Request a change to your burning off category

Fees are inclusive of GST.

The application fees cover:

• Community Safety assessment of the application and relevant site inspections to ensure compliance with the Neighbourhood Amenity Local Law 2020
• Emergency Management assessment of the application and relevant site inspections to consider fire prevention/readiness elements
• Community Safety final assessment of findings from initial assessments/inspections
• Community Safety education campaigns, complaint response and enforcement action.

If you are not the property owner, you must have written consent from the owner to proceed with the application.

The Safer Communities team will assess your application based on the following criteria, however we may consider other factors:

• property size
• property location
• property characteristics including topography and vegetation
• surrounding open air burning categories
• access to other green waste maintenance methods
• fire preparedness.

You need to provide evidence of the owner's written consent as part of the application process if you are not the property owner. 

Your application should also provide information about:

• how often you want to burn off
• why are requesting a change
• what you will be mainly burning off.

If you want to claim a concession, you'll need to provide evidence.