TINY HOUSE ON WHEELS NSW
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Where can you park your Tiny Home On Wheels?
It can be so confusing. There are 128 Local Councils, but in NSW the rules for where you can park your Tiny Home On Wheels are all the same. 🤔
Section 77 of the Regulation states:
Installations for which approval not required
(1) The approval of the council is not required for the installation of the following—
(a) 2 caravans or tents if they are not occupied for—
(i) more than 2 consecutive days, and
(ii) more than 60 days in a 12 month period,
(b) 1 caravan on land occupied by the owner of the caravan in connection with the owner’s dwelling house if the caravan is—
(i) used for habitation only by the owner or members of the owner’s household, and
(ii) maintained in a safe and healthy condition,
(c) a caravan on pastoral or agricultural land if the caravan is merely occupied seasonally by persons employed in pastoral or agricultural operations on the land, or
(d) a moveable dwelling or associated structure on land to accommodate a person who has been displaced as a result of a natural disaster if the moveable dwelling or associated structure is—
(i) maintained in a safe and healthy condition, and
(ii) removed within—
(A) 2 years after it is installed, or
(B) if the relevant local approvals policy for the moveable dwelling or associated structure specifies a longer period—the longer period.
(2) In this section—
caravan includes campervan.
relevant local approvals policy, for a moveable dwelling or associated structure, means the local approvals policy adopted in accordance with the Act, Chapter 7, Part 3 by the council of the local government area within which the moveable dwelling or associated structure is installed, as in force from time to time.
Access the Regulation here.
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