Shipping Containers
Under Greater Shepparton City Council's Community Living Local Law Number 1 2018, clause 3.2: a person must not, without a permit:
- keep, store, repair or in any other manner use any shipping container upon any Council land or a road; or
- allow any shipping container upon any land other than Council land or a road to adversely impact the visual amenity of a neighbourhood.
Shipping Container Permit
To apply for a permit to temporarily place a shipping container on private or public property, please complete and return one of the relevant application forms. You must include your site plan with your application.
Applications can be emailed to council@shepparton.vic.gov.au or handed in to Customer Service at 90 Welsford Street, Shepparton. Payment will be required upon application.
If a shipping container is planned for permanent or long-term installation, a Building Permit is required. In addition to this a Planning Permit may also be required depending on the property. It is recommended that you contact Council should you have further queries in this instance.
Upon application you are required to demonstrate:
- that the shipping container is temporary, by outlining what it is used for and when it will be removed from the property, and;
- that the shipping container adheres to the siting requirements of the Building Regulations 2018 for private property or is not detrimental to the amenity of the area for public property, and;
- that either the applicant or the supplier has a minimum of $20 million public liability insurance for public property or the shipping container is entirely placed on private property.