Medical fitouts in Melbourne
Medical, dental and veterinary practice fitouts across metropolitan Melbourne: suburban strip conversions and consulting suites in the hospital precincts.
Practice fitouts in Melbourne
Medical, dental and veterinary tenancies across metropolitan Melbourne.
Start a projectMelbourne’s clinical tenancies cluster in two places. Suburban shopping strips carry the bulk of general practice, dental and veterinary work, usually as a change of use from retail with parking as the sticking point. The precincts around the major hospitals carry specialist consulting suites, where the constraint is the base building instead of the council.
Councils we work across
City of Melbourne, Port Phillip, Stonnington, Boroondara, Yarra, Merri-bek, Darebin, Moonee Valley, Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay, Monash, Whitehorse, Manningham, Banyule, Knox, Maroondah, Kingston, Bayside, Glen Eira, Wyndham, Melton, Hume, Casey, Cardinia and Frankston.
Getting a clinic approved in Victoria
In Victoria, a planning permit is generally required where a tenancy changes to a medical centre use, assessed by council under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the relevant planning scheme. Car parking provision and amenity impacts on nearby residential land are the two issues that most often shape the outcome.
A building permit is then issued by a registered building surveyor, private or municipal, covering the construction works and the building classification. An occupancy permit follows at completion where the classification requires one.
Imaging equipment requires shielding designed by a radiation consultant and a management licence from the Victorian Department of Health under the Radiation Act 2005.
Approvals, not construction, are the part of a Melbourne program that varies most. A realistic opening date depends on knowing which pathway your tenancy falls into before you sign for it.
What we fit out in Melbourne
Medical centres
GP clinics, specialist consulting suites, multidisciplinary centres and day procedure rooms.
Medical fitoutsDental practices
Surgeries, sterilisation, imaging alcoves and on-site labs.
Dental fitoutsVeterinary clinics
Consult, prep and surgery, isolation, kennels and cattery.
Veterinary fitoutsOptometry practices
Refraction and pre-test rooms, dispensary and frame display.
Optometry fitoutsOther cities we work in
Six capitals, six approvals pathways. See all locations, read how approvals work state by state, or start with what every healthcare fitout has to solve.
Fitout costs in Melbourne
The indicative ranges published on this site, $1,200 to $1,800 per square metre for a dental base build, $1,400 to $2,200 for general practice and $1,500 to $2,300 for a small animal veterinary clinic, all apply across the capital cities. Trade rates vary between them, but not by as much as shell condition varies between two tenancies on the same street.
What genuinely differs by city is the approvals pathway and the time it takes, which shows up in rent during construction not in the build rate.
Full cost breakdownMelbourne fitout questions
Do I need a planning permit for a medical centre in Melbourne?
Generally yes where the use is changing to a medical centre. Council assesses it against the planning scheme, and car parking provision plus amenity impact on nearby residential properties are usually the determining issues.
Who issues the building permit in Victoria?
A registered building surveyor, either private or municipal. The building permit is separate from the planning permit and covers the construction works and the building classification.
What licence does imaging need in Victoria?
A management licence from the Victorian Department of Health under the Radiation Act 2005, alongside shielding designed by a radiation consultant for the specific unit.
Is parking really the deciding factor?
On strip-shop conversions it very often is. A medical centre generates a parking requirement under the planning scheme, and a tenancy without on-site spaces may need a reduction to be granted. It is the most common reason a Melbourne site that looks perfect does not proceed.
Send us the floor plan
A site assessment tells you what the tenancy can take and what it will cost to get there, ideally before you have signed for it.