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Please follow the links below for the latest Lockhart community information.
Please follow the links below for the latest Lockhart community information.
Lockhart Shire nestles in the heart of the Riverina and is one of the region’s most productive agricultural and pastoral areas. With a strong pioneering heritage and steeped in history, Lockhart Shire’s main towns and villages include Lockhart, The Rock, Yerong Creek, Pleasant Hills and Milbrulong. Each community has its own unique character and history, and the Shire offers visitors a relaxed country atmosphere steeped in history.
Lockhart is centrally situated 62km southwest of Wagga Wagga, 62km east of Narrandera and 105km north of Albury. The Rock is on the Olympic Highway 25km south of Wagga Wagga with Yerong Creek another 15km down the highway.
An extraordinary meeting of Council will be
held on 23 June 2025, commencing at 5pm, to consider the strategic planning documents.
Council has a number of Tenders currently open including;
For more information, click here
Council advises of a Planning Proposal to reduce the minimum lot size of the existing R5 Large Lot Residential land located in South Lockhart from two hectares to 7500m2.
You can view the Planning Proposal here.
The Proposal is also available to view at the Lockhart Shire Council Office, 65 Green Street, Lockhart during the hours of 8.30 am to 4.00 pm, Monday to Friday.
Those who wish to make a submission in relation to the Planning Proposal are invited to do so.
Submissions are to be made in writing (to the above address) or via email (development@lockhart.nsw.gov.au) to the General Manager no later than by 5.00pm on Friday the 25th July 2025.
For more information, please contact Council’s Planning and Environment Department on (02) 6920 5305
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