Wollondilly Shire Council

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• Work Experience

  Wollondilly Shire Council provides opportunities to support the community to gain work experience for career development when possible.
  
  We receive a large number of requests for work experience, so our work experience opportunities are aimed mainly at students currently studying.
  
  Work experience opportunities are available in the following areas of Council:
  
  Administration
  Animal Holding Facility
  Building Approvals
  Surveying
  Business Administration
  Child Care
  Civil Construction
  Customer Servic…

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• Wollondilly Development Control Plan

  Development Control Plans (DCP's) provide planning standards and controls to guide new development in Wollondilly. They are relevant to applications for development, e.g. Development Applications and requests to remove trees.
  
  The DCP support planning controls in the Wollondilly Local Environmental Plan 2011.
  
   
  
  Wollondilly Development Control Plan 2016Wollondilly DCP 2016 was first approved by Council on 21 December 2015 and commenced on 20 January 2016.
  
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• Local Planning Panel | Speaking Request

  Speaking Request Form
  If you wish to speak about an item on the Local Planning Panel agenda, you must complete the form below.  Panel members will consider submissions made by objectors and applicants at the meeting.
  
  Applications will be accepted until 12:00pm (noon) the day before the Local Planning Panel meeting.  Speakers have three (3) minutes to address the panel.
  
  By submitting this form, you consent to being recorded and live streamed when addressing the Local Planning Panel.
  
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• Recycle Organic Waste

  Nutrient recycling is the foundation of life. Today's organic waste is tomorrow's lunch, so look after those worms and compost piles.
  
  Much of the journey toward sustainability involves us learning how to replenish nature as effectively as we have plundered her. Hence, establishing and maintaining the "food waste to compost to soil to food to food waste" cycle is both an efficient practice and a glimpse of the cycles we must learn to respect all around us.
  
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• Community Participation Plan

  The Community Participation Plan (CPP) was developed to provide the community with a clear process of how and when Council will engage with the community in relation to proposed development and plan making across the Shire, including mandatory requirements for public exhibition in relation to its planning functions.
  
  The overarching aim of community participation is to gather feedback from the community on key strategic planning documents, planning proposals, and development applications to info…

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• Sheds

  To determine whether approval is required to construct a Shed, first check on the State Environmental Policy (Exempt & Complying Development Codes) 2008 to determine if the work you are proposing is exempt development. 
  
  If you don't satisfy the set criteria, approval is required for the Shed before any work commences on site. It is always best to talk to Council in the early stages of planning to check what the requirements may be as well as checking out our information on the various…

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• Council welcomes national broadband upgrade and calls for investment in Wollondilly’s future

  Welcoming the Federal Government’s announcement of a $4.5 billion investment in better access to ultra-fast broadband, Wollondilly Council has invited the National Broadband Network (NBN Co) to partner with Council and the community to address current and emerging needs in the area.
  
  The investment will see an increasing number of premises able to access high-speed connections with fibre being rolled out deeper into neighbourhoods, closer to homes and businesses. NBN Co has committed to working…

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• Pile Burn Applications

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• Wollondilly Development Control Plan

  Development Control Plans (DCP's) provide planning standards and controls to guide new development in Wollondilly. They are relevant to applications for development, e.g. Development Applications and requests to remove trees.
  
  The DCP support planning controls in the Wollondilly Local Environmental Plan 2011.
  
   
  
  Wollondilly Development Control Plan 2016Wollondilly DCP 2016 was first approved by Council on 21 December 2015 and commenced on 20 January 2016.
  
  Wollondilly Development Control P…

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• Community Participation Plan

  The Community Participation Plan (CPP) was developed to provide the community with a clear process of how and when Council will engage with the community in relation to proposed development and plan making across the Shire, including mandatory requirements for public exhibition in relation to its planning functions.
  
  The overarching aim of community participation is to gather feedback from the community on key strategic planning documents, planning proposals, and development applications to info…

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• MEDIA RELEASE Angus Taylor - Wollondilly to benefit from additional bushfire recovery funding

  Please see below media release issued by Angus Taylor.
  
  Joint Federal and NSW Government disaster funding is being rolled out to Wollondilly Shire Council under Stream 1 of the Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund (BCRRF), which helps councils promote community well-being, social and future disaster resilience.
  
   
  
  Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor said that council would receive a $250,000 payment under BCRRF Stream 1.
  
   
  
  “This funding will allow Wollondilly Shire Council to mana…

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• Development Standards Variation Register

  In order to ensure transparency and integrity in the planning framework, Council maintains an online register of development applications with variations to development standards approved within the Wollondilly Shire Council Local Government Area under Clause 4.6 of the Wollondilly Local Environmental Plan (WLEP) 2011. The register is updated quarterly:
  
  The following development standard contraventions have been approved:
  
  2023
  
  October to December – Nil
  
  July to September – Nil
  
  April to June…

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• Fire Affected Tree Removal

  Fire Affected Tree Removal on Private Land There are several ways to remove fire affected trees on private land.
  
  1. Trees in imminent Danger of FallingIf trees are in imminent danger of falling and causing damage to life or property, the State Emergency Service (SES) should be contacted on 132 500 or engage a qualified arborist. Evidence should be collected in the form of photos and provided to council as soon practical after the danger has been addressed.
  
  2. Tree Removal RequestTree removal r…

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• Improved Duty Planning Services commence today

  Wollondilly Council is introducing an improved Duty Planning service from 1 March 2021, including welcoming customers back to a face to face service following 12 months of restricted contact due to Covid restrictions.
  
  Rather than just reverting back to the old system, Council is introducing improvements that will give customers a range of options when it comes to discussing their Development Applications.
  
  Mayor Robert Khan explained, “Customers have the choice of face to face meetings, call ba…

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• Wollondilly Council calls on Minister Roberts to fix new Airport planning mess so residents can build homes

  Rules banning secondary dwellings introduced by the NSW Department of Planning in some of Wollondilly’s northern villages due to the new Western Sydney airport operations are unfortunately causing heartache and financial pain for some residents.
  
  The changes were brought in suddenly in late 2020 by the Department without any meaningful community consultation, and Council is required to follow them despite its objections to some parts of them.
  
  Mayor Matt Gould said, “Council is advocating strong…

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