Complete Town Planning Services

Read how a restriction on title can affect the development potential of a site. 

Read how disputes between residential owners and gym operators are resolved.  

Read how important the role of tree retention is to local council within new developments. 

Read how expedited approvals are achieved on time sensitive projects. 

Read about how the team successfully negotiate favourable client outcomes with Council planning departments.     

Read how the team increased the yield from two to seven dwellings. 

Read about the signage challenges facing business’ within Melbourne City Centre.       

A 22 practitioner medical clinic with no patient car parking approved. 

Read about how the team helped the client achieve an artistic development in a heritage street. 

Bendigo Bank were relocating buildings in the same street but Council were not supportive. 

Read how the team approached a multi unit social housing project near Geelong. 

Find out how the team prepare applications for pristine heritage buildings. 

Read how CS assisted JLL in completing restoration works on an iconic Melbourne landmark three months ahead of schedule.

Read how CS convinced Gold Coast Council to support Commonwealth corporate signage on the top of a skyscraper.

Read how CS save ANZ time, money and effort before opening a new branch.

Read how CS assisted ANZ in opening a branch three months ahead of schedule.

ANZ request CS to review a potential location in regional Queensland for a branch.

Read how CS assisted ANZ and Lendlease expedite the opening of a new branch in the CBD of Brisbane.

Construction of a double storey and single storey family home on a large block in outer suburban Croydon. 

A three storey apartment style development with a basement car park. 

A contemporary design response of three townhouses with rooftop garden in East Malvern designed in 2017.  

Four bedrooms, one house with a retreat and study on a corner block. A successful negotiation with an objecting neighbour by CS resulted in Council issuing a permit without the requirement for VCAT involvement.

A side-by-side development consisting of three bedrooms per house, a downstairs study and an upstairs retreat.

The design of six townhouses, two four bedroom homes and four three bedroomed homes across two allotments.

3 X 4 bedroom homes; downstairs theatre rooms; master bedrooms with ensuite and WIR and successful appeal of councils refusal of the application.

A side by side development on a vacant property in Maribynong.

Successfully designed 10 homes to sit on a 1300 square metre block, and successfully overturned council’s refusal of the application at VCAT.

Two x four bedroom townhouses with ensuites, WIR’s and double garages on a corner block with access to a main road.

A multi storey, twelve unit development in inner city Fitzroy which was refused by Council due to objections by the neighbours. The refusal was successfully appealed and overturned by VCAT.

A four bedroom house plus study and an upstairs retreat, a generous front and rear setback to allow for meaningful tree planting. Used locally sourced building materials to manage construction costs.

Three bedroom home, master bedroom with ensuite and walk in robes, generous open plan meals area, kitchen and living area. Successful negotiation with Council resulted in approval for vehicles reversing directly onto the street. 

Retention of the existing house at the front of the property and construction of a double storey dwelling to the rear.

A four storey apartment building consisting of eight apartments and a ground floor retail space. 

Three double storey townhouses, four bedrooms each, downstairs master with ensuite and WIR, kitchen with separate pantry, laundry, upstairs retreat and double garages.

Building Design and successful planning application to Whitehorse City Council to remove a protected tree within the backyard, construct four x four bedroom homes, downstairs master bedroom with ensuite and walk in robe;

Construction of forty one apartments in a modern, four storey building with basement car park. 

The CS team had to work with the City of Glen Eira to get support for the rezoning of an industrial site in Bentleigh to a site zoned for residential development.

The nationally recognised food processing firm , the Bertocchi group have engaged CS building designers and town planners since 2015 on a variety of ongoing expansion projects on their premises in Victoria. 

Multiple retail store and office layout for one of Australia’s largest health insurance providers.

According to the 2015 BRW list Schnitz in the fastest growing restaurant franchise in Australia. This is one example of the outlets we have assisted them in opening.

The CS team work with Lend Lease on behalf of the NAB organisation to open branches across the country.

National pet supply retailer ‘Pet Stock’ underwent a rebranding and engaged CS building designers to complete the necessary architectural plans for the fit out of multiple stores in Victoria. This is an example of one such completed project in Ormond, Victoria. 

We completed a successful negotiation with Vic Roads to obtain consent for the proposals signage. We were successful in our application for a dispensation the car parking requirements.

Telstra’s exchange tower in Melbourne CBD required a $6.5 million dollar upgrade. 

The multinational pizza franchise operator Dominoes, have engaged the CS team to complete applications for a number of their Victorian outlets. This is one example of an outlet in Langwarrin opened in 2014.  

Successful negotiation with Council to make alterations to a heritage listed building and expand the liquor service area for the building.

According to the 2015 BRW list Schnitz in the fastest growing restaurant franchise in Australia. This is one example of the outlets we have assisted them in opening. 

Successful negotiation with a number of objectors resulted in a seamless approval from Council and a positive result for our client. 

Telstra undertook a store revamp of their flagship Melbourne store in the Bourke Street Mall in late 2015. CS successfully obtained town planning approval from Melbourne City Council for the alteration of the building façade and installation of a number of digital signs.