Say what the land can do, and be right
Development potential sells. Overstating it invites a complaint after settlement, and the arithmetic behind the most common claim is usually wrong.
Where Victoria catches people out
You describe a block as having subdivision potential
The test is not area divided by the minimum. Every resulting lot counts, including the balance lot, so one extra lot needs at least twice the minimum. A block a third over the minimum yields nothing, and the minimum itself comes from the schedule to the zone.
STCA covers you
Subject to council approval describes a process, not a possibility. Where a mandatory control or a covenant prevents the outcome, no approval was ever available to be subject to.
The zone sounds permissive
Zones share names across councils but not schedules, and overlays sit on top. Two comparable-looking properties in the same zone can face quite different height, setback and lot-size controls.
What to use, and when
Planning Insight
$39A defensible read on what the land actually allows, in time to write the copy accurately — and useful to forward to a serious buyer.
Certificate of Title & Plan
from $30Covenants and easements that limit what can be built, which no amount of planning approval will fix.
Detailed Planning Assessment
$399+For a campaign built on development potential, a written assessment a buyer's advisor can rely on.
Getting started
The free snapshot is quick enough to run on every appraisal. Where the campaign leans on potential, the $39 Insight turns a claim you hope is right into one you can support.
General information about the Victoria planning system, not advice on a particular site. What applies to a property depends on its zone, the controls affecting it and what is proposed.