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Mobile Trading in Esperance - Survey for Local Fixed Businesses

The Shire of Esperance is undertaking a review on Council Policy (POL 0063) Trading in Public Places and Local Government Property and is seeking feedback from local businesses about mobile trading in Esperance.

The survey aims to understand the impacts of mobile trading on 'fixed' businesses ("bricks and mortar"), as well as views on fairness, locations, and operating times. Feedback provided through the survey will help to inform the policy review.

Survey will close May 31st 2026.

This survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Thank you for your time.

Any questions? Please send through to shire@esperance.wa.gov.au

Definitions:

Mobile Trader - a mobile trader is a business selling products or offering services in public open space that operates without a fixed address, commonly from a purpose-built vehicle, and includes mobile food trucks or vans, health screening services, retail traders etc.

Business (CBD) - includes all businesses that trade within the Esperance CBD area, defined by commercial zoning under Local Planning Scheme No. 24.

Fixed business - a business that trades from a fixed location, otherwise referred to as "bricks and mortar".
1.What type is your business?
2.Where is your business located?
3.What is the length of operation at this location?
4.Do you support mobile traders operating on public land? Yes or No. Please outline the reason/s for your position
5.What are the impacts of mobile traders to your business?
6.Of the impacts that you have identified, which impacts are of most concern to you?
7.When do you consider mobile traders to most impact your business? Select all that may apply
8.Do you believe that mobile traders can bring positive impacts to the Esperance Community? We encourage you to identify what these impacts are, such as vibrancy, activation of space, tourism etc.
9.Do you support the application of minimum separation distances between mobile traders and fixed businesses?
10.Would you support mobile traders being allowed to operate only outside the normal trading hours of fixed businesses? For this question, 'normal trading hours' are 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri.
11.Please provide any additional comment relevant to the presence of mobile traders in Esperance