Use this form to apply for a road licence, which will give you the right to exclusive occupation of a temporarily closed road, within the conditions of the licence.
Lodging this application costs fee 33911 per title reference. Application fees are non-refundable.
The content on this page may help you decide if this application form applies to you and your needs. It will also help guide you through the application process. For detailed information and to ensure you complete the correct application form, we encourage you to arrange a pre-lodgement meeting and refer to the Land Act 1994. Contact your nearest business centre to arrange a meeting.
Are you from a local government or the Department of Transport and Main Roads and you're the road manager (or applying on their behalf)?
Use the button at the base of the page to acknowledge you have understood and this will allow you to access the application form.
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Adjoining owner
You can apply for a road licence if you’re an adjoining owner. This means that you're the registered owner of the property that shares common boundary with the road.
You can apply for the area of road that immediately adjoins the property boundary, but not any part of the road that continues in either direction beyond the property boundary.
You can’t apply if you only have limited frontage to the road. You’re not considered an adjoining owner if the road is a ‘dead end’, and the property boundary only adjoins on the end and doesn’t extend along the road.
If you’re not an adjoining owner, you can apply for a road licence to make structural improvements for:
irrigation pipes that cross the road beneath its surface
irrigation water channels that cross the road.
If we refused an earlier application and the reasons for the refusal have not changed, your application may not be considered.
Important information
If you are not from the local government or the Department of Transport and Main Roads
Scroll back to the top of this guide page and select "No" to the question "Are you from a local government or the Department of Transport and Main Roads...?
Road licences can only be issued over roads that have been temporarily closed. To find out if a road has been temporarily closed, contact one of our business centres. If the road has not been closed, you will need to apply for a road closure.
A road licence cannot be mortgaged, subleased or subdivided. It can be transferred with the consent of Department of Resources, or voluntarily surrendered.
Road licences may be cancelled at short notice, generally 3 months, with no compensation.
Local governments may choose to rate a road licence. Check with your local government for more information.
You can apply either:
online
by printing and completing PDF application forms.
Online applications
To submit your online application, you will need:
a drawing (minimum size A4) that includes:
the general location, including your land
the area of road to be closed
lot on plan information
a north point
scale
dimensions.
You, or a legal practitioner on your behalf, must electronically sign the application. It will then automatically be lodged through the online process.
Within the online application, there is a help guide to assist you to complete your application.
PDF applications
To submit your PDF application, you’ll need:
Road licence (PDF) application form
Contact and land details (online or PDF) application form
a drawing (minimum size A4) that includes:
general location, including your land
area of road to be closed
lot on plan information
a north point
scale
dimensions.
Once completed, submit your PDF application forms by:
post to Department of Resources, PO Box 5318, Townsville QLD 4810.
Lodging this application costs fee 33911 per title reference. Application fees are non-refundable.
You can pay your application fee:
via credit card over the phone - a departmental officer will contact you to organise the payment
via cheque by post. Cheques should be made out to the 'Department of Resources' and marked 'not negotiable'.
We'll send you a receipt once we've established that your application meets all requirements.
We will assess your application against legislative requirements. We will seek the views of other stakeholders (e.g. state, regional and local agencies) and inspect the land if required.
We'll consider the relevant policies and legislation:
Our review will also include an assessment of whether native title issues need to be addressed, and how this should be done. Depending on the outcome, you may be required to address native titles issues as a condition of the offer.
Once we have received the advice of other stakeholders and all issues have been investigated, we will send you a written notice of the decision. Your application may be:
approved
approved over a reduced area (approved in part)
refused.
If approved, a written offer will set out the various conditions and requirements. You must complete the acceptance form and return it to us by the date specified or the offer will lapse.
The conditions may include:
paying the first year's rent
lodging a plan of survey, if needed
paying all regulatory fees and charges.
Once you have met all requirements and conditions of the offer, we will issue the new tenure in your name.
Information on this form, and any attachments, is being collected to process and assess your application under section 103 of the Land Act 1994. The consideration of your application may involve consultation, and if so details of your application may be disclosed to third parties. They will not be otherwise disclosed outside the department unless required or authorised by law.
We may wish to contact you to seek your views on our service, to advise you of any legislative changes that might affect you, or to seek your participation in surveys or programs relevant to your application type. Any participation will be voluntary and you can email stateland@resources.qld.gov.au if you don't want the department to contact you.
We may also compile or analyse statistics and conduct research. Any findings we publish won't include identifying personal information.
