Vendors operating on council land

Vendors are businesses that operate from either private or public areas e.g. food trucks or flower stalls. Areas that are considered public and require our approval, include parks and roadside vending. To operate as a vendor in the Toowoomba Region you are required to have the correct licencing for your business. This licencing is accepted throughout Queensland.

Depending on the location site of the vendor operation, we have two different application processes:

  1. Operating on a Council controlled area - roadside or carpark.
  2. Operating from a pre-approved location in a Council park.

Operating as a vendor on Council controlled area - roadside or carpark

Vendors can apply to operate on Council roadsides and carparks under the mobile roadside vending clause in Subordinate Local Law No. 1.2 (Commercial Use of Local Government Controlled Areas and Roads) 2020,(PDF, 317KB) subject to some restrictions.

Application process

For information about applying for and completing an application for a Local Law permit, please refer to Undertaking commercial and/or community activities.

Local law approval information guide

The Local law approval information guide(PDF, 1MB) provides an overview of what approvals or bookings an activity may require.

Fees and charges

View our prescribed activity approval fees.

Operating as a vendor from a pre-approved location in a Council park

We permit a limited number of mobile or temporary vendors to operate in designated parks on weekdays and weekends, subject to conditions. Vendors must submit an expression of interest for the opportunity to operate in these parks, with applications opening each June.

Vendors may be considered to operate at the following pack facilities, with only one permit accepted per site.

Park facility details Availability
Our website is updated as availability changes throughout the year.
Kearney's Spring carpark
Conditions: N/A		 Available
Middle Ridge Park carpark Conditions: Weekdays until 3pm
 Available
Newtown Park carpark
Conditions: Sunday & Monday until 6pm		 Available
Queens Park off-street carpark - northern site
Conditions: N/A		 Unavailable
Queens Park off-street carpark - southern site
Conditions: N/A		 Unavailable
Queens Park internal vendor site
Conditions: Conditions to be advised during application process		 Available
Nell E Robinson Park carpark
Conditions: Weekdays until 3pm, Sundays (to be advised)		 Available
Captain Cook Sporting Reserve carpark
Conditions: Weekdays until 3pm		 Unavailable
Peacehaven Botanical Gardens carpark
Conditions: Any day between 6am - 6pm		 Available
Federation Park carpark
Conditions: Any day between 6am - 6pm		 Available
Cooby Dam - Loveday Cove, picnic area & boat ramp
Conditions: Any day (as per seasonal opening and closing times)		 Available
Cressbrook Dam - Day use area & boat ramp
Conditions: Any day (as per seasonal opening and closing times)		 Available
Bullockys Rest carpark
Conditions: Any day between 6am - 6pm		 Available
Back Creek Park carpark
Conditions: Any day between 6am - 6pm		 Available

Application process

Customers are required to check park availability above and complete the expression of interest form. Once received, our Parks and Recreation Services team will email you an application package.

Fees and charges

View our vendor fees.

Related information

Applying for a mobile food business licence

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