This policy provides guidance on when Council will and won’t approve requests for temporary access across fire trails and reserves, under Council's care and control, for the purpose of private works.
Key revisions to the policy include:
updates to ‘Principle 3.3 - Access requests must comply with governing legislation’ to provide greater clarity on governing legislation
incorporation of a newitem ‘Principle 3.4 - Approval conditions.’ Council will assess each application on its merits and may refuse or approve it (subject to conditions), if Council determines that it is appropriate to do so.
Have your say
We are seeking feedback from our community on this policy until 10 December 2025:
in writing to Assets Strategy & Delivery, 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. The policy will then be finalised and reported to Council for adoption. The final policy will be available on this page and on Council’s website.
We will keep interested members of the community updated.
Consultation period: 13 November 2025 - 10 December 2025
This policy provides guidance on when Council will and won’t approve requests for temporary access across fire trails and reserves, under Council's care and control, for the purpose of private works.
Key revisions to the policy include:
updates to ‘Principle 3.3 - Access requests must comply with governing legislation’ to provide greater clarity on governing legislation
incorporation of a newitem ‘Principle 3.4 - Approval conditions.’ Council will assess each application on its merits and may refuse or approve it (subject to conditions), if Council determines that it is appropriate to do so.
Have your say
We are seeking feedback from our community on this policy until 10 December 2025:
in writing to Assets Strategy & Delivery, 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. The policy will then be finalised and reported to Council for adoption. The final policy will be available on this page and on Council’s website.
We will keep interested members of the community updated.
Temporary Access across Fire Trails and Reserves Policy Review is currently at this stage
This consultation is open for contributions.
Under review
this is an upcoming stage for Temporary Access across Fire Trails and Reserves Policy Review
Contributions to this consultation are closed for evaluation and review. The project team will report back on key outcomes.
Final report
this is an upcoming stage for Temporary Access across Fire Trails and Reserves Policy Review
The final outcomes of the consultation are documented here. This may include a summary of all contributions collected as well as recommendations for future action.
