Environment & Council Forms

Commercial pool operators (gyms, hotels, school pools, public aquatic centres) storing pool sanitiser chemicals —...

Register your dog or cat on the NSW Pet Registry — a legal requirement in NSW. Pets must be microchipped and registered...

Operators wanting to host a container deposit refund point (over-the-counter, RVM, depot, bag drop) must register with...

Object to the property valuation used to calculate your council rates.

Report a damaged road, pothole, broken footpath or street infrastructure to your local council for repair.

Report a broken or non-functioning street light in your area.

Storing compressed gas cylinders at a commercial premises (workshop, depot, hospital, brewery) above the threshold...

B-cycle is Australia's ACCC-authorised battery stewardship scheme. Retailers, councils and recyclers can sign up as...

TSA is the ACCC-authorised industry stewardship scheme for end-of-life tyres. Tyre retailers, collectors, recyclers and...

Since 1 July 2019 Victoria has banned e-waste from landfill — Detox Your Home is the state's drop-off scheme. NSW, ACT,...

Anyone in NSW who transports waste for fee or reward — skip-bin operators, liquid waste tankers, asbestos carriers,...

If you operate a waste facility in NSW — landfill, transfer station, resource recovery, composting, liquid waste depot...

Under Victoria's Environment Protection Act 2017 (in force 1 July 2021), anyone transporting "reportable priority...

Under the Environment Protection Act 2017, every business that generates industrial waste in Victoria carries a General...

In Queensland, waste-related Environmentally Relevant Activities (ERAs 53-65 — recycling, landfill, transfer, regulated...

In South Australia, waste depots, transfer stations and transport of listed wastes need an Environment Protection...

In Western Australia, waste-related "prescribed premises" categories under the Environmental Protection Regulations...

In Tasmania, "level 2 activities" under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 — including waste...

In the ACT, waste-handling business activities (transport, transfer, recycling, landfill) need an Environmental...

In the NT, businesses discharging waste to land, water or sewer above declared thresholds need a Waste Discharge...

Report a business or individual causing environmental harm through improper waste disposal, noise, or air pollution.

Report illegal dumping of waste or a pollution incident to the relevant authority.

Request council or the EPA to issue a formal noise abatement notice to a noisy neighbour or business.

The Land and Environment Court has 8 classes of jurisdiction. Class 1 is the most common — merit review of council...

Lodge a formal objection or submission to a Development Application near your property.

Apply to remove a significant tree on your property. Many councils have tree protection overlays requiring a permit.

Challenge infrastructure contribution levies applied to your development application.

Object to the proposed heritage listing of your property, or support heritage listing of a neighbour's property.

Appeal a council planning decision — refused permit, conditions imposed, or objection not considered.

Lodges an appeal against a planning, development, or environment-related administrative decision in the South...

Reviews a planning or development decision made by a local government, the WA Planning Commission, the Metropolitan...

Lodge a Notice of Appeal with the Queensland Planning and Environment Court to challenge a development decision,...

Application lodged with local council to obtain planning consent before building, extending, or changing the use of a...

Most Australian councils require a permit before removing or significantly pruning trees above defined size thresholds...

Under the National Environment Protection (Movement of Controlled Waste between States and Territories) Measure (NEPM),...

Beyond the transporter, generators (the customer) and receivers (the landfill or recycler) must each have an active NSW...

EPA Victoria's Waste Tracker is the mandatory online manifest system for reportable priority waste in Victoria. It...

Anyone with a property not connected to mains sewer needs an On-site Sewerage Management (OSSM) approval from the local...

Diverting laundry or shower greywater for garden irrigation needs council/health approval — a simple manual diverter is...