PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DRAFT POLICIES

Council, at its February 2025 Ordinary Council Meeting, endorsed several draft policies to be placed on public exhibition. The draft policies can be viewed at each link below and hard copies will be made available for viewing by the public at the Council administration offices at Boorowa, Harden and Young. Community members are invited to provide feedback on the draft documents during the exhibition period.

SUBMISSIONS

Council invites any parties to make submissions concerning the draft policies by midnight Sunday 30 March 2025. Submissions can be made via mail@hilltops.nsw.gov.au or BY LETTER TO: The General Manager, Locked Bag No. 5, Young NSW 2594.

All submissions received will be considered by Council before the final documents are adopted

SEEKING EXPRESSIONS FOR THE HILLTOPS ACCESS COMMITTEE

Hilltops Council would like to invite members of the community to nominate for the Hilltops Access Committee (the ‘Committee’).

The purpose of the Committee is to:

Provide community representation advice and input to Council on:

The views, needs and interests of people with disability, their families and carers in the Hilltops Local Government Area (LGA)
The development, implementation and review of Council’s Disability Inclusion Action Plan.
Assist Council to consult and respond to access issues that impact on communities across the Hilltops LGA.

Committee membership comprises of the following:

Up to ten (10) community members or representatives from our local community.

Eligibility:

To be eligible as a community representative, members must live, work, study or have connections to the Hilltops LGA and meet at least one of the following desirable criteria:

Be a person with disability or mobility restriction or represent a group of persons who have disability or mobility restriction.
Be a family member of people with disability within the LGA
Be a representative of a local disability service provider providing services to people with disability within the LGA.

Members of the committee will be appointed in line with the term of Council.

The Hilltops Access Committee – Expression of Interest Form:

If you believe you could add value to the Hilltops Access Committee, please complete and submit the Expression of Interest form and supporting letter demonstrating how your membership would be of benefit to the Committee.

Applications are to be submitted via mail@hilltops.nsw.gov.au no later than 5pm on Friday 13 March 2025.

If you should have any queries regarding the Expression of Interest please contact Darryl Smith, Manager Corporate Strategy & Community, via mail@hilltops.nsw.gov.au or on 1300 445 586.

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS ON EXHIBITION

Council will often have Development Applications on public exhibition. The applications currently on public exhibition and further information regarding tracking Development Applications can be found here.

Please note that information collected by Council in relation to Development Applications including public submissions on Development Applications, is open access information that can be obtained by members of the public under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. Most of the information collected by Council can be accessed via this Act and in accordance with Council’s Privacy Management Plan.

PUBLIC NOTICE – PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DRAFT HILLTOPS DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN 2025

At the Hilltops Council Ordinary Council Meeting on 27 February 2025, the Council resolved to exhibit the draft Hilltops Development Control Plan 2025 to produce a single set of planning rules for the Hilltops Local Government Area.

The draft Hilltops DCP combines and aligns planning controls of the former Young and Boorowa Shires. It will replace the existing Young Development Control Plan 2011 and Boorowa Development Control Plan 2012 and apply to the whole of the Hilltops Local Government Area.

Of note, the draft Hilltops DCP must be taken into consideration when preparing and determining development applications lodged after 3 March 2025. Council encourages you to read the draft documents to see if there are any proposed changes relevant to you.

The full details of the draft and submission instructions may be viewed on Council's website at https://www.hilltops.nsw.gov.au/council/have-your-say/

Submissions must be received by 5.00pm Monday 31 March 2025.

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