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LOCKHART
SHIRE COUNCIL

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Welcome to
Lockhart Shire Council

Lockhart Shire nestles in the heart of the Riverina and is one of the region’s most productive agricultural and pastoral areas. With a strong pioneering heritage and steeped in history, Lockhart Shire’s main towns and villages include Lockhart, The Rock, Yerong Creek, Pleasant Hills and Milbrulong. Each community has its own unique character and history, and the Shire offers visitors a relaxed country atmosphere steeped in history.

Lockhart is centrally situated 62km southwest of Wagga Wagga, 62km east of Narrandera and 105km north of Albury. The Rock is on the Olympic Highway 25km south of Wagga Wagga with Yerong Creek another 15km down the highway. 

Land use planning

Have your say on the future of Land Use Planning in Lockhart Shire !
Please join us at any of our community sessions below.

Lockhart Shire History

If you would like to read an account of the Lockhart Shire History an account compiled and written by F.A.Prichard from Council minutes, letters and other Council records with some information gleaned from newspapers is available here…
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Development Proposal

Lockhart Shire Council lists the following development proposal for public comment:

Development Application No: DA44/24

Proposal: four (4) detached two (2) storey dwellings

Address: 2 Hebden Street, Lockhart NSW 2656, Lot 4 Section 49 DP758621

Consent Authority: Lockhart Shire Council

The Development Application may be inspected at the Lockhart Shire Council Office, 65 Green Street, Lockhart during the hours of 8.30am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday, or downloaded HERE.

Any written submission must be made before 4.00 pm, 9 April 2024.  A submission by way of objection must set out the grounds of the objection.

Any person who makes a submission by way of objection, and who is dissatisfied with the determination of the consent authority to grant development consent, may appeal to the Land and Environment Court.

Peter Veneris                                 PO Box 21
General Manager                       LOCKHART  NSW  2656

E-mail:  development@lockhart.nsw.gov.au