Booking a removal truck, skip bin or storage pod? Some Melbourne councils issue a permit for moving day, many only regulate skips and containers, and a few don’t publish anything specific. This guide sets out what each council we cover actually publishes, so you can plan the truck, the skip and the timing.
Council pages checked 14 October 2026 (Darebin’s permit policy re-checked 15 October 2026). Fees change each financial year, so check the council page before you apply.
Quick answer: only a few Melbourne councils publish a permit that clearly covers a removal truck on moving day: the City of Melbourne, Port Phillip and Yarra, plus service permits in Merri-bek and Darebin that a removalist can use in timed-parking streets. Most councils regulate skip bins and storage containers instead, usually through the skip company, with anywhere from 2 days’ to 2 weeks’ notice. Check your council below, then book your end of lease clean for after the furniture is out.
Permits at a glance
| Council | Moving-day parking | Skip bins and containers | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banyule | No; a road occupation permit if you block the road or footpath | Permit on public land; tell neighbours within 150 m | 7 days before the skip arrives (neighbours) |
| Bayside | No | 7-day permit via a registered skip company; no containers or pods on Council land | Not published: check with council |
| Boroondara | No (tradesperson permit excludes heavy or long vehicles) | Registered skip company applies; containers need an occupancy permit | Not published: check with council |
| Brimbank | No | Permit on a road or nature strip | 10 days before delivery |
| Casey | No; a Public Land Use Permit to obstruct a road or nature strip | Permit may be needed unless your contractor holds a yearly permit | 14 days |
| Darebin | Partly: service permit near timed or permit zones; a removalist can apply with your written consent | Permit on public roads or land (up to 7 days) | 7 days to occupy a road or Council land |
| Frankston | No; large vehicles limited to 1 hour unless actively loading | Permit on a road; no containers on nature strips | 5 business days |
| Glen Eira | Partly: an occupation permit covers reserving parking spaces | Permit on a road or nature strip (usually the supplier); none in your own driveway | 7 days |
| Greater Dandenong | No; a road reserve occupation permit | Permit (skip company or you); no containers or pods on roads | Not published: check with council |
| Hobsons Bay | No | Not published: check with council | Not published: check with council |
| Hume | No; vehicles over 7.5 m or 4.5 t limited to 1 hour without a permit | Hire company applies | Not published: check with council |
| Kingston | No | Skip company applies; containers on a road need a permit | Skips up to 3 business days; containers 10 days |
| Manningham | No | Bin supplier applies; skips on roads discouraged | Not published: check with council |
| Maribyrnong | No; a road occupation permit to occupy part of a road | Registered skip company applies | Road occupation 10 business days; skips 5 business days |
| Maroondah | No | Accredited bin hire company applies | Before the skip is placed |
| City of Melbourne | Yes: reserved parking permits cover removalists | Skip company applies (separate permit) | 5 clear business days |
| Melton | No | Bin company applies through Service Victoria | Not published: check with council |
| Merri-bek | Yes, in timed-parking streets: service permit | Accredited hire company; not on footpaths or nature strips | Skips 7 days |
| Monash | No; an Occupy Roadway Permit | Accredited supplier; not on arterial roads; none on private property | Skips 2 days |
| Moonee Valley | Road Occupancy permit to park an over-dimensional vehicle for more than an hour | Road Occupancy permit for anything on the road reserve; no shipping containers | Not published: check with council |
| Nillumbik | No | Small skips on the nature strip can be exempt; otherwise the waste business applies | 7 days |
| Port Phillip | Yes: free temporary resident relocation permit (up to 3 days) | Registered skip company applies | 5 days |
| Stonnington | No | Permit for 1 to 30 days, online | Not published: check with council |
| Whitehorse | Partly: service permit for residents on restricted streets | Contractor applies (skips and containers) | 48 business hours |
| Whittlesea | No | Permit on a road; containers no more than 48 hours | Not published: check with council |
| Wyndham | No | Supplier holds the permit; none on private land | Processed within 15 days |
| Yarra | Yes: parking bay occupation permit for moving house | Registered skip company; pods need a road occupation permit | 5 business days |
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Councils with a moving-day permit
Three councils publish a permit that clearly covers a removal truck: the City of Melbourne (reserved parking permits that cover removalists), the City of Port Phillip (a free temporary resident relocation permit) and Yarra City Council (a parking bay occupation permit for moving house). In streets with timed parking, Merri-bek’s service permit covers removalists, and so does Darebin’s for residents within 100 m of timed or permit zones; in both, a removalist can apply with your written consent.
