Rates Remission and Rates Postponement Policies

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 Maori freehold land
• Postponement of rates on Maori 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