Adoption of Valuation and Rates 2025-26

Adoption of Valuation and Declaration of Rates 2025/2026

NOTICE is hereby given that the Copper Coast Council, at its Meeting held on Wednesday, 2 July 2025, resolved for the year ending 30 June 2026 as follows:

Adoption of Valuations

To adopt the most recent valuations of the Valuer-General available to the Council, of the capital value of land within the Council’s area totaling $6,709,115,260 and of which $6,610,177,181 is the total valuation of rateable land.

Rates

1.      1. To declare the following differential general rates varying according to the use of the land:

• i category (a) - Residential, a rate of 0.2720 cents in the dollar;
• ii category (b) - Commercial—Shop, category (c) – Commercial – Office, category (d) – Commercial Other, a rate of 0.5917 cents in the dollar;
• iii. category (e) – Industry – Light, category (f) – Industry - Other, a rate of 0.5917 cents in the dollar;
• iv. category (g) - Primary Production, a rate of 0.2260 cents in the dollar;
• v. category (h) - Vacant Land, a rate of 0.4656 cents in the dollar;
• vi. category (i) - Other (any other land use not referred to in a previous category), a rate of 0.3104 cents in the dollar; and
• vii. Marina Berths, a rate of 0.5917 cents in the dollar.

2. To impose an amount of $475 as a fixed charge as part of the general rates in respect of each separate piece of rateable land in the area of the Council.

3. To declare a separate rate of a fixed amount of $829 in respect of each separate piece of rateable land in that part of the Council area known as “The Dunes” to partly fund the activity of the maintenance of the Port Hughes Golf Course.

4. To declare a differential separate rate of 0.0257 cents in the dollar with a minimum amount of $50 being payable in respect of each separate piece of rateable land (excluding land with a residential land use) in that part of the Council area known as Kadina Central Business District for the activity which is the ‘revitalisation project’.

5. To declare a separate rate of a fixed amount of $265 in respect to each allotment per certificate of title for properties in that part of the Council area adjoining the Riley Cove Community Corporations 20692 internal roads to fund the activity of the replacement of the road seal, pavement and kerbing (internal road maintenance).

Community Wastewater Management Scheme Annual Service Charges

To impose an annual service charge based on the nature of the service and the level of usage of the service of $624 per property unit in respect of all land to which the Council provides or makes available the Community Wastewater Management Scheme.

Regional Landscape Levy

To declare a separate rate of 0.008955 cents in the dollar based on the capital value of all rateable land within the Council area and the area of the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board in order to reimburse the Council the amount of $585,723 payable to the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board.

Dylan Strong
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER