TINY HOUSE ON WHEELS VICTORIA
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Where can you park your Tiny Home On Wheels?
It can be so confusing. 79 Local Councils, each with different Local Laws on where you can and can't park your Tiny Home On Wheels. 🤔
So here’s a summary of each Victorian Council’s position on accommodation that is not considered a small second home.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a site for up to 28 days a year.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a site for up to 28 days a year if sanitation and laundry facilities of a dwelling on the private property are available.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a site for up to 60 days in any six (6) month period if sanitation and laundry facilities of a Dwelling located on the land are available; or camp for a maximum period of 30 days in a 12 month period, in the case of vacant land outside a Built Up Area.
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The inhabitation of any moveable dwelling is considered camping. No camping is permitted unless, in the opinion of an Authorised Officer, adequate sanitary facilities are in place.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a site for up to 28 days a year.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a site for up to 28 days a year.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a site for up to 28 days a year if sanitation and laundry facilities of a Dwelling located on the land are available.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a site for up to 28 days a year if sanitation and laundry facilities of a dwelling on the private property are available and no rent, licence fee or charge is paid by any person in respect to the occupation.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may camp on a site for up to 3 weeks a calendar year.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a site for up to 6 weeks a year.
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No reference is made to camping on private land.
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You may not camp on a site without a permit.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a site for up to 21 days a calendar year.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a vacant site for up to 3 days or up to 28 days in a 12-month period on any other land in the municipality without a permit.
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Camping is allowed on private land for up to 14 days within any 28 day period, without a permit.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp on a vacant site for up to 14 days in any 60-day period.
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A person may occupy a caravan or motorhome on land on which there is a dwelling where adequate sanitary facilities are provided for any occupant of the caravan or motorhome. The occupation must not adversely affect the occupants of other properties. The caravan or motorhome must only be for private use.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. Camping is allowed for not more than 6 months a calendar year if the owner of the land has authorised the camping.
You must not camp within 1 metre from the side or rear boundaries of the land and within 30 metres of a waterway.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may lawfully camp for up to thirty days in any twelve-month period with the owner’s consent, and where sanitation and laundry facilities of a dwelling on the land are provided.
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Not permitted anywhere unless it is within an area licensed as a caravan park under the Residential Tenancies Act 1997.
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You may camp on private land for a total period not exceeding 28 days in any calendar year.
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You may camp in a caravan on a property where a dwelling exists for a total period not exceeding 28 days in any one year provided that the caravan occupant is provided with proper sanitation, bathing and drainage facilities to the satisfaction of the Council.
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A single caravan may be parked on residential land and must not be occupied for a period greater than 48 hours.
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A Person must not, without a permit, camp or allow camping to occur on Private Land for more than 28 days in total over a 12-month period.
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A Person may occupy a tent without a permit for up to 21 days in any calendar year on private property, provided that sanitation and laundry facilities of a dwelling on the land are available to the tent’s occupants.
Occupation of a caravan or other moveable structure requires a Permit.
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A Person may occupy a tent without a permit for up to 21 days in any calendar year on private property, provided that sanitation and laundry facilities of a dwelling on the land are available to the occupants of the tent.
Occupation of a caravan or other moveable structure requires a Permit.
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A Person may occupy a tent, caravan, motorhome or camping site on private vacant land not in a Residential Zone for up to 120 days in any calendar year without a Permit if:
- no rent, licence fee or charge is paid by any person,
- waste water doesn’t cause a nuisance, and sanitation facilities are to the satisfaction of any Authorised Officer.
- is vacated on Total Fire Ban days.
- you do not camp within 6 metres of the property frontage or within 1.2 metres of any boundary and must be no closer than 30 metres to a watercourse.
You may camp on freehold land containing a dwelling for up to 60 days in any calendar year not more than 20 metres from the dwelling if you meet the requirements above in 1, 2 & 4.
