Draft Land Acquisition and Disposal Policy and Schedules

Consultation period: 31 August - 27 September 2026

Council's property assets play a significant role in service delivery to our community.

Our draft Land Acquisition and Disposal Policy and Schedules outline the guiding principles in the acquisition and disposal of Council land assets. This draft Policy is intended to replace Council’s current Policy, Open Space Land Acquisition Policy, which was last adopted in February 2023.

The Policy sets out the principles and framework to:

Ensure legislative compliance
Establish a set of criteria under which Council will consider land acquisition and divestment
Ensure an open and transparent process to consider acquiring and divesting land
Minimise risk
Ensure optimal financial return and value for our community.

The supporting Schedules to the Policy include:

Acquisition:
- Council identified acquisition
- Owner initiated acquisition (unsolicited offer)
- Open market acquisition.
Disposal.

Have your say

We are seeking feedback from our community on this important Policy and Schedules until 27 September 2026:

• online by taking the survey below

• email feedback to Property@ssc.nsw.gov.au

• in writing to Property Team, Sutherland Shire Council, Locked Bag 17, Sutherland 1499.

Next steps:

Following community consultation, Council will review and consider all feedback. Some changes may be made to the Policy. It will then be finalised and reported to Council for adoption. We will keep interested members of the community updated.