Glen Eira’s occupation permit covers reserving parking spaces, and Whitehorse’s service permit gives residents on restricted streets a short exemption from timed parking. Everywhere else, check the size of the truck: in Frankston and Hume, large vehicles are limited to an hour on a built-up street.
Council by council
- Banyule City Council
- Bayside City Council
- City of Boroondara
- Brimbank City Council
- City of Casey
- Darebin City Council
- Frankston City Council
- Glen Eira City Council
- City of Greater Dandenong
- Hobsons Bay City Council
- Hume City Council
- City of Kingston
- Manningham Council
- Maribyrnong City Council
- Maroondah City Council
- City of Melbourne
- Melton City Council
- Merri-bek City Council
- City of Monash
- Moonee Valley City Council
- Nillumbik Shire Council
- City of Port Phillip
- City of Stonnington
- Whitehorse City Council
- City of Whittlesea
- Wyndham City Council
- Yarra City Council
Banyule City Council
- Moving-day parking: Banyule doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit. Using the road, footpath or nature strip in a way that blocks others needs a road occupation permit.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip on public land needs a permit (not on your own driveway), and you must notify neighbours within 150 m at least 7 days before it arrives.
Sources: Skip bin permit; Footpath or road occupation permit; Skip bin permit.
Bayside City Council
- Moving-day parking: Bayside doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit.
- Skip bins and containers: Skips need a 7-day permit requested by a Council-registered skip company (keep 1.2 m of footpath clear). Shipping containers and storage pods can’t go on Council land; the container permit covers private property only.
Sources: Apply for a skip bin permit; Apply for a shipping container private land permit; Do I need an asset protection permit or any other building /construction related permits?.
City of Boroondara
- Moving-day parking: Boroondara doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit, and its tradesperson permit excludes heavy or long vehicles.
- Skip bins and containers: Only registered skip companies can apply for a skip permit on a road or Council land. Shipping containers on Council land need a road and footpath occupancy permit.
Sources: Skip Bin Permit; Occupying a road or footpath; Apply for a Tradesperson parking permit.
Brimbank City Council
- Moving-day parking: Brimbank doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip on a road or nature strip needs a permit applied for at least 10 days before delivery.
Sources: Skip bin permits.
City of Casey
- Moving-day parking: Casey doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit. Obstructing a road or nature strip, or placing a shipping container on public land, needs a Public Land Use Permit with 14 days’ notice.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip on the nature strip or Council land may need a permit (14 days’ notice), unless your contractor holds a yearly permit.
Sources: Place a bulk rubbish container on Council land; Local Law permits for public land use.
Darebin City Council
- Moving-day parking: Darebin’s service parking permit is for residents within 100 m of timed or permit zones (up to 4 weeks), with proof of residence and of the work. Council’s parking permit policy lets a removalist apply with your written consent.
- Skip bins and containers: Skips on public roads or land need a permit (up to 7 days), and occupying Council land or a road needs a permit applied for at least 7 days ahead.
Sources: Residential parking permits City of Darebin; Residential parking permit policy november 2023 (PDF); Local laws City of Darebin.
Frankston City Council
- Moving-day parking: Frankston doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit. Large vehicles (7.5 m or 4.5 t and over) are limited to one hour on a road in a built-up area unless the driver is actively loading or unloading goods.
- Skip bins and containers: Skips and containers on a road need a permit (allow 5 business days); containers can’t go on a nature strip.
