Postponement of rates
Postponed rates are part of your normal rate calculation however they are kept in a suspense account separate to your rate account. This means that the amount of rates you actually pay each year is reduced. The rates postponed accrue on a year to year basis and attract interest charges. Upon reaching the sixth year Council will write off the first years rates postponed together with interest charged. Council will do this every year. This means that at any one time you will only have five years rates postponed plus applicable interest charges. An application is required each year if postponement of rates is sought.
Any change to the residential or rural status such as demolition of a house for redevelopment, subdivision or usage change to business or commercial must be notified to Council within one (1) month. Should any changes occur, you will be required to pay the postponed rates and interest held in the postponed account.
"Local Government Act 1993 - Section 585 Who may apply for postponement of rates?" is listed below.
Ensure that you read the information prior to submitting your application.
Online application form
Postponement of rates application - printable version(PDF, 60KB)
Local Government Act 1993
585 Who may apply for postponement of rates?
The rateable person for land described in any of the following paragraphs may apply to the council for a postponement of rates payable for the land in the current or following rating year (or in both years):
(a) a parcel of land on which there is a single dwelling house used or occupied as such and which is zoned or otherwise designated for use under an environmental planning instrument for the purposes of industry, commerce or the erection of residential flat buildings, not being land referred to in paragraph (b) or (c);
(b) a parcel of land (which may comprise one or more lots or portions in a current plan) on which there is a single dwelling house used or occupied as such and which is zoned or otherwise designated under an environmental planning instrument so as to permit its subdivision for residential purposes, not being land referred to in paragraph (c);
(c) a parcel of rural land (which may comprise one or more lots or portions in a current plan) which is zoned or otherwise designated under an environmental planning instrument so as to permit its use otherwise than as rural land, or its subdivision into two or more lots or portions, one or more of which has an area of less than 40 hectares.
Application form