Accommodation and overcrowding
Reporting accommodation and overcrowding issues.
Issues with neighbours
People are sometimes unaware that their activities are causing a problem. The City encourages all residents and business operators to talk to their neighbours about problems before making a complaint. Visit our resolving disputes with neighbours page for more information.
Report
- To report accommodation and overcrowding issues, please complete the report form.
- An officer will action the request within five working days. This includes contacting you to clarify the nature of the complaint, checking on any possible safety risks for City staff and explaining the complaint process.
- Your contact details are required when lodging this issue to ensure a proper investigation can be completed.
- If you are unable to find the correct address when submitting the request, please contact us.
FAQs
The primary use of a residential property within the City of Canning falls within the interpretation of a 'single house' under the City's Local Planning Scheme No. 42 (the Scheme). The term 'dwelling' is defined within State Planning Policy 3.1 – Residential Design Codes of Western Australia (R-Codes) as follows:
"A building or portion of a building being used, adapted, or designed or intended to be used for the purpose of human habitation on a permanent basis by a single person, a single family, or no more than six persons who do not comprise a single family."
A residential property may fall outside the approved use as a 'dwelling' if there is an increase in the number of occupants for the purpose of student accommodation, short stay accommodation or similar. In these cases, an approval is required from the City to change the use of the property from a 'dwelling' to a 'holiday house'.
The Scheme defines 'holiday house' as a single house on one lot used to provide short term accommodation but does not include a bed and breakfast.
The Scheme describes 'short term accommodation' as temporary accommodation provided either continuously or from time to time with no guest accommodated for periods totalling more than three months in any 12 month period.
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