Lease and Licence Opportunities

Who is this aimed at?

Innovative business owners or experienced operators with a passion for visitor experience and desire to help shape the future of Victoria’s parks are invited to consider commercial opportunities with Parks Victoria.

Parks Victoria offers lease and licence opportunities within some of the most iconic destinations and venues in Australia. With a balance of commercial, recreation, health and wellbeing and tourism prospects, our natural estate offers opportunities for business tenancies, restaurants and cafes, mobile trading, retail spaces, accommodation and more.

What you need to do

1. Keep up to date with current opportunities

Any trade or business conducted on public land generally requires a lease, licence or permit. An Expression of Interest (EOI) is a competitive process used by Parks Victoria to ensure fairness and transparency when seeking applications for commercial opportunities within our estate. The EOI process ensures that each applicant is assessed without bias and based solely on their ability to meet the EOI requirements.

Subscribing to the Commercial Opportunities mailing list is a great way to stay up to date with Parks Victoria’s commercial opportunities.

2. Register for an open EOI

If you’d like to apply for an open EOI you’ll need to register for Buying for Victoria before you get started.

All applications for Parks Victoria lease and licence opportunities must be submitted via Buying for Victoria. You will be able to download documents and register for site visits once you are logged into Buying for Victoria. 

3. Read Parks Victoria’s Expression of Interest User Guide

Parks Victoria’s Expression of Interest User Guide will help you navigate what is required to participate in an EOI process.

This guide will help you understand the Victorian Government legislative and regulatory context for the leasing and licensing of Crown land and what’s required of Parks Victoria to ensure our processes are fair, impartial and open.

The EOI Process

The EOI may be conducted as either a single or two-stage process:

• Single-stage EOI – applicants submit all required information at once for review.
• Two-stage EOI – applicants submit their vision and concept for the site during Stage One, with shortlisted applicants then invited to submit a full business case in Stage Two.

All EOI submissions are evaluated by a skills-based assessment panel appointed by Parks Victoria. The panel will consider and score proposals based on weighted evaluation criteria informed by Crown land leasing guidelines.