If you are the applicant, you can ask for permission to withdraw your VCAT application at any time before the hearing, for example, if you change your mind. You must let us and the other parties know in writing as soon as possible if you want to apply to withdraw.  \r\r For some case types if you are the applicant you may have to pay costs to the respondent if you withdraw your claim.  \r\r If you do withdraw your application, in most cases it can’t be reinstated. (This doesn’t apply in cases about guardians, administratrators, and powers of attorney for example.) You may be able to start a new application about the same dispute later. There will be new fees to pay and we may not accept your application. \r\r Read more about how to withdraw your application \r\r Cases about guardians, administrators, supportive guardians and supportive administrators \r\r If you want to withdraw your application in a case about guardians, administrators, supportive guardians and supportive administrators: \r\r \r Write to us, explaining why orders are no longer needed. \r We consider whether there is any serious risk to the person you made the application about. This is because the law requires us to protect a person who may have a decision-making disability. \r \r\r Even if an application has been withdrawn, the applicant or anyone else is able to make another application about the same circumstances at any later time. \r