Heavy vehicle parking permit - Mackay Regional Council - Queensland

Description

You may need this permit to park your heavy vehicle on residential premises, rural premises or built-up areas.

Residential premises are premises used primarily for residential use, such as a house or multi-unit residential activity.

Rural premises are premises used primarily for an animal or crop related activity, such as cattle grazing, dairying, poultry farm, farm forestry, hydroponics or turf farm.

Built-up areas refer to areas in which either of the following is present for a distance of at least 500 metres or, if the length of the road is shorter than 500 metres, the distance of the whole road:

  • buildings no more than 100 metres apart on land next to the road
  • street lights not more than 100 metres apart.

A permit will be required if you are parked for longer than it takes to load or unload your vehicle.

Service type

Licence

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

Exemptions

You will not need to apply for this permit if you fall into one of the following categories:

  • an emergency vehicle being used for an emergency or other official purpose
  • a heavy vehicle involved in the construction, investigation or maintenance of a community facility
  • a heavy vehicle conducting an activity on a residential property, e.g. the short-term parking of a removal van
  • a heavy vehicle permitted to be parked on residential premises or rural premises pursuant to a development approval.

Eligibility requirements

You may need to demonstrate that you have heavy vehicle access approval from the State department and consent from the owners of any property within 50 metres of where the vehicle will be parked.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $481.00

Fees for 2023-24

Vary Variation All $481.00

Fees for 2023-24

Forms

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
General All Heavy vehicle parking - PDF (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Local Government Act 2009 Queensland

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.