Fees & charges 2020-2021

Animal management & Local Laws (14.2 KB)
Fees & charges for Animal Management and Local Laws: impound release fees; cat registration fees; dog registration fees; regulated dogs; animal permits; Local Law No. 1 (Administration); Local Law No. 1 (Community & Environment).

Building & development (36.9 KB)
Fees & charges for Building & Development: Superseded Planning Scheme request; Preliminary Approvals; Development Applications; Construction fees; Landscape Plans; Changes or extensions to Development Applications/Approvals; Non-Compliance with Self-Assessable Outcomes; Pre-lodgement Services; Compliance check; Infrastructure Charges & Agreements; Planning Instruments, Materials and Copies of Development Applications; Planning, Building & Development Searches and Certificates; Building Services; Lodgement fee; Building Certification Fees.

Burials & cemetery (10.5 KB)
Fees & charges for Burials and Cemetery: Administration; burials; inurnments (cremated remains/ashes, columbarium walls, in-ground); mausoleums; memorials; operational charges.

Equipment hire (9.7 KB)
Fees & charges for hire of Council equipment - event bin hire; event fencing hire; portable grandstands; advertising panels & banner poles; Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre equipment hire; City Precincts equipment hire.

Finance and Customer Service (15.7 KB)
Fees & charges for Council Administrative services: Photocopying & printing; rates search; water billing; Right to Information; Cairns Libraries; Strategic Infrastructure Planning searches & reports; Cairns Works security bonds/deposits; Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre

Financial assistance for not-for-profit organisations - fact sheet (193.9 KB)
Relief either in full or part waiver of listed fees may be available to eligible Not for Profit (NFP) organisations relating to Venues, Licences & Approvals, Plumbing Applications, Waste Disposal and Development Assessment.

Licences & approvals (30.7 KB)
Fees & charges for Council licences & approvals: amendments; transfers & inspections; health licences & approvals; Local Laws permits; other licences & approvals; Temporary Entertainment Events; Renewals Local Law & Health Licences; Rental Fees; Other Prescribed Activities Under Local Laws (Roadside Vending; commercial use of Council controlled areas)

Register of cost-recovery fees (113.0 KB)
Cost-recovery fees for all areas of Council.

Regulated parking (7.9 KB)
Fees & charges for Regulated parking: on street parking; off street parking; permit parking; search fees for infringement fines & penalties.

Venues (24.7 KB)
Fees & charges for Council venues - public meeting rooms; community halls; park hire; parks & foreshores; market stalls; sporting grounds; Barlow Park; West Barlow Park; Tanks Arts Centre; Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre.

Water & waste (28.8 KB)
Fees & charges for Water & Waste: plumbing; tradewaste; water operations; wastewater operations; engineering & maintenance; infrastructure; transfer station disposal fees; Materials Recovery Facility fees; kerbside collection; business recycling.