Sources: Apply for a skip bin / container permit; Apply for an occupation of road and Council land for works permit; Apply for a heavy vehicle permit on private property.
Glen Eira City Council
- Moving-day parking: Glen Eira needs a permit to occupy Council land or a road for any non-road activity, including reserving parking spaces. Email the application to Council at least seven days ahead.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip on a road or nature strip needs a permit (usually arranged by the supplier); in your own driveway, no permit is needed.
Sources: Occupation of Council Land or Road; Skip bins on Council land.
City of Greater Dandenong
- Moving-day parking: Greater Dandenong doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit; occupying the road reserve needs a permit (apply by email).
- Skip bins and containers: A skip on council land or a road needs a permit (the skip company or you can apply), but it should go on private land where possible. Shipping containers and storage pods aren’t allowed on council land or roads.
Sources: Other Local Laws; Organising Works or Events on Roads and Paths.
Hobsons Bay City Council
- Moving-day parking: Hobsons Bay doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit.
Sources: Assets.
Hume City Council
- Moving-day parking: Large vehicles (over 7.5 m or 4.5 t) can’t stay parked in a built-up area for more than an hour without a permit, so check the size of your removal truck.
- Skip bins and containers: Skips on the road or nature strip need Council permission, applied for by the hire company.
Sources: Skip bin application form; Parking rules; Residential Parking Permits.
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City of Kingston
- Moving-day parking: Kingston doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit; its works zones are for construction sites.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip on a road or Council land needs a permit from the skip company (allow up to three business days). A storage or shipping container on a Council road needs a permit with at least 10 days’ notice.
Sources: Skip permits; Road occupation and works permit.
Manningham Council
- Moving-day parking: Manningham doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit.
- Skip bins and containers: Only the bin supplier can get a skip permit for Council land, and Council discourages skips on roads.
Sources: Apply for a bulk rubbish container or skip bin permit.
Maribyrnong City Council
- Moving-day parking: Occupying part of a road, footpath or nature strip needs a road occupation permit, applied for at least 10 business days ahead.
- Skip bins and containers: Skips on a road or council land need a permit from a registered skip company (five business days’ notice).
Sources: Apply for a road occupation permit; Apply for a skip bin permit.
Maroondah City Council
- Moving-day parking: Maroondah doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip on Council land, including the nature strip and road, needs a permit applied for by an accredited bin hire company before it’s placed.
Sources: Skip bins, bulk waste and shipping containers; Skip bin permit application form.
City of Melbourne
- Moving-day parking: The City of Melbourne’s reserved parking permits cover removalists when off-street parking isn’t suitable. Apply at least five clear business days ahead; residents get 50% off for a removalist outside their own home.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip on a public road needs a skip permit, which the skip company applies for. Reserved parking permits don’t cover skips.
Sources: Reserved parking permits; Place skips, bins or containers on the road.
Melton City Council
- Moving-day parking: Melton doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip on a road or council land, including the nature strip, needs a permit that the bin company obtains through Service Victoria.
Sources: Bulk waste bin Melton City Council.
Merri-bek City Council
- Moving-day parking: In streets with timed parking, removalists can use a Merri-bek service permit to park all day (up to 4 weeks). You can apply, or the removalist can with your written consent; attach proof of address and the removalist’s quote. It doesn’t allow parking in clearways, no-stopping or loading zones.
- Skip bins and containers: Skips need a permit arranged by an accredited hire company (7 days’ notice before each placement) and aren’t allowed on footpaths or nature strips. Shipping containers can’t be stored on roads or public land.
Sources: Visitor and services permits; Local law permits; Temporary Road Closure.
City of Monash
- Moving-day parking: Monash doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit. Occupying a road, laneway, footpath or nature strip uses its Occupy Roadway Permit.
- Skip bins and containers: Skips on Council land need a permit from an accredited supplier, with 2 days’ notice; they’re not allowed on arterial roads, and none is needed on private property.
Sources: Skip Bin Permit.
