[Pete Timmins]

Hi Darryl,

We recently received a new conservation agreement and after some back and forth from the team at the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust we have received an updated letter showing in part the following:

Subject: Request for Rate Relief

Dear Sir/Madam

I am writing to inform you of the signed ‘CA0999 – 77 Main Rd, Town Centre’ conservation agreement, located within your Local Government Area that came into effect on 13/08/2024 and is ‘In Perpetuity’. The conservation agreement covers 19 hectares of the property. The agreement relates to part of the land described as:……

Before we received this updated letter we were advised “We have received some further information from our Agreements and Technical Services Team advising that unfortunately the length of the agreement is currently not included in the council letters, but we are looking to add/include this for future letters to council. This does mean, however, that in the meantime, the only way to confirm the duration of the agreement is by doing a full title search or alternatively request the page from the landholder’s agreement that stipulates the term/length.”

We then paid for a full title search and were then advised “From what I can see, this does not give any indication as to the length either… so have passed your enquiry on to our South East Regional team as they will know more information than what I do. I have requested they re-issue the council letter to you and include the agreement duration.”

I hope this helps.

Regards
Pete