You will require this approval if you intend to keep poultry or pigeons in a residential zone.
No more than 12 poultry and 12 pigeons may be kept on a premises in a residential zone. If you are a member of a poultry or pigeon club you may keep up to 100 birds on a premises in a residential zone.
The permission of the Council is also required to keep roosters, geese, turkeys or peafowls on any land other than land in a rural or a rural residential zone.