Public Exhibition- Notice of Intention to Dedicate Land as a Public Rd
Background
Dungog Shire Council (Council) hereby gives Notice that after the expiry of 28 days from the date of this Notice, it intends pursuant to Section 16 of the Roads Act 1993 (NSW) to dedicate the following land as a public road by publishing a notice to that effect in the NSW Government Gazette:
Parish: Wilmot; County: Gloucester; Local Government Area: Dungog
All the land bound by Lot 1 Deposited Plan 195653, end of Crown Road, Lot 7003 Deposited Plan 92848, end of Crown Road, road widening shown in Deposited Plan 270818 and Road shown in Crown Plan 37-1603, shown in red on the map below, known as Limeburner’s Creek Road, Clarence Town.. According to searches obtained by Council, the land intended to be dedicated as a public road was set aside for the purposes of a road left in a subdivision of land effected before 1 January 1920.
Pursuant to Section 17(2) of the Roads Act 1993 (NSW), the owner of the land may, in accordance with the rules of court, apply to the Land and Environment Court for a declaration that the land should not be dedicated as public road. Such application must be made within 28 days of this Notice.
Have Your Say
Should you lodge a submission, it will be considered, along with any other submissions received and may be included in Council’s meeting business paper. Information contained in any submission may, at the discretion of Council, be referred to the person (s) who initiated the proposal for appropriate consideration. Your submission, including any personal information, is accessible by any person upon written application, subject to Council’s Privacy Management Plan and the Government Information (Public Access) Act, 2009. The inclusion of personal information in your submission is voluntary but, if not provided, may affect consideration of the submission. The information will ultimately be stored in Council’s records system.
Submissions will be accepted up until 5pm, Wednesday 22 January 2025
For further information, please contact Council on 02 4995 7777 or shirecouncil@dungog.nsw.gov.au.