Land Protection Grant Scheme

Privacy Collection Statement

Your personal information is being collected by Wyndham City Council for administration of the Land Protection Grant Scheme. Your information will be stored and used by Council and its contracted service providers to identify you in communications in managing the land under agreement for the Land Protection Grant Scheme. By submitting your application, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information. Your personal information will be handled in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. Further information on how Council handles your personal information visit Council’s Privacy Policy.

I have read and understood the Privacy Statement mentioned above (required)

Contact Details (required)

Title

Given Name

Family/Surname

Preferred Contact Number

Preferred Contact Number Type

Home

Work

Mobile

Email Address

Property details (required)

Property address: (required)

Are you the property (select one):

Owner

Occupier

Size of property (ha):

Current use of property (e.g. residence, hobby farm, cropping, grazing etc.):

Briefly describe what you hope your project/s will achieve?

Upload a map of your property showing the location(s) of your proposed land management activities:

One file only.
64 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, xls, jpg, png.

Weed Control

Weed Species

Please indicate the weeds that apply to your property:

Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma)

Chilean Needle Grass (Nassella neesiana)

Cane Needle Grass (Nassella hyalina)

Artichoke Thistle (Cynara cardunculus)

African Thistle (Berkheya rigida)

Carpet Weed (Galenia pubescens)

African Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)

Prickly pear (Opuntia stricta ) or Tiger pear (Opuntia aurantiaca)

Other (please specify) (e.g. horehound, Bathurst burr, spear thistle, Paterson’s Curse, African Love Grass, etc…)

Which is your preferred grant option? (required)

Land Manager Implemented Grant

Receive funding for implementing your own land management activities (set at a per hectare figure between $75-125 per hectare)

Contractor Implemented Grant

Council engages a contractor to undertake land management activities and pays 75% of the costs (you will be required to contribute 25% of the costs)

Please indicate if you would like to opt into either of Council’s mailing lists:

I would like to opt in to receiving emails from Council regarding land management activities and programs

I acknowledge that by submitting this application to the Land Protection Grant Scheme, I agree to the terms and conditions below which I confirm that I have read and understood. (required)

Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions apply to the funding available under Council’s Land Protection Grant Scheme (‘Scheme’). By applying for funding, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

These terms and conditions should be read in conjunction with any relevant information about the Scheme, e.g. your application, any information on Council’s website and any Council correspondence regarding the Scheme.

ELIGIBILITY
1.1 To be eligible for funding, the applicant must be the owner or occupier of land over 4ha in size, which is located outside of the Urban Growth Boundary and within dry-land agricultural farming area, and which is not a quarry.

1.2 Council staff, Councillors and their immediate family members are not eligible to apply.

APPLICATIONS
2.1 To apply for funding, applicants must submit a properly completed application form via Council’s website, in person at Council’s Civic Centre or by mail to Council before 31 May each year. Applications which are incomplete or received after this date may not be accepted for that year’s round of funding.

2.2 Only one application per property will be accepted annually.

2.3 Applicants acknowledge and agree that the annual funding under this Scheme is limited and once this funding has been exhausted, applications will no longer be accepted until further funding becomes available.

2.4 Applicants agree to immediately notify Council of any changes to their application, including the request to withdraw their application by emailing lpgs@wyndham.vic.gov.au.

ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATIONS

Applications will be assessed by Council officers in accordance with the eligibility criteria and applicants will be contacted regarding their application within 10 business days of its submission.

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS
4.1 Successful applicants must enter into a funding agreement with Council and comply with the terms and conditions of that agreement.

4.2 Successful applicants who have elected to receive a Land Manager Implemented Grant acknowledge and agree that prior to receiving a funding agreement to enter into, they must meet with Council at the relevant property and allow an inspection of the property to enable the development of a Land Management Plan, which will detail the land management works to be undertaken as part of the Scheme.

MAILING LISTS

Where you have opted into joining either or both of Council’s mailing lists, you acknowledge and agree that Council may periodically send emails to the email address provided in your application form. You acknowledge that you can unsubscribe from these mailing lists at any time.

GENERAL
6.1 Council accepts no responsibility for late, lost, incomplete, invalid or corrupt applications.

6.2 Council reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.

6.3 Council’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

Wyndham City Council recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first Peoples of Australia. We acknowledge the Bunurong and Wadawurrung Peoples as Traditional Owners of the lands on which Wyndham City operates. The Wadawurrung and Bunurong Peoples have and always will belong to the Werribee Yalook (river), creeks, stars, hills and red clay of this Country. We pay respect to their Ancestors and Elders who always have, and always will, care for Country and community today and for future generations.