Please note our online payments portal (rates and invoice payments) is offline over the Christmas break. Payments can be made using the BPAY option on the bottom of your invoice or rates notice. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Some of Council's facilities will be closed or have different opening times over the summer holiday period, including our administration building which will close at 3pm on 24 December and reopen at 8.45am on 2 January.
Development standards are found in:
They provide a framework of limitations for various aspects of development within an area including:
Every quarter, Council is required to report cases where determined Development Applications result in a variation to a development standard to the Department of Planning NSW.
A variation to a development standard may happen after a Development Application is assessed under the Kiama Local Environmental Plan (Part 4.6).
By reporting variations to development standards, it allows Council and the Department of Planning NSW to consider whether development standards are appropriate, or whether changes are needed.
Variations to developments standards are located on the Department of Planning's website.