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A person can camp on private land with the owner’s permission for up to 60 days in any 6-month period where there is a dwelling on the land and sanitation, and laundry facilities are made available to all people camping.
If the land is vacant, a person can camp for a maximum period of 30 days in a 12 month period, in the case of vacant land outside a Built Up Area.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may camp for a total period not exceeding 3 months in a year, with no more than 4 consecutive weeks so long as no nuisance is caused.
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A Person may occupy a tent, caravan or annex on private property for up to 3 months in a calendar year provided the use is not for financial gain.
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A person must not, without a Permit, use a caravan, tent, or like structure for habitation on private property.
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No mention of camping in the Local Law.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping.
You may camp on a private property where there is an existing dwelling for a cumulative period of not more than six (6) months in any twelve (12) month period provided that:
(a) Appropriate sanitary facilities are available to the private property; and
(b) There is no detrimental effect to the amenity of adjoining land.
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You may camp on private property for up to 28 days in any period of one (1) year, provided that appropriate sanitary facilities are provided.
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If it’s a moveable dwelling, the Planning Department considers the inhabitation of any moveable dwelling as camping. You may camp on private property for up to 28 days a calendar year.
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Without a permit, an owner or occupier of private land must not occupy or allow another person to occupy a caravan, vehicle, shed, tent or any other temporary, makeshift or like structure on private land.
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Only one caravan may be placed on private property.
That caravan may be slept in for a total period not exceeding 28 days in any one year (if the caravan is owned by the occupier of the property).
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Camping is not permitted without a Permit.
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Only one caravan or motorhome may be placed on private property where there is a habitable dwelling that provides adequate sanitary facilities for any occupant of the caravan or motorhome.
The caravan or motorhome occupation must not be commercial or negatively impact the amenity of neighbours.
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A person may occupy a caravan or similar on land where there is an existing dwelling for up to a total of 6 months in any 12 month period provided if appropriate sanitary facilities are available to the land and there’s no detrimental effect on the amenity of adjoining properties.
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A person may occupy a caravan, mobile home or tent on land where there’s an existing dwelling for up to a total of 28 days in any calendar year if appropriate sanitary facilities are available to the land and there’s no detrimental effect on the amenity of adjoining properties.
No rigid annex must be attached.
No rent, licence fee, or charge must be paid by any person in respect of the occupation.
The caravan, mobile home or tent must not be within 6 metres of the frontage, 3 metres of any other boundary, not more than 20 metres from any dwelling and no closer than 30 metres to a watercourse.
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A Permit is required unless the occupation of the caravan, tent, marquee, or like structure on the land is permitted under the Planning Scheme
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An owner or occupier of land must not allow a person to camp on that land by occupying a caravan, vehicle, shed, tent or any other temporary, makeshift or like structure on the land in a manner that causes a nuisance or is detrimental to the general amenity of the area.
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Activities Local Law 2019, which deals with camping in public places, does not mention camping on private property.
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Occupation or use of a caravan, vehicle, shed, tent or any other temporary, makeshift or like structure on another’s private land for more than 24 continuous hours unless allowed under the Residential Tenancies (Caravan Park and Moveable Dwellings Registration and Standards) Regulations 2010 requires a Permit.
The Owner or Occupier of a Property requires a Permit to allow another to occupy a caravan, vehicle, shed, tent or any other temporary, makeshift or like structure for more than 24 continuous hours.
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The General Local Law 2018, which deals with camping in public places, does not mention camping on private property.
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Under Local Law No 2 – Community Local Law, you may camp on private property for up to 7 consecutive nights in a caravan and up to 6 weeks in any 12 months otherwise.
A permit is not required where the camping is directly associated with the accommodation of itinerant persons employed on the land to harvest produce from the land.
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An owner or occupier of Residential Land or land under 0.4 hectares, must not without a permit allow camping to occur on that land for more than 28 days in total, over a 12 month period.
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A permit is needed to camp on privately owned vacant land (private land where a dwelling exists is not mentioned in this section of the Local Law).
