BestTinyHomes

Official wording, linked, dated

Rules by council

No council has a confirmed, sourced rule yet. Every other council is not checked. Not checked does not mean allowed or banned.

No council is published yet

A council appears here once at least one rule is confirmed against the official wording and linked to its source. Until then the honest answer for every council is that we have not checked.

States and territories

Two things to picture before you read a rule

A setback is a strip inside the boundary that a council may keep clear of buildings. Width on the road is the other common question. Both sketches are illustrative and carry no figures: the distances and limits that apply are on the council page, with their source and check date.

A setback on a block of land, seen from above A plan of a rectangular block. A dashed strip runs inside the boundary on every side. A small home sits inside the strip, clear of the boundary. The street is along the bottom. Distances are not shown. Street Boundary of the block Edge of the setback Home inside the line
Illustrative plan, not to scale and not a rule. Setback distances differ by council, zone and the kind of building, and a granny flat or a home on wheels can be treated differently. Check the council page for the lot.
A home on a trailer inside a traffic lane A front view of a home on a trailer sitting between the two edge lines of a lane, with clear space left on each side. The proportions are a sketch, not a measurement. Width of the home on its trailer Lane Space Space
Illustrative sketch, not to scale. Whether a load of a given width may travel, and what it needs, depends on the state and the road. Ask your builder and the road authority.

Six permissions, checked separately

planning, building, local law, wastewater, transport, short stay. A yes on one says nothing about the others, so each council page lists all six and marks any we have not checked.

What confirmed and not confirmed mean