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Service catalogue

47 Pradeshiya Sabha services, one platform.

Services pre-configured in OnlineSabha, organised by the council's real divisions. Pick a service to see how to get it, the fee and the documents needed.

5Divisions
21Apply online
7Book online

47 services

Revenue

Licences, taxes, rentals and leases

22

Trade licence

The annual licence needed to run a business premises. The fee follows the premises' annual value.

Apply onlineAnnual renewal

Industrial tax

Annual tax on factories and production sites, graded by the premises' annual value.

Council issues the bill

Slaughterhouse licence

Annual licence to operate a cattle slaughterhouse.

Apply onlineAnnual renewal

Sports ground hire

Book a council ground for a match, event or meeting by the day or half-day. Date clashes are checked automatically.

Book onlineDeposit · cancel & refund

Lease of council shop rooms

Lease council shop rooms by annual tender. The lease, monthly instalments and late fees are all kept in the system.

By tender

Event, town and community hall hire

Hire a council hall for celebrations, seminars and community meetings on any free date in the hall's calendar.

Book onlineDeposit · cancel & refund

Annual lease of weekly fair collection rights

Lease the right to collect weekly-fair fees by annual tender.

By tender

Water bowser service

Order the council water bowser for drinking or construction water, charged per trip.

Book onlineDeposit · cancel & refund

Vehicle and machinery hire

Hire council backhoes, tippers, tractors and rollers by the hour, trip or day.

Book onlineDeposit · cancel & refund

Valuation register: name entry, assessment number and change of ownership

Add or correct a name, get a new assessment number or register a change of ownership. Once approved, the property register updates itself.

Apply onlineAppeal if rejected

Advertising permit

Permit to display advertisements, banners or name boards. Apply at least 7 days ahead.

Apply online

Public performance and carnival licence

Licence to hold public shows, concerts and carnivals. Apply at least 7 days before it starts.

Apply online

Social hall licence

Annual licence to run a social hall.

Apply onlineAnnual renewal

Assessment (property) tax

Rates on buildings and land, billed quarterly on annual value. Early-payment discounts and late fees are automatic; no application needed.

Council issues the billQuarterly bills

Acreage tax

Annual tax on large cultivated or uncultivated land, by acreage. Billed once the land is registered.

Council issues the bill

Business tax

Annual tax on trading businesses, graded by last year's turnover. The business must be on the register.

Council issues the bill

Undeveloped land tax

Annual tax on undeveloped land, billed once the land is registered.

Council issues the bill

Vehicle and animal tax

Annual tax on vehicles and animals.

Apply online

Annual lease of council property

Lease council canteens, stalls and public property by annual tender. Instalment bills follow automatically after the award.

By tender

Tax on certain land sales

One-off tax on land auctions and sales. The revenue inspector records the sale and bills the liable auctioneer.

Billed from officer's record

Entertainment tax

Tax deposit for ticketed events, ticket stamping and reconciliation after the event.

Apply onlineDeposit reconciled & refunded

Parking charges

Fees for using council car parks.

Book online

Works

Building, land approvals, environment and maintenance

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Removal of dangerous trees

Ask for a tree or branch that endangers a road, house or the public to be removed. A technical officer acts after a site inspection.

Report onlineProgress tracked online

Certificate of conformity (development, subdivision or building)

Certifies that an approved development, subdivision or building was completed as approved. Needed before a building is occupied.

Apply online

Building plan approval

Get building plans approved for a new building, an extension or an alteration.

Apply online

Development permit extension

Extend a development permit by a year at a time, up to twice.

Apply online

Non-vesting certificate

The certificate banks ask for before a loan: the council will not take over the property and nothing is owed to it.

Apply online

Land subdivision plan approval

Plan approval to subdivide land into plots or amalgamate parcels.

Apply online

Gully bowser service

Book the council gully bowser to empty septic pits, in queue order.

Book onlineDeposit · cancel & refund

Commercial waste collection

Contract waste collection for shops, factories and offices. The monthly fee is set after an inspection.

Apply online

Naming roads and public places, and memorials

Ask the council to approve naming a road or public place, or putting up a memorial.

Apply online

Street line and building limit certificate

Shows the street line and building limit for a plot, for loans, valuations and building applications.

Apply online

Street light maintenance

Pick a broken or dark street light on the map and report it, or ask for a new one.

Report onlineOn the map

Road cutting permit for service connections

Permit to cut a council road for a water, power or phone connection, with a reinstatement deposit.

Apply online

Regularising unauthorised construction

Regularise building work done without approval, where it can meet the rules, on payment of a compounding fee.

Apply online

Ways to get a service

  • Apply online21
  • Book online7
  • Report online2
  • Council issues the bill5
  • By tender3
  • Download form & hand in1
  • Billed from officer's record1
  • Office process7

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