Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Wingecarribee Local Government Area Final Report 2015 09 November 2015 Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Page 1 Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Executive Summary LGA Overview Wingecarribee Local Government Area Wingecarribee Shire is located 75 kilometres from the south western fringe of Sydney and 110 kilometres from Sydney central business district. The Shire lies within the Sydney – Canberra – Melbourne transport corridor on the Southern rail line and Hume Highway. The M5 motorway provides rapid access to Campbelltown, Liverpool and other key metropolitan centres within Sydney. Wingecarribee is also referred to as the Southern Highlands due to its position on a spur of the Great Dividing Range some 640 to 800 metres above sea level. Wingecarribee Shire is predominantly rural in character with agricultural lands separating towns and villages characterised by unique landscape and aesthetic appeal. Development pressures are significant and include subdivision for residential and lifestyle purposes, infrastructure, industry and agriculture. The Southern Highlands forms part of Gundungurra tribal lands and preservation of Aboriginal heritage is significant. European settlement dates back to the early 1800s with first contact between Aboriginal people and Europeans occurring in 1798. Settlement followed in 1821 at Bong Bong. The Shire is rich in biodiversity with large areas of high conservation value including part of the World Heritage Greater Blue Mountains area and two declared wilderness areas. Environmental features include cold climatic conditions, rugged topography and significant areas of state forest, national park and other protected lands that form part of the Sydney water catchment area. Eastern parts of the Shire are bounded by the Illawarra escarpment and Morton National Park. The north abuts Nepean and Avon dam catchments and is rugged eucalypt bushland. In the west, the Wollondilly and Wingecarribee rivers flow through deep sandstone valleys which form part of the Warragamba dam catchment. Southern reaches of the Shire are bounded by Uringalla Creek and comprise sandstone plateau dissected by deep gorges. Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Page 2 Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Number of properties values this year and the total land value in dollars Changes since previous General Valuation (2012) District WINGECARRIBEE Base Year 2015 Zone / Component Properties Valued Total 2012 LVs (LG) Total 2015 LTVs % change Totals for B1 - Neighbourhood Centre: 111 33,750,000 39,130,100 15.94% Totals for B2 - Local Centre: 509 323,210,500 303,403,670 -6.13% Totals for B4 - Mixed Use: 99 46,624,990 52,607,680 12.83% Totals for B5 - Business Development: 38 18,000,000 21,466,000 19.26% Totals for B7 - Business Park: 8 4,193,000 5,062,000 20.73% Totals for E1 - National Parks and Nature Reserves: 36 12,935,600 12,954,300 0.14% Totals for E2 - Environmental Conservation: 79 23,891,180 18,904,700 -20.87% Totals for E3 - Environmental Management: 2,873 2,229,942,490 2,317,617,460 3.93% Totals for E4 - Environmental Living: 52 27,090,300 29,555,200 9.10% Totals for IN1 - General Industrial: 146 106,793,890 111,866,920 4.75% Totals for IN2 - Light Industrial: 198 89,062,000 87,551,000 -1.70% Totals for IN3 - Heavy Industrial: 7 11,823,000 11,940,000 0.99% Totals for R2 - Low Density Residential: 11,757 2,395,339,646 3,170,809,112 32.37% Totals for R3 - Medium Density Residential: 1,524 395,785,890 525,285,660 32.72% Totals for R5 - Large Lot Residential: 2,782 1,076,515,190 1,223,151,100 13.62% Totals for RE1 - Public Recreation: 322 51,169,440 55,260,590 8.00% Totals for RE2 - Private Recreation: 26 18,441,400 18,491,900 0.27% Totals for RU1 - Primary Production: 48 26,100,000 25,631,130 -1.80% Totals for RU2 - Rural Landscape: 710 408,472,620 432,060,200 5.77% Totals for RU3 - Forestry: 10 4,282,460 4,214,000 -1.60% Totals for RU4 - Rural Small Holdings: 934 402,736,380 481,957,110 19.67% Totals for SP1 - Special Activities: 28 6,155,480 6,394,380 3.88% Totals for SP2 - Infrastructure: 90 44,368,550 45,244,120 1.97% Totals for SP3 - Tourist: 17 17,536,800 16,828,000 -4.04% Grand totals for WINGECARRIBEE: 22,404 7,774,220,806 9,017,386,332 15.99% Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Page 3 Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Changes since previous Valuation (2014) District WINGECARRIBEE Base Year 2015 Zone / Component Properties Valued Total 2014 LTVs Total 2015 LTVs % change Totals for B1 - Neighbourhood Centre: 111 34,862,200 39,130,100 12.24% Totals for B2 - Local Centre: 509 304,549,720 303,403,670 -0.38% Totals for