The full list of Occupation of council land fees as at 1 July 2024.
All fees in the following tables are stated inclusive of GST, unless otherwise stated.
| Casual or one-off community use |
2024/25 |
| Community group using land with no facilities |
No charge |
| Community group using facilities such as carpark |
Recovery of costs incurred |
| Short term commercial activation - per day (including pack in pack out |
$2,000.00 |
| Short-term, ongoing use with revenue generating activities, charge per day |
$500.00 |
| Casual or short/intermittent duration, pack in/pack out, use with revenue generating activities, per hour, minimum charge of two hours |
$50.0 |
| In all cases the intended use of council land will need to be assessed against the Use of Council Land Policy which incorporates community/public benefit. |
|
7 Legal and any valuation costs are additional.
8Legal fees are additional, valuations to be done every three years to determine market rate.
9 Interior fit out painting and maintenance is the tenant’s responsibility. Exterior building maintenance is council’s responsibility (no change to 2023/24). No discount is applicable for the tenant to maintain the interior.
10 Rates and utilities are additional.
11 Tenant funded and maintained building. Lease area is calculated as any area with public restricted access. All lease grounds maintenance funded by tenant, with an annual inspection by Council. Where an existing lessee is paying a greater rent level that rent level will be retained. General Manager, Community Services, has authority to amend individual rent levels where a community organisation can demonstrate inability to pay leading to a significant negative effect on Council’s Community Outcomes, with criteria to be agreed by Council.
12 Sublease must be approved, meet requirements and sublease area is not applicable to any discounts i.e. any discounts to sqm area are not applied to sublease area. Head leaseholder annual accounts and sublease agreements submitted to council.
| Longer-term Use |
2024/25 |
| Lease or Licence Administration fee - Commercial |
$1,000.00 |
| Lease or Licence per m2 - Commercial |
Market rent valuation |
| Lease or Licence Administration fee - Community8 |
$500.00 |
| TCC owned building lease or licence per m2 - Community use only910 |
$25 per m2 per yea |
| Community Ground Lease11 per m2 |
25% of the assessed
average Reserve land
value ($3 per m2
) for the
first 1,000m2
No additional charge for
1,001m2
to 9,999m2
For leases over 10,000m2
,$0.30 per m2 for the next 50,000m2 |
| Sublease agreements within lease area with any non-Community organisation12 |
Market Rent Valuation charged to this area. |
| Activity Manager Approval (activities on Council land requiring assessment as landowner |
2024/25 |
| Activities on council-managed land requiring activity manager approval application fee, for first 2.5 hours of assessment |
$500.00 |
| Activities on council-managed land requiring activity manager approval per hour not covered by application fee |
$200.00 |
These fees and charges do not apply to the Historic Village activity which has a separate fees and charges schedule.
Base charges are an indicative guide only. Final charge may be higher or lower depending on individual circumstances such as land area, extent of community access, permitted use and expected revenue |
$500.00 |