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Design Excellence Fast Tracked: Meeting the Great Design Fast Track Gate Under Clause 53.25
Clause 53.25 is a gate, not a merits argument. Miss one number and the scheme falls out of the pathway.
Test the eight eligibility conditions of the Victoria Planning Provisions’ Great Design Fast Track at concept, answer the seven design principles with drawings and calculations an assessor can check, meet the NatHERS thresholds set above the Code, and put the Government Architect and feasibility advices on the critical path before they hold up lodgement.
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4 modules, 2 case studies, final quiz and certificate.
Introduction and objectives
Why Victoria built a pathway that trades speed for a design standard you have to evidence.
The Pathway, and the Gate You Have to Pass
Test all eight eligibility conditions at concept, and know what the Minister can waive and which clauses sit outside the power.
Four Principles That Shape the Building
Answer Neighbourly, Welcoming, Landscaped and Healthy Homes with a drawing or study an assessor can check.
Three Principles That Carry Numbers
Meet the star rating and ventilation tests dwelling by dwelling, apply Part H8, and keep Code obligations apart from planning thresholds.
The Submission That Gets Through
Sequence the Government Architect and feasibility advices early, argue a waiver safely and keep every drawing consistent.
A townhouse row and an apartment building
Townhouses designed to the Code minimum that failed on star rating, and a basement that took the canopy trees.
Key takeaways
The numbers to test at concept and the long lead items to start on day one.
Final quiz and certificate
Ten project scenarios across the four objectives. Pass and the certificate goes straight into your dashboard.
Intermediate. For designers who already prepare planning applications for medium density housing in Victoria. Covers eligibility, waivers and exclusions, the seven design principles, the NatHERS and ventilation thresholds, Part H8 and the two written advices. It is Victorian planning education, not planning advice, and the pathway has no equivalent in other states.
Written for the team that decides whether a scheme can enter the pathway.
Building designers
You take medium density schemes to planning, and one dwelling short or one star low takes the whole application out.
Architects
You lead the design case, and on this pathway every principle needs evidence an assessor can check.
Urban planners
You advise on eligibility, significance and waivers, and on the exclusions that leave the massing untouched.
Building surveyors
You confirm which NCC edition applies, and know a planning threshold is not a permit condition unless it says so.
Energy assessors
Your ratings must clear an 8.0 star average and a 6.5 star floor for apartments, not the Code’s seven.
Where this hour goes on your record.
National Standard of Competency for Architects (NSCA 2021) performance criteria this course aligns with:
Budget and timeframe against planning and codes
Environmental sustainability over the lifecycle
Planning principles and statutory requirements
Integrating sustainable environmental systems
Planning applications that comply with regulations
| If you are | How it is recorded |
|---|---|
| A building designer | 1 CPD point in planning and design documentation. Your certificate, the learning outcomes, the module outline and your quiz result are kept in your dashboard, so you can show what you studied if your CPD is audited. |
| An architect | 1 formal CPD point. Aligned with NSCA 2021 performance criteria PC20, PC31, PC32, PC33 and PC42. |
| An urban planner, building surveyor or energy assessor | 1 hour of CPD on Victoria’s Great Design Fast Track, recorded on your certificate for your registration body or professional association. |
CPD On Demand is not a registered training organisation and courses are not accredited by any registration body. Each course is aligned with the relevant competency frameworks and gives you the records to evidence it. CPD rules differ by registration body and state, so check with yours if you are unsure.
Pairs well with.
NSW Housing Pattern Book
The New South Wales approach: government designs attached to a faster pathway.
Getting NatHERS Right Before It Goes to the Assessor
Get the star rating right at concept, before it becomes an eligibility problem.
Livable Housing Design: NCC Mandatory Provisions (NCC 2022) with NCC 2025 Preview Context
Part H8 in full, from step free entry to reinforced bathroom walls.
Before you enrol.
Test the gate at concept and lodge a Fast Track submission that holds together, in one self-paced hour.
$99, 60 minutes, certificate on completion.