Fees and Charges

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Fees and charges are incurred for all chargeable services, requests, applications, approvals, licences, hire bookings and memberships.

Fees and charges are determined by Council each year and contribute towards helping us provide essential services and facilities for the City of Parramatta. View the current fees and charges below:

Past fees and charges:

Fees and Charges Explained

Goods & Services Tax (GST) 

This list of fees and charges for pricing principals has been prepared based on assumptions made regarding the GST status of each fee and charge.

Should the GST legislation or the interpretation of this legislation change, City of Parramatta reserves the right to increase or decrease the amount of the fees stated by the amount of the GST.

Development Unit Fees

All statutory development unit fees are subject to legislation and may change during the period covered by this document.

Pricing Principles and Pricing Basis

A

Public Good

Service provides a broad community benefit. Inconceivable or impractical to charge for service on a user basis		 Zero Cost Recovery

B

Practical Constraint

Service is a minor part of the overall operation of the Council or the potential for revenue collection is so minor as to be outweighed by the costs of collection		 Zero Cost Recovery

C

Shared Benefit

Benefits from provision of the service accrue to the community as a whole as well as individual users (Community Service Obligation)		 Partial Cost Recovery

D

Stimulus

A stimulus to the demand for the service is required. In the short term, only part of the cost of the service is to be recovered		 Partial Cost Recovery

E

Evasion

Charging prices to recover full cost may result in widespread evasion		 Partial Cost Recovery

F

Equity

The service is targeted to low income users		 Partial Cost Recovery

G

Economic/Social/Community Welfare

Service promotes or encourages local economic or social activity		 Partial Cost Recovery

H

Private Good

Service benefits particular users, making a contribution to their individual income, welfare or profits, without any broader benefits to the community		 Full Cost Recovery

I

Monopoly

Council has a monopoly over provision of the service and there is no community service or equity obligation		 Full Cost Recovery

J

Development

Fee set will enable Council to develop and maintain a service		 Full Cost Recovery

K

Contribution

Charges levied to compensate community for an increase in demand for service or facilities as a consequence of a development proposal		 Full Cost Recovery

L

Regulatory: Non-Fixed

Fee charges to cover costs incurred by legislative requirements where no community service obligation exists		 Full Cost Recovery

M

Regulatory: Fixed

Fee fixed by legislation		 Regulatory

N

Market

Service provided is in competition with that provided by another council or agency (private or public) and there is pressure to set a price which will attract adequate usage of the service		 Reference Pricing

O

In-House

Service provided predominantly for Council use but sale to external markets may defray costs		 Reference Pricing

P

Entrepreneurial

The service is a profit making activity and the price paid by users should recover an amount greater than the full cost of providing that service		 Rate of Return Pricing

Q

Penalty

Fee charges is greater than cost of the service so as to act as a dis-incentive		 Rate of Return Pricing

R

Utility

Fee charges for possession, occupation or enjoyment of Council Land, Public Land and Air Space by Gas, Electricity, Telecommunications and Water Utilities		 Rate of Return Pricing

 

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