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Licence or Lease for Agricultural Purposes - Victoria

Description

You will need this approval to use land under a licence or leasing arrangement for agricultural purposes. Leasing must be consistent with the public purpose designation over the land and be in the public interest.

A licence or lease may be granted over:

  • unreserved Crown land
  • reserved Crown land that is not vested in trustees or a municipal council and does not have a management committee
  • unused roads
  • water frontages.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

Please consult the responsible agency for more information regarding eligibility requirements.

Duration

The period of a lease must not exceed 35 years. The period of a licence relating to a water frontage must not exceed 35 years, in the case of any other licence, the period must not exceed 99 years.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
Apply Licence All

Please consult the responsible agency for information on fees to be submitted with your application.

Forms

Act(s) name

Land Act 1958 Victoria

Regulation(s) name

Land Regulations 2016 Victoria

Administering agency

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Forests and Reserves

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.