Environment Charge
The Environment Charge protects places of environmental significance in the Redlands which are not protected through Council's land use planning powers or local laws.
The levy funds land maintenance, rehabilitation and purchase. Currently the levy for the Environment Charge is $70. Roughly half of this is for bushland management (maintenance and rehabilitation) and the other half for buying land.
The annual budget aims to spend all the funds raised in any financial year on activities of priority. The charge distribution is on allotment basis.
Council currently maintains 20 areas of environmental significance.
Since 1993, Council has purchased 341 properties totalling 380 hectares, at a cost of almost $16 million.
For a property to qualify to be purchased using this fund, it must have significant environmental values, such as forming part of a natural corridor or high biodiversity, have some level of threat, such as clearing or degradation, have a community benefit, such as scenic, cultural or historical values and be affordable.
Click on the links below to view a graphic presentation of the properties in the Redlands or a comprehensive list of purchases.
These are some of the areas which are of environmental significance in the Redlands: