Maintenance and capital replacement plans in residential parks

From 7 June 2026, as a park owner, you must have a maintenance and capital replacement plan (MCRP) (DOCX, 70KB) for your residential park.

The Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Amendment Regulation 2026 (the Amendment Regulation) outlines:

  • the detailed requirements and procedures you must follow when preparing an MCRP
  • when parks may be exempt from MCRP requirements
  • transitional arrangements to help home owners and park owners work together to develop a residential park’s MCRP.

Under these transitional arrangements, you must:

  • develop an interim MCRP by 7 June 2026
  • ensure the interim plan covers a period of up to 18 months to the end of 2027
  • establish the framework for consulting with home owners in the development of the first ordinary MCRP.

Exemption criteria

Residential parks don’t need an MCRP if it:

  • has 15 or less manufactured homes sites
  • or
  • is a mixed-use residential park where manufactured homes make up less than 30% of the relevant lots in the park.

When counting the number of relevant lots in a residential park, this includes:

  • sites for manufactured homes
  • land where a caravan is (or may be) positioned
  • land where another type of accommodation (such as holiday rental cabins) is positioned.

Areas used for camping are not included in this number.

If your park was previously exempt and no longer meets these criteria (for example, the number of sites increases to 16 or more), you have 12 months to prepare an MCRP.

Residential parks registered on or after 31 December 2025 have 24 months from their date of registration to develop an MCRP. After this period, an ordinary MCRP which meets regulatory requirements must be in place. You should consult with home owners and prepare your MCRP at least 90 days before the exemption ends.

Planning period for MCRP

MCRPs must plan for different periods of time depending on the type of plan. The planning periods to be covered are:

  • Interim MCRPs: must plan for the period between 7 June 2026 and 31 December 2027.
  • Ordinary MCRPs: must provide a plan for at least 10 years.

Revision of MCRPs

You must regularly review and update your MCRP:

  • Interim MCRPs: must be revised before the end of 31 December 2027. You may choose to align this revision and the commencement date of the first ordinary MCRP as preferred, for example to align with a calendar year or with a financial year.
  • Ordinary MCRPs: must be revised every 2 years following consultation with home owners and the home owners committee (HOC) in the park (where one exists).

Within this time, you may choose when to prepare the first ordinary 10-year MCRP and subsequent 2-yearly revisions.

Items the MCRP must include

Interim and ordinary MCRPs must include a list of major capital items, or category of major capital items, that you are responsible for maintaining.

A capital item is an item which forms part of the park’s common areas or communal facilities. Items may be listed as a category where they are:

  • similar in nature
  • have a similar replacement date.

Capital items (or categories) where their replacement value exceeds $1,000 are considered major and must be included in the MCRP.

Examples of capital items

Capital items may include but are not limited to any of the following items which form part of the common areas or communal facilities in the residential park:

  • lawns, gardens, and other green spaces
  • ramps, lifts, and other accessibility features
  • roads
  • streetlights
  • sporting facilities (including swimming pools)
  • vehicles kept for the benefit of home owners (e.g. golf carts)
  • halls and other social facilities
  • food preparation facilities
  • leisure activities facilities
  • shared amenities (e.g. shower blocks, toilet blocks or laundry facilities)
  • appliances.

Information the MCRP must include

The MCRP must include:

  • any planned maintenance for or replacement of every major capital item (or category) during the relevant period, including
    • how often maintenance will occur
    • expected dates for maintenance
    • estimated maintenance
    • proposed dates or timeframes for replacement
  • a statement about your key priorities for maintenance of capital items (or categories) during the planning period
  • how you plan to carry out day-to-day and other routine maintenance to keep the common areas and communal facilities in a reasonable state of cleanliness and repair during the planning period, including (but not limited to)
    • the standard of cleanliness to be maintained
    • how the day-to-day and other routine maintenance will be carried out
    • expected timeframes for unplanned maintenance required to ensure common areas and communal facilities are fit for purpose.

For example, the MCRP might specify:

  • how often lawns are mowed, community halls are cleaned, or are hedges trimmed
  • the timeframes for blown lightbulbs in common areas to be replaced once you are notified.