Under the Right to Information Act 2009, interested parties may seek access to our records and view relevant documents.
Contact the road manager to discuss your application before you complete this form.
Make sure they provide an email address so we can send them the LA30 – Statement in relation to an application under the Land Act 1994 over State Land (LA30 statement).
To access the application form
Please read the information below.
Use the button at the base of the page to acknowledge you have understood and this will allow you to access the application form.
|
Adjoining owner
You can apply for a road licence if you’re an adjoining owner. This means that you're the registered owner of the property that shares common boundary with the road.
You can apply for the area of road that immediately adjoins the property boundary, but not any part of the road that continues in either direction beyond the property boundary.
You can’t apply if you only have limited frontage to the road. You’re not considered an adjoining owner if the road is a ‘dead end’, and the property boundary only adjoins on the end and doesn’t extend along the road.
If you’re not an adjoining owner, you can apply for a road licence to make structural improvements for:
irrigation pipes that cross the road beneath its surface
irrigation water channels that cross the road.
If we refused an earlier application and the reasons for the refusal have not changed, your application may not be considered.
Important information
Before we can assess your application, the relevant road manager must complete an LA30 – Statement in relation to an application under the Land Act 1994 over State Land (LA30 statement) .
Contact the road manager to discuss your application before you complete this form. Make sure they provide an email address so the department can send them the LA30 statement.
Road licences can only be issued over roads that have been temporarily closed. To find out if a road has been temporarily closed, contact one of our business centres. If the road has not been closed, you will need to apply for a road closure.
A road licence cannot be mortgaged, subleased or subdivided. It can be transferred with the consent of Department of Resources, or voluntarily surrendered.
Road licences may be cancelled at short notice, generally 3 months, with no compensation.
Local governments may choose to rate a road licence. Check with your local government for more information.
You can apply either:
online
by printing and completing PDF application forms.
Online applications
To submit your online application, you will need:
a drawing (minimum size A4) that includes:
the general location, including your land
the area of road to be closed
lot on plan information
a north point
scale
dimensions.
You, or a legal practitioner on your behalf, must electronically sign the application. It will then automatically be lodged through the online process.
Within the online application, there is a help guide to assist you to complete your application.
PDF applications
To submit your PDF application, you’ll need:
Road licence (PDF) application form
Contact and land details (online or PDF) application form
a drawing (minimum size A4) that includes:
general location, including your land
area of road to be closed
lot on plan information
a north point
scale
dimensions.
Once completed, submit your PDF application forms by:
post to Department of Resources, PO Box 5318, Townsville QLD 4810.
Lodging this application costs fee 33911 per title reference. Application fees are non-refundable.
You can pay your application fee:
via credit card over the phone - a departmental officer will contact you to organise the payment
via cheque by post. Cheques should be made out to the 'Department of Resources' and marked 'not negotiable'.
We'll send you a receipt once we've established that your application meets all requirements.
We will assess your application against legislative requirements. We will seek the views of other stakeholders (e.g. state, regional and local agencies) and inspect the land if required.
We'll consider the relevant policies and legislation:
Our review will also include an assessment of whether native title issues need to be addressed, and how this should be done. Depending on the outcome, you may be required to address native titles issues as a condition of the offer.
Once we have received the advice of other stakeholders and all issues have been investigated, we will send you a written notice of the decision. Your application may be:
approved
approved over a reduced area (approved in part)
refused.
If approved, a written offer will set out the various conditions and requirements. You must complete the acceptance form and return it to us by the date specified or the offer will lapse.
The conditions may include:
paying the first year's rent
lodging a plan of survey, if needed
paying all regulatory fees and charges.
Once you have met all requirements and conditions of the offer, we will issue the new tenure in your name.
Information on this form, and any attachments, is being collected to process and assess your application under section 103 of the Land Act 1994. The consideration of your application may involve consultation, and if so details of your application may be disclosed to third parties. They will not be otherwise disclosed outside the department unless required or authorised by law.
We may wish to contact you to seek your views on our service, to advise you of any legislative changes that might affect you, or to seek your participation in surveys or programs relevant to your application type. Any participation will be voluntary and you can email stateland@resources.qld.gov.au if you don't want the department to contact you.
We may also compile or analyse statistics and conduct research. Any findings we publish won't include identifying personal information.
Under the Right to Information Act 2009, interested parties may seek access to our records and view relevant documents.