B4 - Mixed Use: 99 46,469,790 52,607,680 13.21% Totals for B5 - Business Development: 38 20,746,000 21,466,000 3.47% Totals for B7 - Business Park: 8 5,062,000 5,062,000 0.00% Totals for E1 - National Parks and Nature Reserves: 36 12,954,300 12,954,300 0.00% Totals for E2 - Environmental Conservation: 79 18,850,700 18,904,700 0.29% Totals for E3 - Environmental Management: 2,873 2,196,980,060 2,317,617,460 5.49% Totals for E4 - Environmental Living: 52 27,715,200 29,555,200 6.64% Totals for IN1 - General Industrial: 146 111,463,320 111,866,920 0.36% Totals for IN2 - Light Industrial: 198 90,132,000 87,551,000 -2.86% Totals for IN3 - Heavy Industrial: 7 11,940,000 11,940,000 0.00% Totals for R2 - Low Density Residential: 11,757 2,670,343,856 3,170,809,112 18.74% Totals for R3 - Medium Density Residential: 1,524 470,021,750 525,285,660 11.76% Totals for R5 - Large Lot Residential: 2,782 1,128,252,840 1,223,151,100 8.41% Totals for RE1 - Public Recreation: 322 55,323,890 55,260,590 -0.11% Totals for RE2 - Private Recreation: 26 18,459,900 18,491,900 0.17% Totals for RU1 - Primary Production: 48 25,277,130 25,631,130 1.40% Totals for RU2 - Rural Landscape: 710 409,994,140 432,060,200 5.38% Totals for RU3 - Forestry: 10 4,239,000 4,214,000 -0.59% Totals for RU4 - Rural Small Holdings: 934 433,618,470 481,957,110 11.15% Totals for SP1 - Special Activities: 28 6,394,380 6,394,380 0.00% Totals for SP2 - Infrastructure: 90 44,126,920 45,244,120 2.53% Totals for SP3 - Tourist: 17 16,828,000 16,828,000 0.00% Grand totals for WINGECARRIBEE: 22,404 8,164,605,566 9,017,386,332 10.44% State & Local Government Legislation of LGA Planning Controls & Instruments – Wingecarribee Shire Council utilises several planning & control instruments. They are: Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan 2010 Development Control Plan Local Planning Strategy 2015-2031 Wingecarribee Strategic Plan 2002 Development and Subdivision Engineering Standards and Planning Guidelines Illawarra Regional Environmental Plan No. 1 Bowral Parking, Traffic and Transport Strategy Demographic and Housing Strategy Sydney Canberra Corridor Regional Strategy Building Sustainability Index (BASIX) Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Page 4 Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Sustainable Development The Wingecarribee Shire Council has a growing concern over climate change and would like to encourage the community to minimise their ecological footprints. The local electorate are opposed to mining under rivers, coal seam gas extraction and their associated impacts. The council aims for a wealth of native flora and fauna, healthy waterways, protected rural character and environmental heritage, working sustainable farms, well designed towns and villages, invigorated main streets, green space and recreational networks, integrated transport network and an integrated community The Australian Federal Government (2007) has produced a guide “Climate Change Adaptation Actions for Local Government” and includes actions such as strengthening profiles of climate change within local government, and combine the sustainability agenda, raise community awareness, establish communication channels, improve public sector capabilities through capacity building activities for local government staff, completing climate change risk assessments, and many more. The council has created a “Shire Significant Development’’ framework that helps identify and prioritise proposed developments and fast track the application process. The framework has been designed to accommodate developments that are considered to have wide reaching benefits for the community. The Wingecarribee Shire Council also released a “Sustainability & Design Criteria” strategy in May 2008 to help guide the sustainable development of the region. All new development applications made since the inception of the strategy must address the core objectives of document. The strategy outlines the following key criteria; Infrastructure Provisions Diversification of Housing and lot sizes. Urban Design. Environmental Protection. Natural Hazards. Natural Resources. A large portion of the Wingecarribee population is strongly opposed to the exploration and expansion of coal seam gas enterprise throughout the LGA. In 2012 the local council declared the LGA to be coal seam gas and long wall mining free. Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Page 5 Rating and Taxing Valuation Procedures Manual v6.6.2 Wingecarribee Shire 2031+ A collaborative economic, environmental and social plan created by Wingecarribee stakeholders for the future prosperity of the wider Wingecarribee LGA. W2031+ is the blueprint for the future of the Shire as developed by the community.