Your event permits, sorted

Running an event on council land means ten or more documents, half a dozen authorities, and deadlines that start five months out. Answer questions about your event once; Sorted Permits works out exactly what applies, when it's due, and writes the documents.

Get sorted, free → Join the pilot

Free for organisers during the pilot. Mornington Peninsula Shire first; more councils coming.

40
requirements identified for one 9,500-person festival
6
authorities beyond the council, from EPA to Parks Victoria
150
days: the longest lead time that can catch you out
5 min
to find out exactly what your event needs
How it works

Three steps between you and approved

Built by an event organiser who has been through the process, on the council's own published requirements, and verified against real issued permits.

1

Answer plain questions

How many people, what's happening, where and when. No jargon: if a question needs council-speak, we explain it in one line. About five minutes.

2

Get your checklist and deadlines

Every requirement that applies to your event, and none that don't, each with a due date counted back from your event day. A 300-person market gets 15 items; a major festival gets 40.

3

Generate the documents

Risk, emergency, noise, waste and alcohol plans, notification letters and more, pre-filled from your answers in the council's own format. Review, download as Word, upload to the council portal.

What it covers

The whole journey, not just the council form

Event permits don't stop at the council. Sorted Permits tracks the statutory bodies most organisers only discover late: liquor licensing, EPA noise, coastal land consent, building permits for big marquees, WorkSafe for fireworks, and public transport notifications with their 120-day lead times.

Risk Management Plan Emergency Management Plan Noise Management Plan Waste Plan + bin numbers Alcohol Management Plan Notification letters MACA consent cover Site plan checklist Event day document pack Toilet & water calculators Deadline timeline Supplier recommendations
Case study

Proven on a 9,500-person festival

"The gap between the council's guide and what compliance actually requires is exactly what this solves. We built the rules from our real permits."
Andrew Brough, Event Director, Sorrento Solstice Festival 2026
  • 40 requirements identified, matching the real permit trail across three authorities
  • Caught the Parks Victoria track: its own event plan, fees and 30-day deadlines
  • Knew the local law liquor permit is separate from the VGCCC licence
  • Flagged the 48-hour foreshore rule from bump-in dates automatically
  • Every lead time verified against the issued permits, and covered by automated tests
Time saved

The back and forth, gone

The paperwork isn't what burns the weeks. It's the ping-pong: waiting on replies, being told something's missing, ringing around for quotes. Every one of these loops disappears.

The old way
With Sorted Permits
Email the council to ask what your event needs. Wait days for a reply. Discover two more requirements in the reply to that one.
Your complete requirements list in five minutes, deadlines included, before you've spoken to anyone.
Submit your documents. Wait. Get told the application is incomplete or the numbers don't match. Hunt down the detail, fix it, resubmit, wait again.
Every plan is generated from the same answers, so attendance, dates and contacts match across the whole pack. Complete and consistent, first time.
Ring around for traffic management, security, toilets. Leave messages. Explain your event from scratch, five times.
Credentialed suppliers listed under the exact requirement. One click to email, with your event details already attached, or to call.
A deadline spreadsheet someone has to remember to check, and the 120-day notification nobody knew about.
One timeline counted back from event day, with the long lead times flagged before they slip past.

Weeks of elapsed waiting becomes one afternoon of answers, then a review.

For councils

Complete submissions, first time

Tools like Bookable digitise your side of the counter. Sorted Permits prepares the organiser's side, so applications arrive complete, in your template formats, with statutory notifications already made. Fewer referral cycles, fewer last-minute crises, safer community events. Ask us about a pilot for your Shire.

For suppliers

Be there at the moment of need

When an organiser learns they must have a traffic management plan by a fixed date, they need a provider, now. Sorted Permits recommends credentialed local suppliers at exactly that moment: traffic, security, first aid, toilets, staging, pyrotechnics and more. Founding listings are free for the first year.

Planning a 2026-27 event? Join the pilot.

We're onboarding a small group of Mornington Peninsula organisers for the coming season. You get the tool free and a direct line to us; we get your feedback. Everyone gets sorted.

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