Brewarrina Shire employs staff to manage the complexity of planning issues. Council’s Environmental Health and Building staff are available to assist you with planning issues and can be contacted on 02 6830 5100. Links to the subsections of this area are in the navigation bar to the left.
Planning Certificates are administered under the following acts:
Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 Section 149
Local Government Act 1993 Section 603
Local Government Act 1993 Section 735A
Fees for Planning Certificates under the above Acts are as per Council Fees and Charges 2023 – 2024
| Section 10.7 (2) “Zoning” | $62.00 |
| Section 10.7 (5) “Land Restrictions” | $94.00 |
| Request for a Drainage Diagram – (Please note this fee is non-refundable, if there is no drainage diagram on Council record, Council will instead provide a letter indicating information on sewer connections to the allocated land.) | $62.00 |
| Urgent Certificate Provision – additional cost for certificates that are required with under 48 hours-notice | $62.00 |
| Outstanding notice – Section 735A (Loc. Gov. Act.) | $80.00 |
| Outstanding notices Section 121ZP (E P & A Act) | $80.00 |
| Building Certificate for all other buildings: not exceeding 200 sqm | $250.00 |
| Exceeding 200 sqm but not 2000 sqm | $250.00 plus 50 cents per sqm over 200 |
| Exceeding 2000 sqm | $1165 plus 75 cents per sqm over 2000 |
| Additional fee for certificates required with 24 hours-notice | $175.00 per certificate |
| Cancellation of any certificate applications (% retained to cover administration costs) | 10% of application fee |
| Local Government Act Sec 68 (F2 Activity Approval) | $200.00 |
| Local Government Act Sec 68 (D) Approval | $100.00 |
All applications for certificates must be on council’s Planning Certificate Application Form
Committees – Roads and Maritime Services Regional Consultative Committee & Western Regional Weeds Committee
Elected to Council – 2021
Committee – Tourism & Cultural Committee
Elected to Council – 2021
Committees – Murray Darling Association, Big Sky Library, Brewarrina General Cemetery Committee, Water Users & Tourism & Culture Committee.
Elected to Council – 2021
Committees – Aged Care, Brewarrina General Cemetery Committee & Heritage Committee.
Elected to Council – 2008
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Committees- Aged Care Committee, Big Sky Library & Traffic Committee.
Elected to Council – 2008
Committees – Brewarrina General Cemetery, Tourism & Cultural Committee.
Elected to Council 2017
Elected as Mayor 2022
Elected as Deputy Mayor 2020
