Short-Term Rental Accommodation
All forms of Short-Term Rental Accommodation require development approval from the City of Belmont.
What is Short-Term Rental Accommodation?
Short-Term Rental Accommodation is the collective name given to holiday homes, units or apartments offered for short-term letting, often through an online booking platform or management agent. Short-Term Rental Accommodation is either hosted (where a host is present) or unhosted (where guests have exclusive use of an entire house, unit or apartment). This can include:
- A family home which is periodically offered as a short-term rental;
- A property purchased for the sole intent of operating a short-term rental operation
- Spare bedrooms and areas within a home offered to let on a short-term basis.
State Position Statement and City’s draft Local Planning Policy
In November 2023, the State Government released a Position Statement titled Planning for Tourism and Short-Term Rental Accommodation and associated guidelines. These documents identify a Local Planning Policy as an appropriate planning instrument for Local Governments to regulate Short-Term Rental Accommodation uses. Consistent with the Position Statement, we have prepared draft Local Planning Policy No. 19 – Short-term Rental Accommodation to set out the criteria to be applied when assessing applications for these land uses.
Further information on the draft Local Planning Policy can be accessed
here.
What do I need to submit with my development application?
- Application for development approval form or MRS Form 1 if your property is located adjacent to land reserved under the Metropolitan Region Scheme
- Certificate of Title
- Site plan and floor plan
- Written submission providing an overview of the proposal
- Management plan
- Code of conduct
- Approval of the Strata company
For information on how to lodge a development application please
click here.