Consultation requirements for ordinary MCRPs

Before each revision of your MCRP, you must:

  • issue a notice at least 3 months before the plan is prepared or revised to home owners and the HOC (where one exists) inviting input into the next MCRP
  • give recipients a minimum of 28 days to provide input
  • post a copy of the notice on the residential park’s noticeboard for a minimum of 28 days.

The notice must seek input on:

  • capital items that should be included in the MCRP
  • capital items that should be prioritised for maintenance during the next 10 years
  • any safety concerns about the common areas or communal facilities
  • the state of cleanliness and repair of the common areas and communal facilities in the park, including the standards of cleanliness that should be maintained.

The notice must also state:

  • the submission due date
  • where the hard copy of the MCRP is located for home owners to view free of charge
  • that home owners may request a copy of the MCRP in writing along with details of any fee you may charge for providing it.

You are required to consider submissions received from home owners and HOCs when you revise your MCRP.

An Ordinary MCRP notice (DOCX, 48KB) is available for your use.

Transitional arrangements for consultation

Transitional arrangements provide for a longer consultation process in the period between the interim MCRP and the first ordinary MCRP.

You must provide a notice to all home owners and the HOC (where one exists) within 28 days of the interim MCRP being prepared.

A copy of this notice must also be placed on the residential park’s noticeboard for a minimum of 28 days.

The notice must include the following information:

  • under the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 (the Act), section 86B, the park owner must ensure a MCRP is prepared and kept for the residential park
  • the MCRP for a residential park includes information about the park owner's long-term priorities for maintaining the common areas and communal facilities in the residential park
  • the MCRP prepared for the residential park is an interim plan that includes information relating to the period ending on 31 December 2027
  • the MCRP must be revised to include information that relates to a period of 10 years from 1 January 2028 (or earlier if the park owner chooses)
  • under the Act, the park owner must consult home owners and the HOC (where one exists) to seek submissions about the matters mentioned in section 16(2)(a)(i) to (iv)
  • each home owner, and the HOC (where one exists), may make a written submission to the park owner about the matters mentioned in section 16(2)(a)(i) to (iv)
  • at least 90 days before the MCRP is first revised under section 86B(2)(c) of the Act, a further notice stating the due date any further written submissions must be made by will be given to the home owners and the HOC (where one exists)
  • a hard copy of the MCRP is available for home owners to view free of charge, and where in the residential park it is located
  • a home owner may request a copy of the MCRP in writing, along with details of any fee the park owner may charge for providing it.

At least 3 months before the MCRP is revised, a second notice which meets the Ordinary MCRP notice requirements must be sent to home owners and the HOC (where one exists).

During the transitional period, consultation remains open from the date the first notice is sent to home owners, until the end date specified in this second notice.

An Interim MCRP notice (DOCX, 47KB) is available for your use.

Notifying home owners when an MCRP is prepared or revised

When an MCRP has been prepared (or revised), you must post a notice on the residential park’s noticeboard for at least 3 months.

This notice must include the following information:

  • the MCRP has been prepared (or revised) under section 86B(2)(c) of the Act
  • where home owners can view a hard copy of the MCRP within the park free of charge
  • that home owners may ask you, in writing, for a copy of the plan, along with details of any fee you may charge for providing it.

A MCRP noticeboard template (DOCX, 49KB) is available for your use.

Who needs a copy of the MCRP

When a MCRP has been prepared, or revised, or when there is otherwise a material change to the plan, a copy must be provided within 28 days to:

  • the HOC (where one exists)
  • regulatory services at the Department of Housing and Public Works

Requirement to keep a hard copy of the MCRP

A hard copy of the MCRP must be kept in the office of the park owner or manager, or another suitable place, and be available for viewing by home owners. You cannot charge home owners to view the hard copy MCRP.

Timeframes and costs for copies of the MCRP

A copy of the MCRP must be provided to the home owner within 7 days of the request being made.

Individual home owners can receive 1 digital copy of each revision of a MCRP free of charge. If the same home owner requests further digital copies of the same MCRP, park owners may charge a maximum fee of $5.

You may charge a maximum fee of $0.70 per page to provide printed copies of the MRCP to home owners.

Complying with an MCRP

You must take reasonable steps to comply with the MCRP.