Moonee Valley City Council
Covers Essendon.
- Moving-day parking: a Road Occupancy permit is needed before anything occupies the road reserve, including parking an over-dimensional vehicle for more than an hour.
- Skip bins and containers: shipping containers are never allowed on the road or nature strip.
Sources: Road occupancy permit.
Nillumbik Shire Council
- Moving-day parking: Nillumbik doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit.
- Skip bins and containers: Small skips (2.5 m³ or less) on the nature strip are exempt if they meet Council’s conditions; otherwise the waste business applies for a permit at least seven days ahead.
Sources: Apply for a skip bin permit.
City of Port Phillip
- Moving-day parking: Port Phillip issues a free temporary resident relocation permit for up to 3 days. Moving trucks are listed under the moving company’s name, apply at least 5 days ahead, and the permit is only valid outside a fully residential property, not in clearways or loading zones.
- Skip bins and containers: Skip bins on a road or Council land need a Skip Bin Permit, obtained by a registered skip company.
Sources: Temporary parking permit; Skip bin permit.
City of Stonnington
- Moving-day parking: Stonnington doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit; its works zone permits are for construction sites, not moves.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip bin on the street needs a permit for 1 to 30 days, applied for online.
Sources: Apply for a skip bin on Council land City of Stonnington; Works zone permit City of Stonnington.
Whitehorse City Council
- Moving-day parking: Whitehorse’s Service Residential Parking Permit gives short-term exemptions (up to a month) from timed restrictions for residents on restricted streets, with quotes or receipts as evidence; the page doesn’t mention removalists by name.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip or shipping container on Council land needs a permit applied for by the contractor, at least 48 business hours ahead.
Sources: Skip Bins and Shipping Containers; Obstructions on Council Land; Residential Parking Permits.
City of Whittlesea
- Moving-day parking: Whittlesea doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit.
- Skip bins and containers: Skips need a permit to go on a road (up to 5 days), and a shipping or storage container on the roadway needs a permit and can stay no more than 48 hours.
Sources: City compliance permits.
Wyndham City Council
- Moving-day parking: Wyndham doesn’t publish a moving-day parking permit.
- Skip bins and containers: A skip on a nature strip or road needs a permit held by the supplier (processed within 15 days); on private land, no permit is needed. A roadside storage or shipping container needs a permit from the container’s owner.
Sources: Get a permit for a trade waste, hopper or skip bin; Get a permit for a shipping container.
Yarra City Council
- Moving-day parking: Yarra’s parking bay occupation permit can be used for moving house, for vehicles up to 4.5 tonnes and 7.5 m long. Apply at least 5 business days ahead; it isn’t available in no-stopping, loading or short-term (under 1P) zones and doesn’t reserve a specific bay.
- Skip bins and containers: Shipping containers and storage pods need a separate road occupation permit, and skips on Council land need a permit from a registered skip company (usually issued within 24 hours).
Sources: Parking bay occupation; Skip bins.
Permit questions
Do I need a permit for a removal truck in Melbourne?
It depends on the council and the street. The City of Melbourne, Port Phillip and Yarra publish moving-day permits, and Merri-bek and Darebin service permits cover removalists in timed-parking streets. Most other councils don’t publish one, so check the parking signs and the truck’s size: in Frankston and Hume, large vehicles are limited to an hour in built-up areas (see each council for the size limits).
How much notice does council need for a skip bin on the road?
From 2 days (Monash) to 10 days (Brimbank), and Wyndham says permits are processed within 15 days. In most councils the skip company applies for you, so book the skip early.
Do I need a permit for a skip in my own driveway?
Usually not. Banyule, Glen Eira, Monash and Wyndham say no permit is needed for a skip on your own driveway or private land.
Can I put a storage pod or shipping container on the street?
Often not. Bayside, Greater Dandenong and Moonee Valley don’t allow them on Council land or roads, and Kingston, Yarra, Whittlesea and Wyndham need a permit (Whittlesea allows no more than 48 hours).
When should I book the end of lease clean?
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