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Accommodation approval - Mackay Regional Council - Queensland

Description

You will need this approval to establish an accommodation business, being either shared facilities accommodation or short-term / tourist accommodation.

Shared facility accommodation refers to backpacker hostels, lodges etc where guests share one or more of the following facilities:

  • dormitories or bedrooms
  • toilets
  • bathrooms, showers or other bathing facilities
  • laundries
  • dining facilities
  • cooking facilities
  • recreation facilities.

Short-term / tourist accommodation allows guests to stay for less than a specified period of time, which can change depending on where your business is located. Examples of short-term / tourist accommodation business can include:

  • hotels
  • motels
  • resorts
  • motor inns
  • bed and breakfasts
  • retirement villages or institutions that are not subject to government funding programs.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Exemptions

You will not require this approval if you intend on establishing either a:

  • hospital, nursing home, or other institution where people are cared for on a live-in basis
  • residential college or boarding school
  • religious institution
  • community titles scheme
  • accommodation administered under the residential services legislation
  • private home in which you provide accommodation for no more than three boarders
  • premises that local law policies exclude from licensing requirements.

Eligibility requirements

You may also need to obtain development approval if you are conducting the following activities:

  • starting a new accommodation business
  • changing the existing activity (e.g. from private residence to rental accommodation)
  • re-establishing accommodation that was abandoned
  • changing the intensity of the accommodation (e.g. adding extra rooms)
  • carrying out building work
  • carrying out plumbing or drainage work.

Ongoing eligibility requirements

Your approval may be issued with conditions that require you to:

  • limit the number of persons in the premises (or in a particular part of the premises) for whom you may provide accommodation
  • carry out modifications or other building work related to the premises within a certain period
  • regularly maintain the premises
  • provide and maintain facilities, furniture and equipment
  • regularly clean the premises
  • regularly provide clean linen and towels, if relevant to your accommodation
  • provide services of specific kinds for the persons using your accommodation
  • reside or have a council or local authority approved representative reside on the premises
  • keep specified records, register of occupants.

If your accommodation business includes a swimming pool, swimming pool approval is also required, and the swimming pool must meet the requirements of the Queensland Development Code.

Duration

12 months (Annual financial year renewal process)

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $742.00

New rental accommodation registration (one off fee). Fees for 2024-25
Apply Application All $471.00

New bed and breakfast accommodation registration (one off fee). Fees for 2024-25
Apply Duplicate Certificate All $32.00

Fees for 2024-25
Apply Licence All $270.00

Bed and breakfast. Fees for 2024-25
Apply Licence All $47.00

Resorts / motels / hotels - per unit. Fees for 2024-25
Apply Licence All $102.00

Holiday flats and units - per unit. Fees for 2024-25
Apply Licence All $306.00

Backpacker's hostel - including hotels offering backpackers accommodation (plus $3.00 per bed in excess of 25 beds). Fees for 2024-25
Transfer Transfer All $170.00

Fees for 2024-25
Vary Variation All $579.00

Fees for 2024-25

Act(s) name

Local Government Act 2009 Queensland

Application process

Apply

You will need to include the following items with your application:

  • a plan of the premises
  • details of any shared accommodation facilities
  • other information and materials required by the council or local authority.

Administering agency

Mackay Regional Council

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.