Background Information

This Draft Farmland Rating Policy is designed to create a clear, fair, and consistent framework for how land is categorised as 'farmland' for rating purposes within the Wingecarribee shire.

Core objectives of the policy include:

  • Providing straightforward guidelines and a specific criteria that will be used to assess whether a property qualifies as farmland
  • A standardised assessment process to ensure that all applications for farmland categorisation are evaluated fairly and consistently, regardless of who submits them
  • A commitment to efficient, consistent, and fair governance. We want to build trust within our community by ensuring that rating decisions are made in a transparent and accountable manner

In response to valuable feedback gathered during the initial exhibition period in 2024, the Draft Farmland Rating Policy has undergone revisions. To ensure continued transparency and to allow for further community input, the updated policy is now being placed back on public exhibition. We encourage you to review the changes and provide your feedback during the public exhibition period of Friday 21 March – Tuesday 22 April 2025.

Viewing the Policy

The Draft Volunteer Management Policy and associated documentation may be viewed:

  1. Document Library on this page
  2. Council’s Customer Service Counter, Civic Centre, 68 Elizabeth Street, Moss Vale NSW 2577, between 8.30am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday
  3. Councils Libraries

Exhibition Period

The Draft Farmland Rating Policy is now on public exhibition for a minimum period of 28 days from 8.30am Friday 21 March until 4.30pm Tuesday 22 April 2025.

Providing Feedback

  1. Submission Form (below)
  2. Emailed to mail@wsc.nsw.gov.au with the email subject title Draft Farmland Rating Policy
  3. Hand delivered to Council's Civic Centre at 68 Elizabeth Street, Moss Vale NSW 2577
  4. Posted to Wingecarribee Shire Council, PO Box 141, Moss Vale NSW 2577

Only written submissions will be considered and these must be received by Council before Tuesday 22 April 2025. Please note that any submissions received may be included in the final report to Council.

Your feedback is a way for you to share your thoughts and ideas on a particular issue or project. The goal is to make sure your voice and the community’s voices are heard and considered. It helps provide valuable insights, identify potential issues and suggest improvements. This way, decisions can be more inclusive, transparent and effective, reflecting what you and the community really needs and wants.

Responses to engagement projects are compiled and considered. When projects are reported to Council to make a decision a summary of community feedback will be included. Updates on projects will be included in these pages and elsewhere on Council's website.

Sometimes it takes some months to provide feedback to the community and to make a decision as further investigation is often needed. We are listening and we do take your suggestions on board!

Next Steps

Submissions received will be reviewed and a final report will be developed for adoption by Council. For updates please follow and subscribe to this page.