Your Home

Find out more about what asbestos is, the dangers of it being in your home and how to safely dispose of it.

Smoke alarms keeping your home and family safe.

Thinking of getting a wood heater or open fireplace installed in your home? Find out about the approval, use and how Council and the EPA handles complaints regarding wood heaters.

Keeping children safe around windows and balconies. Window and balcony safety.

Find information about installing a pool or spa, swimming pool safety, swimming pool fences, spa pools and pool water quality.

Is your home fire safe? Have you given your family the best chance of surviving a house fire? Follow these simple home fire safety tips.

If you are planning to modify or construct a driveway from your property boundary to the kerb & gutter or road, you need to obtain Council approval prior to the commencement of any construction.

What is a dividing fence? When is Council approval needed for a dividing fence? Who is responsible for dividing fences?

Do a property search online to find out which bin is collected on what day? Or when your area's next scheduled kerbside collection day is?

Information about lost animals, animals for sale, rescue organisations, animal care facility, pet ownership, threatened species, etc.

Changing our habits doesn’t have to be hard and it can be a lot of fun! Here you can learn what you can do to be more sustainable in your daily life that will help to preserve the environment.

We provide a range of information and links to websites and tools to assist all community members and visitors to be prepared for any emergency.

What trees should you plant at home? Need to prune or remove a tree?Neighbourhood tree disputes, 10/50 laws and other tree management information.

Learn more about issues that commonly lead to neighbourhood complaints such as graffiti removal, noise, nuisance animals, unauthorised building, parking, walkways, wood heaters, drones and more.

Planning to build or develop? Learn more about the Development Application and Approval process, including when a Development Application is required.

Property Addressing FAQs (requesting a new address, changing an existing property number and utility/service provider saying I don’t have a valid address)

You can contact Macarthur Legal Centre for free, confidential and independent legal advice - more details here.