Community Local Law update 2025

Local Laws help protect public health, safety and amenity throughout Kingston.

They are created in consultation with the community, to deal with local issues and to meet local needs.

Kingston Council has drafted a proposed Community Local Law and is seeking community feedback on the draft plan.

Purpose of the Local Law:

• The proposed Local Law is designed to:
  • Support Council in maintaining a liveable, safe, and healthy municipality
  • Take into account Kingston’s local amenity and environmental characteristics
  • Contribute to social and community inclusion and wellbeing.

• It does this by:
  • making improvements to provide for a safe and healthy environment so that the community can enjoy a quality of life that meets its expectations
  • providing for improvements for the protection and enhancement of the amenity and environment of the municipality
  • protecting public assets and infrastructure, and the built and natural environments; and
  • providing for the peace, order and good government of the municipal district.

Key sections of community interest may include:

• a permit will be required to store boats, trailers and caravans on public roads
• no new gates from private homes to public parks and the foreshore
• allowing Council to fence or screen vacant premises
• if a protected tree is removed it must be replaced with a similar size/type
• advertising sign requirements to cover candidate election promotion.

We have prepared a Community Impact Statement to provide further information about the new Local Law.

You can also review the proposed Local Law in the Key Documents section on this page.

Have your say

You are invited to give your feedback on the proposed Local Law by 1 July 2025, with your feedback to be considered by Council, in accordance with our Community Engagement Policy, in determining this Local Law.

Submissions can be submitted via:

• the online survey below
• email: info@kingston.vic.gov.au
• mail - to Manager Governance, Risk & Integrity PO Box 1000, Mentone 3194