Rates

If you wish to pay your rates in full they need to be paid by 31st August.

If you wish to pay by quarterly instalments they are due as follows;

·                         1st instalment            31st August

·                         2nd instalment           30 November

·                         3rd instalment            28 February

·                         4th instalment            31 May

The due dates and the amounts payable for each instalment are shown on your Rates Notice. We will send you an instalment notice for the second, third and a fourth instalment at least one month before payment is due. Please ensure your payment reaches us by the due date shown on your notice.

If your annual or quarterly payment is not paid in full by the due date, interest is payable on the amount overdue.

Interest is calculated on all overdue rates and charges at the rate shown on your rate notice.

Leichhardt Council provides a range of day-to-day services for the local community and is responsible for issues that affect our daily lives.

These services include:

• Recreation facilities such as public swimming pools and sporting fields
• Provision of libraries and community facilities
• Provision of parks & open space for the benefit of the area
• Maintenance of lawns, gardens and nature strips
• Services for specific groups in the community such as children, young people, older people, people with disabilities, indigenous people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Infrastructure such as local roads, buildings, drainage, bridges, boat ramps, public toilets and picnic areas
• Environmental planning and pollution control
• Regulation and inspections to ensure fire safety and building standards are met
• Public health and waste education
• Waste management, including recycling services
• Street cleansing and clearing of litter
• Strategic planning and planning control of traffic movement, sign posting, safety and transport integration
• Provision of street lighting
• Provision of bus shelters and other public seating
• Health inspections of food premises
• Dog, cat & pest control for the amenity of the area
• Provision of parking areas and control of illegal parking
• Planning and development services
• Provision of emergency services, safety and security

R   Ratepayers who are eligible pensioners may be entitled to a rebate on their rates and domestic waste charges up to a maximum of $250.

C    In addition Council rebates the domestic waste management charge and the stormwater management service charge to pensioners who have continuously been ratepayer/residents of the Municipality of Leichhardt for 10 years or more.

    You may be an eligible pensioner for the rebate if:

• You are liable (either solely or jointly) for the rates on the property.
• The property is your sole or principal residence. 
•   You hold a current pensioner concession card issued by either Centrelink or the Department of Veteran's Affairs.
•  Pensioner Concession Application Form (30.87kB)

If you have changed your name by Deed Poll or by marriage you must contact the office of the Land and Property Information (LPI) NSW - http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/about_us/faqs/changing_my_name_on_my_title.

The LPI will require a copy of all supporting documentation to process the alterations to your name. The LPI will alter the title deeds and notify Council of the change.

The Independant Pricing & Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) of NSW each year advises of the maximum percentage by which Councils are permitted to increase their total rate income. For 2011/12 the approved maximum increase is 2.8%, which has been incorporated in the 2011/12 budget.

Interest on overdue rates and charges will be at the approved rate of interest of 9% pa.

Rates are calculated on land valuations provided by the Valuer General with a base date of 1/7/2008.