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Adopted Casey Community Local Law 2025

The City of Casey adopted the new Casey Community Local Law 2025 at its Council Meeting on 9 December 2025 following a comprehensive review to address community needs and feedback.

Between 21 April and 1 June 2025, over 1,000 community members shared their insights to help shape the draft Local Law. Feedback played a vital role in ensuring the proposed changes reflect community values and priorities.

The draft document went on public exhibition from 21 August to 18 September 2025 and was developed using community input and benchmarked against other councils to ensure it is fair, consistent, and aligned with best practice. Council received 74 submissions during the public exhibition period.

The new Casey Community Local Law 2025 will come into effect from 2 March 2026 and strikes a balance between individual rights and freedoms and the wellbeing, safety, and amenity of the broader community.

Key changes

Key changes to the Casey Community Local Law include:

  • New definitions for terms including “adversely”, “amenity” and “detrimental” to make it clearer, more consistent and easier to understand for Council and the community.
  • Shipping containers: The previous permit requirement has been replaced with an amenity-based standard, ensuring containers do not detract from neighbourhood character.
  • Vehicle maintenance and storage: The permit requirement for repairing, servicing, or storing unregistered vehicles on private property has been removed, respecting residents’ rights while maintaining neighbourhood standards.
  • Temporary accommodation: temporary accommodation, such as caravans or tents, can be used on private land for up to two consecutive months without needing a permit. This is an increase from the previous limit of 14 days in any 60-day period.

Thank you to community members for taking the time to have your say and contribute to the future of our community.

Next Steps

The new Casey Community Local Law 2025 will come into effect in 2 March 2026.

What we heard from community during public consultations

Round Two engagement - public exhibition of draft document

During the public exhibition of the proposed changes to the Community Local Law, we asked for community submissions on the proposed changes from 21 August to 18 September 2025 and received;

  • 74 submissions
  • Submissions were received from people aged 15 - 70+
  • Submissions included feedback on Shipping Containers, Enforcement vehicles, Private Land Use and Animal Management.

You can read our Community Engagement Summary report from round two engagement here.

Round One engagement - broad community engagement

During round one engagement, we asked for your feedback on the Community Local Law Review from 21 April to 1 June 2025 and received;

  • Over 1000 survey responses, received via online and hard copy surveys.
  • Had loads of conversations at our 12 x face-to-face pop-ups across the municipality.
  • Held 4 x community workshops (online and in-person)
  • Door knocked over 400 homes to seek feedback.

You can read our Community Engagement Summary report here.

Community Influence

  • Able to be influence

    • Potential new ideas for inclusion in the revised Local Law aligned with protection of amenity and the roles of Council. Example: inclusion of clause related to storm water infrastructure on private land.
    • Review of the current Casey Community Local Law 2023, in all its aspects.
    • Community perspectives on how the Casey Community Local Law can be effectively communicated with the community.

  • Unable to influence

    • Compliance with the requirements and Principles of the Local Government Act 2020.
    • Council's legislated and regulatory responsibilities.
    • Fines, fees and charges applied by Council and other organisations that are not related to the Local Law.
    • Other Council policies, guidelines and permits not related to the Community Local Law 2023.
    • Application and enforcement of the Local Law and other regulatory enforcement by other agencies (Victoria Police, Environmental Protection Agency etc).

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