Expert Building Designer & Town Planning Consultant in Glen Eira City Council

Glen Eira is one of Melbourne's most sought-after inner south-east councils, with leafy streets, strong schools and good rail access from Carnegie to Bentleigh. It is also a council where residents care deeply about how their neighbourhoods look, and where planning controls reflect that. SilverPoint - Building Designers & Planning Consultants has worked inside Victorian planning controls for over 40 years, and we know how to prepare a planning permit application that speaks directly to what Glen Eira Council looks for. 

Whether the project is a townhouse development in Bentleigh East, a dual occupancy in McKinnon, a heritage-sensitive renovation in Elsternwick, or a rear extension in Caulfield, we start with your zone and overlays before anything is drawn.

In a council that values neighbourhood character, good design is as much about restraint as ambition. Rooflines, front setbacks, materials and the way new dwellings address the street all get looked at closely, and a townhouse development that responds to those cues is usually better received than one that ignores them. 

SilverPoint - Building Designers & Planning Consultants studies the surrounding streetscape before sketching a layout. We then test your site against garden area, overlooking, overshadowing and setback requirements, so that what is lodged with Glen Eira Council can be justified line by line. 

Every design prepared by SilverPoint is developed alongside the planning application it supports, helping ensure the permit process proceeds smoothly and reducing the risk of conditions that require a redesign.