No permit is needed if camping is connected with the seasonal employment of that person on property where agricultural business is being conducted and the person the owner’s permission.
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Under the Local Law, camping is not permitted without a permit.
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A permit is needed.
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You may camp on private land for up to 7 days in any 28 day period and up to 14 days total a calendar year without a Permit
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You may camp on private land without a Permit where there is an existing dwelling for up to 6 months in any 12 month period if there are appropriate sanitary facilities and there is no detrimental effect to adjoining land.
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A person may, without a Permit, camp or occupy one caravan or tiny house on wheels on private property where there is a dwelling.
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You may camp on privately owned land for sleeping purposes for fourteen (14) consecutive nights or less.
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You may camp on privately owned vacant land for up to 20 nights a year without a permit. Conditions apply.
There is no provision for camping on privately owned land where a dwelling exists within the Local Law.
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A person must not, without a permit, occupy a caravan, a camper trailer, a movable dwelling, a vehicle, or other temporary structure on private land for more than 30 consecutive days.
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You may camp without a Permit for up to 4 consecutive weeks; and no more than a total of 3 months in any calendar year.
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No provisions regarding camping on private land found.
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You may camp on Private Land for up to 10 consecutive days and not more that 31 days in a calendar year without a Permit.
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A person can camp on private land with the owner’s permission if camping is in connection with seasonal employment on the property of an agricultural business or camping is for no more than 14 days within any 90-day period, with no more than 10 people at any one time.
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Camping on private property is allowed for up to 3 months in any 12-month period.
Campers must adhere to the new Camping on Private Property Code of Practice.
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A person may camp on private land outside a residential zone for up to 60 days in a calendar year. No rent or fee must be paid. The campsite must be at least 6 metres from the frontage, 1.2 metres from any boundary and 30 metres from any watercourse. Adequate sanitary facilities must be available. The camp must be vacated on fire ban days.
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A person must not have more than 1 caravan on residential land and must not occupy or allow another person to occupy a caravan, tent or other thing on residential land for more than 3 weeks in a calendar year.
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A person may camp on private land for up to 28 days in a calendar year. No rent or fee must be paid. Toilet, bathing and laundry facilities must be available, and wastewater disposal should not cause a nuisance.
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Without a permit, a person may camp on private land for up to 28 days in a calendar year so long as sanitation, bathing and drainage facilities are available. This period may be extended in domestic violence cases. For accommodation provided to key workers, the period up to four adults may camp is 120 days per calendar year.
Surf Coast Council is now accepting applications for their Tiny Houses on Wheels (THOWs) Pilot, which will run until December 2026.
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A person may use a caravan on privately owned land without a permit for sleeping purposes for seven nights in a six month period. More than one caravan on residential land will require a Permit.
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Camping may occur on private land for up to 4 weeks in total over a 12 month period. More than one caravan will require a Permit.
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A person can camp on private land where a dwelling exists for up to 28 days. No rent or fee must be paid. The campsite must be at least 6 metres from the frontage, 1.2 metres from any boundary and 30 metres from any watercourse. Adequate sanitary facilities must be available.
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A person must not, without a permit, occupy any caravan placed on private land for a total of greater than 30 days in any 12-month period.
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A person must not Camp on any vacant private land in the municipal district for a period longer than 28 days in a calendar year. A similar clause for Private land where a dwelling exists was not found.
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The owner or occupier of land must not camp, or allow any other person to camp, on that land in a manner that causes a nuisance.
Only 1 caravan is allowed.
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You may camp for up to 28 days in any year, provided that sanitation and laundry facilities of a dwelling on the private property are available.
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You may camp on private land for up to four (4) continuous weeks or a total of four (4) weeks in a calendar year.
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Under the Local Law, camping is not permitted.
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Under the Local Law, camping is not permitted.
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Under the Local Law, camping is permitted so long as no nuisance is caused.
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Under the Local Law, camping is not permitted without a permit.
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