Adoption of Valuation & Declaration of Rates 2026-27
Port Pirie Regional Council
Adoption of Valuation and Declaration of Rates 2026/27
NOTICE is hereby given that the Port Pirie Regional Council, at its special meeting held 15 July 2026 in exercise of the powers contained in Chapter 10 of the Local Government Act 1999 and for the year ending 30 June 2027:
Adoption of Valuations
Adopted for rating purposes, pursuant to Section 167(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1999, the most recent valuations of the Valuer General available to the Council of the capital value of land within the area of the Council totalling $4,888,565,140, of which $4,746,530,960 is the capital value of rateable land.
Fixed Charge Component of Differential General Rates
Declared, pursuant to Section 151(1)(c)(ii) and 152(1)(c)(ii) of the Local Government Act 1999, a fixed charge component of general rates of $680 on rateable land within the area of the Council.
Component of Differential General Rates based on Value of Land
Declared, pursuant to Section 151(1)(c)(i), 152(1)(c)(i), 153(1)(b) and 156 of the Local Government Act 1999 the following differential general rates as a component of its general rates based on the capital value of the land varying according to the locality of the land and its use in accordance with Regulation 14 of the Local Government (General) Regulations 2013 as follows:
- Rateable Land within the locality of the Significant Industry subzone of the Strategic Employment zone as defined by the Planning and Design Code in force as at the date of the declaration, and with the land use:
- Category (a) – Residential: 0.298cents in the dollar;
- Category (b) – Commercial – Shop: 0.957 cents in the dollar;
- Category (c) – Commercial Office: 0.957 cents in the dollar;
- Category (d) – Commercial Other: 0.957 cents in the dollar;
- Category (e) – Industry – Light: 0.527cents in the dollar;
- Category (f) – Industry – Other: 3.543cents in the dollar;
- Category (g) – Primary Production: 0.178cents in the dollar;
- Category (h) – Vacant Land: 0.585 cents in the dollar;
- Category (i) – Other: 0.418cents in the dollar.
- Rateable land within all other localities, being the balance of the Strategic Employment zone outside the scope of paragraph (1) above and all other zones and subzones as defined by the Planning and Design Code in force as at the date of this declaration, and with the land use:
- Category (a) – Residential: 0.298cents in the dollar;
- Category (b) – Commercial – Shop: 0.957 cents in the dollar;
- Category (c) – Commercial Office: 0.957 cents in the dollar;
- Category (d) – Commercial Other: 0.957 cents in the dollar;
- Category (e) – Industry – Light: 0.527cents in the dollar;
- Category (f) – Industry – Other: 0.527cents in the dollar;
- Category (g) – Primary Production: 0.178cents in the dollar;
- Category (h) – Vacant Land: 0.585 cents in the dollar;
- Category (i) – Other: 0.418 cents in the dollar.
Annual Service Charge - Community Wastewater Management System
Imposed, pursuant to Section 155(2) of the Local Government Act 1999 and Regulation 12 of the Local Government (General) Regulations 2013, an annual service charge on both rateable and non-rateable land to which it provides or makes available the prescribed service comprising a community wastewater management system based on the nature of the service and the number of property units that apply with respect to the relevant land, as determined under the CWMS Property Units Code and for that annual service charge to vary on the basis of land being occupied or vacant as follows:
Crystal Brook CWMS
- Occupied $246.00 per property unit;
- Vacant $180.00 per property unit.
Napperby CWMS
- Occupied $570.00 per property unit;
- Vacant $420.00 per property unit.
Annual Service Charge – Waste Management
Imposed, pursuant to Section 155(2) of the Local Government Act 1999, an annual service charge of $289.00 on all land ascribed the residential land use category within the Council’s area to which Council provides the prescribed service of waste collection, treatment and disposal based on the nature of the service and category of land use, provided that the sliding scale set out in Regulation 13 of the Local Government (General) Regulations 2013 will apply to reduce the service charge, as prescribed.
Separate Rate – Regional Landscape Levy
Declared, pursuant to Section 69 of the Landscape South Australia Act 2019 and Section 154 of the Local Government Act 1999 and Regulation 12 of the Landscape South Australia (General) Regulations 2020, a separate rate of 0.008150 cents in the dollar on all rateable land located within the area of the Council in the region of the Northern & Yorke Landscape Board, in order to reimburse the Council the amount to be contributed to the Northern & Yorke Landscape Board.
Due Dates for Payment of Rates
Determined, pursuant to Section 181 of the Local Government Act 1999, all rates (including all separate rates) and annual service charges shall be payable by four equal (or approximately equal) instalments which are due for payment on 9 September 2026,
9 December 2026, 10 March 2027 and 9 June 2027.
Dated: 21 July 2026
C Davey
Chief Executive Officer