Entertainment venues (Rockhampton) - Rockhampton Regional Council - Queensland

Description

You need this licence to establish or operate an entertainment venue. An entertainment venue includes a building, room, garden or other place that is open to the public for entertainment. It does not include a shop or licensed premises.

Councils licence entertainment venues to:

  • ensure that entertainment venues comply with appropriate standards of health and safety
  • protect the amenity of areas in which entertainment venues are situated
  • regulate the use of public entertainment venues, as well as the activities conducted there.

Service type

Licence

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

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
Common All Rockhampton Regional Council Fees and Charges (Opens in new window)

Application process

Contact council for more information on the current application process and relevant form.

In reviewing your application, council will consider the following factors:

  • Does the public entertainment venue contain a sufficient number of toilets and infant change tables?
  • Can waste generated during operation of the venue be adequately collected and disposed of?
  • Do the premises comply with the relevant environmental, health and safety standards required by law?
  • Does the intended use of the public entertainment venue comply with Council's Planning Scheme?

Transfer

Development Approvals are not transferable.

Additional information

Temporary entertainment events come under Subordinate Local Law 1.12 (Operation of Temporary Entertainment Events).

You can obtain a permit for temporary events on council land by completing a Temporary Event Application and submitting it to council, or on private land by completing an application for Temporary Event on Private Land.

Administering agency

Rockhampton Regional Council

Contact details

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

Please use these contact details for help or more information:

Rockhampton Regional Council
Operating address: Gracemere Office
1 Ranger Street
Gracemere, Queensland 4702
Operating address: Rockhampton Office
232 Bolsover Street
Rockhampton, Queensland 4700
Operating address: Mount Morgan Office
32 Hall Street
Mount Morgan, Queensland 4714
Mailing address: PO BOX 1860
Rockhampton, Queensland 4700
Phone: 07 4932 9000
Phone: 1300 225 577
Email: enquiries@rrc.qld.gov.au
Website: Rockhampton Regional Council (Opens in new window)