Council Update

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Capital Maintenance / Renewal Allocations

The capital maintenance/renewal allocations for 2025/26 from Council’s Capital Expenditure Program was endorsed by Council at the August meeting. This year, there is a total of $2,536,635 allocated incorporating resealing, heavy patching, gravel re-sheeting and footpath works (renewals and scoping) as listed below.

Council’s maintenance program has been informed by recent independent condition assessments, customer requests, staff inspections any significant changes in conditions.

Resealing
Forest Reefs Road Gordon Street Neville Road
Browns Creek Road Main Street Garland Road
Brooklea Lane Short Street Adelaide Lane
Belubula Way Pilcher Street Hunt Place
Ivory Street Fleet Street Queen Street
Danvers Street Collins Street Millpost Creek Road
Hill Street (Lyndhurst) Radburn Street Mandurama Road
Stoke Lane Ambler Street Burns Street
Collins Street Newbridge Road

Heavy Patching
Browns Creek Road Newbridge Road Forest Reefs Road

Note: Resealing is a preventative maintenance measure that prolongs the life of the pavement and seal however is only suited to sections of roads which do not already have a failed pavement.

Gravel Re-sheeting
Spring Hill Road Glenelg Road Old Lachlan Road
Wombiana Lane Wattersons Lane Kings Plains Road
Lawsons Road Ovington Lane Hilltop Lane
Nyes Gates Road Nixons Lane Mount Macquarie Road
Eves Lane Village Road Sherlocks Lane

Footpath Network Renewals
Network renewals have been undertaken considering: the number of defects, defect severity, footpath class and potential hazards to pedestrians, with renewals to be completed on the following streets:
 
Rosebery Place Elliott Street Napier Street
Water Street Terragong Street Hanover Crescent
Medway Street Mount Errol Street Naylor Street
Polona Street Tumulla Place Belubula Street

Council Update

Council Meeting

The September Ordinary Meeting of Council will be held in the Chambers, Blayney Shire Community Centre, on Tuesday 23 September 2025, commencing at 6.00pm. Members of the community are welcome to attend. A copy of the Business Paper will be available on Council’s website prior to the meeting.
You can also tune in live at https://www.blayney.nsw.gov.au/council/council-meetings 

Blayney Shire Council - Community Financial Assistance Program Round 1 – 2025/26

Applications open for the first round under the 2025/26 Community Financial Assistance Program are open. 
Local community organisations / individuals are invited to submit an application by 26 September 2025. Applications lodged before 19 September 2025 will be reviewed and applicants will be contacted in the event of any errors or omissions in applications.
There are four categories of financial assistance:

1. Recurrent financial assistance 
2. Non-recurrent financial assistance 
3. Flagship annual community project 

Applicants are required to obtain a copy of the guidelines and complete the application form.

Guidelines and application forms are available from Council’s Community Financial Assistance Program page or from Council’s office.

Newmont Cadia’s Community Partnership Program

Each year, Newmont Cadia (Cadia) provides financial and in-kind support to enhance community groups and organisations in the Blayney, Cabonne and Orange Local Government Areas (LGA's).

Cadia works hand-in-hand with local communities, to invest in meaningful programs and infrastructure projects across the Blayney, Cabonne, and Orange LGAs.

Cadia’s Community Partnership Program offers two funding opportunities – Cadia Cares, focusing on projects to help support the development of the community, and the Cadia Legacy Fund, larger funding opportunities which focus on leaving a lasting legacy in the local community.  

Applications for the next round of Cadia Cares and the Cadia Legacy Fund will close on Monday 1 September 2025.

Please contact Nicole Morris for details on Cadia's Community Partnership Program on 0439 490 092 or nicole.morris@newmont.com and take a look at the opportunities available to your organisation via the Newmont Cadia website here… https://www.cadiavalley.com.au/newcrest/cvo/community-programs/community-investment

Blayney Shire Council - Tourism Development Program

Blayney Shire Council has a Tourism Development Program which provides support to both not-for-profit entities and local businesses to host events, produce marketing projects and create tourist attractions aimed to promote and grow the visitor economy in the Blayney Shire.

More information available on our Tourism Development Program page
Round 1: Closes: 3 September 2025, outcome expected: late September 2025
Round 2: Closes: 11 February 2026, outcome expected: late February 2026

Development Proposal

Issued under Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Schedule 1
Proposed Development: Development of two 4.99MW solar farm and battery energy storage system (BESS)
Development Site: Lot 74 & 83, DP750390, 180 Greghamstown Road, Blayney
Applicant: EDPR AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Consent Authority: Blayney Shire Council

Blayney Shire Council is in receipt of a Regionally Significant Development Application for a two 4.99MW solar farm and battery energy storage system proposed to be located at Lot 74 & 83, DP750390 180 Greghamstown Road, Blayney. 

The consent authority for the proposed development is Blayney Shire Council. However, The Western Regional Planning Panel has the function of determining the application. 

Development Application 2025/61 and associated documentation can be viewed at our Documents on Public Exhibition page or by visiting Councils Administration Building, 91 Adelaide Street Blayney, weekdays between 9am and 4pm.

Any person wishing to make a submission must do so in writing, stating the grounds for any objection, by 5pm on 5 September 2025. Submissions must be made in writing and must clearly indicate the following:
- Name and address of the person making the submission, including phone and email address. 
- The submission should relate directly to the proposed development and if the submission is by the way of objection; it must state the reasons for objection.

Any submissions that you make on this proposal may be made available to the applicant for comment during consideration of the development application, names withheld. All submissions will be provided to the Western Regional Planning Panel and may be viewed by other persons with an interest in the application.

Correspondence can be sent to:
The General Manager
Blayney Shire Council
PO Box 62 BLAYNEY NSW 2799
Email: council@blayney.nsw.gov.au