Councils help local communities run smoothly. They administer various laws and regulations to help maintain and improve services and facilities for the community. These services include community services, sporting and recreation services, environmental planning, public health, environmental protection and waste collection, treatment and disposal. The rates you pay allow your council to fund these services.

Each council is required to determine the combination of rates, charges, fees and pricing policies needed to fund the services it provides to the community by producing a revenue policy which contains a rating structure that determines which rates and charges you will have to pay and how they will be calculated.

To calculate the ordinary rates to be paid for each property, Council uses the following method:

This calculation method brings the higher and lower values closer together, effectively spreading the rate burden more evenly amoung all ratepayers. The total amount of income that Council can raise from certain rates and charges is limited. This is called rate peg percentage. The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) determines the annual rate peg percentage.

The land value is determined by the Land and Property Information Division of the Department of Finance and Services on behalf of the NSW Valuer General. If you do not agree with the land value of your property you can request a review by the Valuer General either online or by calling 1800 110 038 .

The Valuer General is the independent statutory authority responsible for the overall management of the valuation system and for ensuring the integrity of land valuations. In the Lachlan shire , land revaluations occur every three years.

In January of the three yearly review, Lachlan Shire ratepayers will receive Notice of Valuation from the Valuer General with their updated land valuations. Council uses the updated valuations to calculate the rates from July 1 of the next financial year, without impacting the overall income to council from rates.

If you do not agree with the land value of your property you can request a review by the Valuer General either online or by calling 1800 110 038 .

For more information please visit the website of the Valuer General.

If you are paying in full, refer to your annual rates and charges notice for the applicable due date.

If you are paying by instalments, here are the due dates for payments:

For more information please contact Lachlan Shire Council

58-64 Molong Street

PO Box 216

CONDOBOLIN NSW 2877

Ph: (02) 6895 1900 

Fax: (02) 6895 3478