Lawyer Matt Sherwell told a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing this morning it was council's view that property owners Les and Melinda Paxton required a permit to keep the pigs on the property.

The Courier understands more than 30 pigs are being kept on the farm.

''Our view is that those pigs are intensive animal husbandry and require planning permission, and are contributing to the condition of the land,'' Mr Sherwell said.

Today's revelation comes after allegations the Paxton's were keeping up to 59 dogs in squalid conditions on the Marshalls Rd farm.

Last week, Moorabool Shire Council successfully applied to VCAT for an interim enforcement order restricting the number of dogs allowed on the property to just five.

A second hearing to decide what to do with the structures the dogs had been held in was scheduled for today, but was adjourned to April 22.

The Paxton's lawyer Greg Tobin requested the adjournment, saying he needed more time to prepare for the case.

More to come.