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      • Public exhibition: water charges for racing facilities
      • Notice of Proposed Road Closure - Part of Walter Pye Avenue, Scone
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  • Contact

Contact Council

02 6540 1100
council@upperhunter.nsw.gov.au

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A-Z Application Forms

ACCESS TO INFORMATION
  • Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Informal Access Application Form

  • Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Formal Access Application Form
  • Statutory Declaration Oaths Act 1900 NSW Ninth Schedule Request for personal Information - Other Purposes
  • Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Open Access - Development Application Retrieval Form

  • Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 - Application Form
    Personal Information Retained (Section 13)
    Access to Personal Information (Section 14)
    Alteration of Personal Information (Section 15)

  • Dividing Fences Act 1991 - Adjoining Property Owners Details Application Form

ANIMALS & PETS

  • Change of Address Notice
  • Change of Owner/Details
  • Lifetime Registration
  • Barking Dog Complaint

 

ASSISTED HOUSING

  • Merriwa Independent Living Unit Application
  • Merriwa Low Income Housing Application
  • Liverpool Lodge, Murrurundi Application 


AUSTRALIA DAY

  • Murrurundi Australia Day Working Party Parade Entry Form - 26 January 2019


BUILDING, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

  • Approval to Carry out an Activity
  • Building Certificate

  • Development Approval, Complying Development, Construction Certificate & Modification
  • Existing Holdings Search for Building Entitlement

  • Fire Safety Certificate

  • Annual and Supplementary Fire Safety Statement

  • Flood Risk Certificate

  • Multiple Certificate Application - Drainage Diagram, 603, 149 (2) & (5), 121ZP, 735A, Swimming Pool, On Site Sewer Management System Certificates, Flood Risk, and existing holdings search
  • Occupation Certificate

  • On-site Sewage Management System Compliance Certificate

  • On-site Sewage Management System

  • Performance Certification Work - PCA Agreement
  • Plumbing & Drainage Notice of Work & Certificate of Compliance - PDF 367KB
  • Political Donations & Gifts Disclosure Statement - PDF 62KB
  • Rainwater Tank Rebate
  • Sewer Service Diagram Template - PDF 85KB
  • Statement of Environmental Effects - Minor Development
  • State Environmental Planning Policy No. 1 variation
  • Subdivision Certificate
  • Swimming Pool Compliance Certificate
  • Water Connection - PDF 133KB

CEMETERIES

  • Burial permit
  • Reservation of a grave or niche
  • Permit to carry out monument or headstone construction, repairs or restoration work
  • Request for permission to use the service badge (from Department of Veterans Affairs website)


CHILDCARE

  • Before and After School Care Booking
  • Before and After School Care Change of Booking
  • Children's Services Registration Form (ELC, FDC, SOOSH)
  • Vacation Care Booking
  • Vacation Care Change of Booking

 

COMMITTEE DELEGATES

  • S355 Committee Nomination

 

COMMUNITY BUS (MERRIWA ONLY)

  • Booking form - PDF 27KB

 

COMMUNITY DIRECTORY

  • Application for Inclusion in Web-based Community Directory - PDF 82KB

 

COMMUNITY GRANTS

  • Cultural Activity Grants
  • National Introducer Program Application
  • CBD Shopfront Assistance Fund Guidelines & Application Form - PDF 185KB

 

CUSTOMER REQUEST MANAGEMENT

  • Customer Request Management Form

 

EMPLOYMENT

  • Work Experience Application

 

FUNDRAISING

  • Fundraising Application - PDF 47KB

 

HERITAGE

  • Local Heritage Assistance Fund Application

 

HOST SERVICES

  • Home Hosting Supplier Registration
  • Home Hosting Customer Information Pack & Registration
  • New Residents Registration
 

PUBLIC HEALTH

  • Food Premises Notification Details - PDF 76KB


PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

  • Request to address Council or Committee Meetings

RATES, WATER & DEBTORS

  • Application to have Land Categorised as Farmland 
  • Change of Address
  • Direct Debit Application
  • Direct Debit Cancellation
  • Drainage Diagram
  • Pensioner Concession Application
  • 121ZP Certificate as to Orders under EPA & A Act 1979
  • 603 Rating Certificate
  • 735A Certificate as to Notices under the LG Act 1993
  • Water Meter Reading Certificate
  • Hardship Interest Relief Application

 

ROADS & BRIDGES

  • Grids, Ramps, Public Gates & Motor By-Passes Application
  • Roadside Grazing Application
  • Rural Road Number Application


SEWER

  • Liquid Trade Waste Application - Category 1 - PDF 140KB
  • Liquid Trade Waste Application - Category 2 & 3 - PDF 166KB


SPORTING FACILITIES \ RESERVES \ PARKS

  • Application for Sporting Facilities, Reserves, Parks
  • White Park Equine Complex Booking Enquiry Form
  • Sport4U Funding Application


UPPER HUNTER & KIA-ORA MUSIC CAMP

  • Enrolment Form 2019

VENUE HIRE

  • Old Court Theatre - Application and Conditions of Hire - 201718 - PDF 97kb


WASTE SERVICES

  • Kerbside General Waste & Recycling Collection Service Application - PDF 496kb


WATER SERVICES

  • Downsize or Disconnect Water Meter Services
  • Metered Standpipe Application Form

YOUTH SERVICES

  • Hire of Merriwa Youth Centre
  • Hire of Murrurundi Youth Centre
  • Hire of Scone Youth Centre Hall
  • Youth Centre Membership

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Our Services

Upper Hunter Shire Council is a local government authority and provides an extensive array of services including health and building; town planning; aged care; sporting and recreational facilities; roads; libraries; waste collection; airport facilities; saleyards; public venues; water; children, youth and families and tourist information.

About Us

Upper Hunter Shire is located in the Hunter Region of NSW, approximately 250km north of Sydney.  The Shire is predominantly rural and encompasses 8,100km2.

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Contact Us

PO Box 208
Scone NSW 2337

Phone:  02 6540 1100
Fax:  02 6545 2671
council@upperhunter.nsw.gov.au

135 Liverpool Street, Scone
34-40 Vennacher Street, Merriwa
47 Mayne Street, Murrurundi

After hours emergencies for roads, bridges, animal control,
water, sewer & landfill
Phone: 02 6540 1199

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