Development Contributions

Council at its meeting held on 23 February 2021 resolved to adopt the Vineyard Precinct Section 7.11 Contributions Plan.

The Vineyard Precinct Section 7.11 Contributions Plan provides Council and other consent authorities with the legal means of requiring contributions from developments, and includes:

• A schedule of Local Infrastructure comprising land, works and interest costs with a total value (in June quarter 2020 dollars) of $165.9 million
• A schedule of contribution rates for various classes of development, and details on how those rates were calculated
• Provisions enabling reasonable contributions to be imposed on development that is not identified in the specific development classes included in the plan
• Various policies on how and when developers can settle their contributions obligations, including opportunities for developers to provide land and works ‘in kind’
• Specific advice on the role of Accredited Certifiers in section 7.11 contributions
• Various other matters related to the fair and transparent administration of section 7.11 contributions.

The Section 7.11 Contributions Plan for the Vineyard Precinct came into effect on 23 February 2021.

CoreLogic provides the Land Value Index which is used to adjust Contribution amounts at the time of payment to reflect market changes in land values. This Index is updated on a quarterly basis.

Council presently uses the Hawkesbury (C) (LGA) index to adjust contributions to be paid. The base index used by Council to calculate the contribution to be paid is 2020 Q2.

The Vineyard Precinct Section 7.11 Contributions plan details the process of calculating the contribution to be paid at the time of payment.

It is noted that Council may at any point in time, decide to use an alternative land value index that more accurately reflects market changes in Vineyard.

Vineyard 7.11 - CoreLogic Land Value Index (LVI)

Section 7.12 (previously 94A) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 authorises a Consent Authority to grant consent to a proposed development subject to a condition requiring the applicant pay a levy of the percentage of the proposed cost of carrying out the development.

Money required to be paid by a condition imposed under Section 94A is to be applied towards the provision, extension or augmentation of local infrastructure (or towards recouping the cost of their provision, extension or augmentation).

Council’s Section 94A Contributions Plan 2015 sets out the following:

• Location maps of the local infrastructure items supported by a works schedule setting out an estimate of their cost and staging
• The relationship between the expected development in Hawkesbury City and the local infrastructure included in this Plan
• The section 94A levy rates for the anticipated types of development in the area
• The administrative and accounting arrangements applying to contributions that are required by this Plan

The Section 94A Contributions Plan 2015 came into effect on 17 December 2015.

New development generates additional demand for open space, recreational facilities, community facilities, road works and the like.

Section 7.11 (previously S94) of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 permits Councils to require persons developing land to pay monetary contributions and/or dedicate land to meet the increased demand for public services and amenities generated by development.

The Section 94 Contributions Plan 2015 came into effect on 4 June 2015.

Section 7.11 (previously S94) of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 permits Councils to require persons developing land to pay monetary contributions and/or dedicate land to meet the increased demand for public services and amenities generated by development.

This plan applies to land located between Johnston Street and Hall Street, Pitt Town. This plan identifies and estimates the cost of stormwater infrastructure, land to be acquired, and easements to be created and determines associated development contributions to be levied pursuant to Section 64 of the Local Government Act 1993.

This plan came into effect on 3 March 2016.

This plan applies to land generally within the vicinity of Hall Street and Hawkesbury Street, Pitt Town.  This plan identifies and estimates the cost of stormwater infrastructure and land to be acquired and determines associated development contributions to be levied pursuant to Section 64 of the Local Government Act 1993.

This plan came into effect on 18 August 2016.

Hawkesbury City Council provides town reticulated sewerage services to residential and commercial premises in Windsor, South Windsor, Bligh Park, Windsor Downs, Clarendon, McGraths Hill, Mulgrave and Pitt Town. New development generates additional demand on Councils sewer infrastructure. This plan estimates  the cost of sewer infrastructure and associated development contributions to be levied pursuant to Section 64 of the Local Government Act 1993. Contributions go towards the cost of water management’s existing works and/or projected works as described in the DSP.

This plan came into effect on April 2011

Council maintains a contribution register for all current contribution plans. As contributions have been collected under the current plans for several years, persons wishing to view the contribution register should email council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au requesting to view a particular extract of the register. The request should specify the following:

• Which plan they are requesting to view the register for, and
• The time period for which the extract of the contribution register should include. The requested contribution register cannot exceed a period of 12 months.