Wollondilly Shire Council

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• Plans for Wilton Town Centre on Public Exhibition – Have Your Say

  Wollondilly Council has welcomed the NSW Government’s release of the planning package for the Wilton Town Centre for public comment and called on community members to have their say on the plan for the area.
  
  The plan outlines how critical infrastructure will be delivered for the new Wilton Town Centre and goes on public exhibition today for a period of six weeks. The package outlines that the proposed precinct rezoning will deliver:
  
  a major retail and commercial centre to provide jobs and serv…

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• ROADS MANAGEMENT AUDIT SHOWS WOLLONDILLY COUNCIL SYSTEMS ARE UP TO THE CHALLENGE

  Wollondilly Shire Council has welcomed the findings of a performance audit on road asset management in local government published last week, with the positive results highlighting the strong performance of Council in this area.
  
   
  
  Roads have consistently been identified as the highest priority for the Wollondilly community, with Council working incredibly hard in recent years to improve the management of the Shire’s road assets and condition of the local road network.
  
   
  
  The NSW Audit Office h…

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• DUDLEY CHESHAM MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING - NOW COMPLETE

  The multi-million dollar Dudley Chesham Multipurpose Building and grandstand at The Oaks has been completed and is ready to welcome the community.
  
   
  
  On Monday 17 March, Mayor Matt Gould along with Greg Warren MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Western Sydney representing the NSW Premier, Judy Hannan MP, Deputy Mayor Matthew Deeth, Councillors Hilton Gibbs, Suzy Brandstater, Ally Dench, Patricia Hill and Jacqueline Jensen proudly cut the ribbon alongside community members. Councillor Gibbs and Gr…

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• Onsite Sewage/Septic

  More than half of Wollondilly’s population lives in rural and rural-residential areas, where Sydney Water’s sewer system is unavailable. As such, there are over 8000 on-site sewage management systems installed in the Shire.
  
  Most of these systems are septic tanks and aerated wastewater treatment systems (AWTS). Other types of systems include pump-outs, mounds, reed beds, sand filters, biological filtration systems and wet composting units.
  
  Septic Tanks provide anaerobic (‘without oxygen’) treat…

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• Wollondilly’s Community Grants Program Opens for 2025

  Wollondilly Shire Council’s community grants program is now open for online applications, offering grants to local community groups, charities, sporting groups and not for profit organisations.
  
  The program provides funding towards projects, events and equipment purchases to support community organisations and groups operating within the Wollondilly Local Government Area, for the benefit of local residents.
  
  Wollondilly Mayor Matt Gould has encouraged local community groups to check their eligib…

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• Health in Planning

  About Health in Planning
  Wollondilly is committed to the health and wellbeing of residents, workers and visitors. Council recognises that health is an overall state of wellbeing rather than just the absence of disease or injury, and that planning and the built environment can have a huge impact on health. As well as environmental factors such as air quality, heat and noise, social factors play a significant role in our health. These factors are called the social determinants of health, and inclu…

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• Onsite Sewage/Septic

  More than half of Wollondilly’s population lives in rural and rural-residential areas, where Sydney Water’s sewer system is unavailable. As such, there are over 8000 on-site sewage management systems installed in the Shire.
  
  Most of these systems are septic tanks and aerated wastewater treatment systems (AWTS). Other types of systems include pump-outs, mounds, reed beds, sand filters, biological filtration systems and wet composting units.
  
  Septic Tanks provide anaerobic (‘without oxygen’) treat…

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• PUBLIC EXHIBITION - February 2025 Applications Approved

   
  
  February 2025 Applications Approved
  
  Applications Approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.59 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and Clause 97 of the Regulation, Notification is given that the undermentioned developments have recently been granted. Any public submissions received were carefully considered by Wollondilly Shire Council as part of the assessment of the subject application. Details of the applications and a copy of the consent together with any condit…

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• Bush Fire Prone Land

  Is Your Property Bush Fire Prone?Are you planning on building or adding an extension to your property? Check out the Wollondilly Bush Fire Prone Land Map to see if your property might be classified as bush fire prone.  If it is, you may be required to undertake bush fire protection measures for new building works.Recent changes to the Rural Fires Act 1997 mean that your property may be identified on the map as Bush Fire Prone Land, even if it wasn’t before.Search the map, find out more informati…

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• Improved bookings and sportsground operations, as well as improved community engagement under new management model

  Council has moved to update its management model for sportsgrounds and Council facilities; improving community involvement in future planning, easing the burden on volunteers and streamlining the customer experience for users.
  
   
  
  Under the changes agreed at Tuesday’s Council meeting, sportsground committees will now transition to Sportsground Volunteer Engagement Forums in consultation with the current committees, with the day to day management and bookings of the facilities to be looked after…

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• Buy Local and Seasonal Food

  Locally produced food grown in sync with the seasons is fresher and requires less energy to produce and transport to you.
  
  Eating local and seasonal food supports local producers and the production of crops that are appropriate to our environment. It alleviates the reliance on long-distance transport and refrigeration of foods that are grown thousands of kilometres away. Foods grown in sync with the seasons are more in tune with our intuitive nutritional needs; after all, who wants a cucumber sa…

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• COUNCIL SUPPORTS CALLS FOR EXTENSION OF METRO RAIL LINE TO CONNECT MACARTHUR REGION TO NEW AIRPORT AND MACARTHUR-KEMBLA LINK

  Wollondilly Shire Council has put its support behind the Western Sydney Dialogue group campaign to delay the potential extension of the Metro West rail line to the inner city and focus instead on building missing connections to Sydney’s south-west and north-west areas in the 2030s.
  
   
  
  Mayor Matt Gould said that Wollondilly had been calling for this important rail connection for many years, strongly supported by the eight Councils of The Parks - Sydney’s Western Parkland Councils and particularl…

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• Reduce and Offset Car Emissions

  A litre of petrol produces about 2.3 kilograms of greenhouse gases and vehicles produce more than half our air pollution. So let's use less to offset the emissions we can't avoid.
  
  Our cities and society are built around car travel, yet the cars we drive require a lot of resources to produce and maintain, and the fuels we use are destroying the environment. As responsible, informed people we must "own" our personal contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and work to address…

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• $1.5 billion in local infrastructure for Appin a step closer as IPART releases draft assessment of Appin Contributions Plan

  Council has welcomed the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) draft assessment of the Appin Contributions Plan which was released yesterday for public comment. 
  
   
  
  Council’s draft Appin Contributions Plan (Plan) meets 28 of 35 assessment criteria. 
  
   
  
  Mayor Matt Gould said, “This is good news for Council and the community. It’s a plan to provide $1.5 billion of vital local infrastructure, such as new parks, community facilities, local roads, cycleways and stormwater management…

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• $1.36 Billion in local infrastructure for Appin announced as IPART releases final report on Appin Contributions Plan

  Wollondilly Shire Council has welcomed the release of the final assessment from the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) on its Appin Contributions Plan.
  
   
  
  IPART found that all the infrastructure included in the draft Appin Contributions Plan is essential and reasonable and that community liaison occurred in the preparation of the plan, which meets 27 out of 35 assessment criteria.
  
   
  
  Mayor Matt Gould said, “This report validates Council’s position that a lot of new infrastruct…

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