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Summons a witness

A summons is a legal document that requires a person to attend to give verbal evidence at a hearing or produce documents to VCAT. The summonsed person can send summonsed documents to us. If they are summonsed to attend to give evidence, we may give them permission to attend by phone or video conference.

Witnesses and witness statements

Find out about different types of witnesses and what’s involved if you are asked to be a witness in a VCAT case.

Changes to being added as a party in planning permit cases

VCAT is introducing changes for cases involving planning permits that sets out how someone can be added as a party.

Faster resolution of cases

Published August 2024

Reminders for efficient processing of emails

To ensure your application proceeds as quickly as possible, here are a few reminders when emailing the Planning and Environment Division:

Housing Statement Reform

Published October 2025

Court decision affects the kinds of cases VCAT can decide

There have now been two major court decisions which impact the kinds of cases which can be lawfully heard in VCAT.