APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF PROPERTY FESL CLASSIFICATION

This form is be used when a ratepayer seeks Council to review their property’s Fire and Emergency Services Levy (FESL) land classification.

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Name of applicant
Address of property for which seeking review
Assessment number (if known)
Property legal description (Lot and DP, if known)
Contact address (if different)
Contact phone number
BOX 1: CLASSIFICATION & EFFECTIVE DATE DETERMINED BY COUNCIL: / BOX 2: CLASSIFICATION & EFFECTIVE DATE NOMINATED BY THE APPLICANT
FESL classification / Vacant / non-vacant / FESL classification / Vacant / non-vacant
Choose an item. / Choose an item. / Choose an item. / Choose an item.
Effective date / Effective date / Effective date / Effective date
Month / Year / Month / Year / Month / Year / Month / Year
Reason you believe that the classification is incorrect:

a)  Declaration: I hereby exercise my right, under sections 51 and 55 of the Fire and Emergency Services Levy Act 2017, to request that Council conducts a review of the above property’s land classification.

Signature of applicant
Date

CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN COUNCIL

IMPORTANT INFORMATION CLASSIFICATIONS

–  Government Land

–  Public Benefit Land

–  Farmland

–  Residential (Non Vacant)

–  Residential (Vacant)

–  Industrial Land (Non Vacant)

–  Industrial Land (Vacant)

–  Commercial Land (Non Vacant)

–  Commercial Land (Vacant)

For full definition of each category visit the Fire and Emergency Services Levy website: www.fesl.nsw.gov.au

EFFECTIVE DATES

The effective date for classifications must be a date of:

–  1st July

–  1st October

–  1st January

–  1st April

NOTE – These dates are the beginning of each quarterly instalment period for the FESL

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES

A liable person must give notice to the council within 30 days of any change in circumstances that justifies a new or a change in the FESL classification of the land. If the Council has not notified the applicant of its decision within 40 days after the application is made, the Council is taken, at the end of the 40 day period, to have refused the application. If the liable person fails to give notice of a change in circumstances that would justify a change in classification in respect of which a lower levy would be payable, the council may set an effective date for the classification that is the first day of the next quarterly instalment period.