My Property

Information for Byron Shire residents. Pay your rates, get a property certificate when buying or selling a house, information about trees on your property plus other common requests.

Visit Waste & Recycling for bin collection days, to report a missed bin and the A to Z Recycling list.

Visit our Building & Construction area for information about approvals and inspections.

Your rates

Find out more about how to pay your rates, payment instalments, pensioner rebates and how your rates are calculated.

Property & Rating Certificates

Apply for a property or rating certificate before you buy, sell, build or develop your land. This includes Section 603 Certificates and Flood Information Certificates.

Noise Complaints

Noise can disturb neighbours, disrupt sleep and sometimes, impact people’s health. Find out who to contact to report issues with noise.

Smoke Pollution

Chimney smoke can be a nuisance to neighbours. Read about what you can do to minimise smoke from a chimney and how to report issues with air quality caused by smoke from chimneys.

Swimming Pool Safety

All pools in NSW must be registered on the NSW Swimming Pool Register.

Find out more about registering or inspecting a pool on your property to help ensure its compliant.

Trees

Find out what approvals are required to remove vegetation and trees on your property.

Short-Term Rental Accommodation or holiday letting

Find out about regulations for short-term rental accommodation, also known as STRA or holiday letting.

Changes to non-hosted STRA came into effect on 23 September 2024.

Stormwater on your property

Understanding how stormwater moves and how to maintain your drainage system is essential to looking after your property and our shared community spaces.

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