Please read our Domestic Animal Management Plan 2021-2025(PDF, 2MB). It explains our policies for pets and other animals.
Restrictions
You can keep a number of animals on your property without an additional animal permit:
- Dogs - limit 2
- Cats - limit 2
- Poultry (hens, ducks, geese, peacocks, turkeys, bantam, squab, guinea fowls and other edible birds over the age of 12 weeks, excluding roosters)* - 5
- Pigeons - 10, racing pigeons - 60
- Rabbits - 5
- Guinea pigs - 8
- Mice - 8
- Rats - 4
- Caged birds (all types) - 10
- Cold water and tropical fish (all types) - no limit
- Keeping bees (beehives)
*A rooster cannot be kept on a property without having obtained approval through a Local Law Permit
It should be noted that permits for roosters are not automatic and are subject to an approval process which takes a number of considerations into account, particularly the potential for a rooster to cause a nuisance.
Additional animal permit
You can apply to keep extra animals (above the limit or not listed above, for example an exotic bird) by filling out the form below. If you already have extra animals, use the renewal form.