Approval to Lease an Unused Public Road - Woollahra Municipal Council - New South Wales

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this Approval, you must meet the following requirements:

• Council's application and processing fees must accompany the application.
• A Lease or Licence will be subject to a market rent. This rent will be determined by an independent Valuer.
• Prior to the issue of a Lease or Licence, the applicant must pay Council's valuation and legal costs, including any Stamp Duty incurred in granting the Lease / Licence.
• Prior to the issue of a Lease or Licence, the applicant must obtain a Public Risk Insurance Policy in the amount of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) against any action that may arise from damage to property or injury to any person using the footway. Council must be nominated as an 'Interested Party' on the policy and indemnified against any claim.
• The issue of a Lease / Licence will be in accordance with Council's Policy and Procedures for Leasing and Licensing of Council Controlled land, and in respect of a classified (main) road will be subject to the concurrence of the relevant authority.

   

Duration

As specified

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Forms

Act(s) name

Roads Act 1993 New South Wales

Administering agency

Woollahra Municipal Council

Contact details