Rates Remission and Rates Postponement Policies
Properties that have been deemed uninhabitable (red stickered) as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023 have been granted a rates remission. Usually, we ask homeowners to apply for this. But in the case of this cyclone, we automatically granted a rates remission during the period people’s properties are officially marked as uninhabitable.
Our Rates Remission and Rates Postponement Policies are revised every time we develop a new Long Term Plan (every three years).
The policies include:
- rates penalties (overdue rates etc.)
- rates on unusable land
- rates on abandoned land
- rates on land held for conservation or preservation purposes
- rates on community, sporting and other non-profit organisations
- rating units containing two separately habitable units
- excess water consumption
- wastewater charges for schools
- rating units occupied/owned in common
- postponement of rates from extreme financial hardship
- postponement of rates for ratepayers aged 65 years and over
- remission of rates on Māori freehold land
- postponement of rates on Māori freehold land
- untreated metered water supply in the Thames Valley
- land subject to a zone change
- exclusion of campgrounds and other multi-unit facilities for area of service from solid waste collection
- miscellaneous purposes
- remission for residents of Licence to Occupy Retirement Villages.
- land affected by natural calamity or fire