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  • Application for the Keeping of Bees

    Local Government Act 1995
  • Are you registered with Department of Primary Industries?

    To be permitted to keep bees you must have a "Certificate of Registration as a Beekeeper." 

    If you are not registered, click here to be redirected to the Dept of Primary Industries website to apply. 

  • This application is to be used when applying for a permit to keep bees:

    • On land other than a Rural Zone, or
    • Within a rural zone at a location that is within 500m from a thoroughfare.
  • Upload Supporting Documents

    Upload a 1:200 scale diagram of the property clearly showing:

    • Property dimensions 
    • The proposed location where the hives are to be kept
    • The proposed location for the water supply for the bees
    • Distances of the above locations from the neighbouring houses. 

     

    Upload a copy of your:

    • "Certificate of Registration as a Beekeeper" from the  Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 
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  • Declaration

    When signing and submitting this application you are declaring: 

    I understand that - 

    • approval, if granted, is subject to such conditions as Council sess fit to impose, and that they may be varied, or the approval withdrawn, at Council's discretion; and
    • if the approval is not granted, the application fee will not be refunded. 
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