE PROCESS AT A GLANCE
The right appointment.
A well-prepared application.
For Victorian building permit applications. Applications are made through your building surveyor. Your planning permit, if required, is a separate council process.
START WITH THE PROJECT
Discuss the work and check planning requirements.
Share the project address, proposed work, plans and any council correspondence. We discuss our service and quote. Check with council whether a planning permit is needed; where required, it must be obtained before the building permit can be issued.
FORMS & NEXT STEPS
Discuss your Victorian projectYOUR ENGAGEMENT
Arrange the building surveyor appointment.
Complete the Appointment of Building Surveyor Form, including owner details, consent and signatures. The owner, or an appropriately authorised agent, appoints the private building surveyor. For domestic building work under a domestic building contract, the builder cannot make that appointment for the owner.
If an agent acts for the owner, provide written authority. If a surveyor is already appointed, tell us before submitting a new application.
FORMS & NEXT STEPS
PDF / OPEN DOCUMENTAppointment of Building Surveyor (opens in a new tab)YOUR APPLICATION PACK
Complete the right Form 1 and document checklist.
Use the Builder Application version of Form 1 for a project carried out by a builder, or the Owner-Builder Application version if you intend to undertake the work as an owner-builder. Complete the applicable sections and sign as the applicant.
Use the domestic or commercial checklist to gather title information, current drawings, engineering, specifications and relevant council information, approvals, reports and insurance. Include owner-builder consent where required. Ask us if you are unsure which form applies.
SUBMIT TO OUR TEAM
Send your application pack to iPermit.
Send the completed appointment form, appropriate Form 1 and supporting documents to admin@ipermitba.com.au. Use the property address in the subject and include your quote or project reference if you have one. Ask us about sharing large drawing sets.
We review the information and advise of anything further needed for assessment. An initial enquiry does not itself appoint a surveyor or constitute a building permit application.
FORMS & NEXT STEPS
Email your application pack admin@ipermitba.com.auBEFORE CONSTRUCTION
Complete assessment and receive the building permit.
Respond to requests for information and arrange the applicable fees and levy payment. The building surveyor must have the necessary approvals and information before a permit can be issued.
Before starting, read the issued permit, approved documents, conditions and required inspection stages. Do not begin work requiring a permit until it has been issued.
FORMS & NEXT STEPS
Understand building permitsTHROUGH TO COMPLETION
Arrange inspections and the completion document.
Book the mandatory inspections shown on the permit and supply the required completion evidence. Your building permit identifies whether the final document is an Occupancy Permit or a Certificate of Final Inspection.
Use Form 15 when applying for an Occupancy Permit. Where an Occupancy Permit is required, it must be issued before occupation. The building surveyor assesses the applicable requirements before issuing the completion document.
One place to organise the paperwork.
Select the forms for your project and work through a practical preparation checklist.
This guide covers the usual preparation sequence for a new building permit application. Additional consents, protection work, planning conditions or specialist reports may be needed. Contact us about amendments, extensions, existing work or an existing surveyor appointment.
CURRENT CLIENT GUIDANCE
Check the requirements
before you apply.
Understand the NCC edition for your project, Victorian Form 26 and the separate NSW principal certifier appointment.
Read the 2026–27 building approval updatesWebsite guidance checked 15 October 2026.
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EXTERNAL WALL WEATHERPROOFING
Prepare your
risk assessment.
Where an H2V1 weatherproofing assessment is relevant to your project, use our calculator to record the Table H2V1a risk factors for NCC 2022 or NCC 2025. Download the PDF to include with your supporting documents.
A risk score is one part of the assessment. It does not establish compliance or issue an approval.
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