Fencing Policy

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This consultation has concluded.

Kingston’s Fencing Policy sets out clear responsibilities relating to the contribution of costs for the construction, maintenance, and replacement of a dividing fence adjoining Council owned or managed land (including roads).

This policy applies to all landowners where their property adjoins Council owned or managed land and who seek a Council contribution to the cost of construction, repair, or replacement of a dividing fence.

We have recently reviewed our policy, and we are seeking community feedback on the revised document.

Under the current policy Council pays half of the replacement cost, Council now proposes to contribute a flat lineal metre rate.


Current Policy Exclusions

Proposed New Policy Exclusions

Road reservations.


Rights of Ways, laneways, Discontinued Roads, walkways and other unoccupied spaces except where a walkway or road forms part of a recreation reserve.

Discontinued road removed as this is no longer a road and would be treated as adjoining property.

Revised wording:

Road and road reserves, laneways, rights of ways, or walkways (except where a walkway forms part of a public reserve or public park under section 4.3 below).

Buffer to a road for example, plantation and tree reservices or other land except where the land is used as a public open space, provides connection to adjoining recreation reserve or walkway/shared path network.

Removing the wording shared path network refer to (3.1) of this report.

Revised wording:

A public reserve which is set aside as a tree or plantation reserve.

Bicycle Path

Removed as bicycle paths are not located independently, they are part of the road reserve, public park or public reserve which is addressed in the exclusions.

Car Parks – not specifically excluded in the current policy. Potentially missed as being part of the road reserve which is excluded.

Clarification of exclusion.

Municipal car parks designated as such under the Road Management Act.

Refer to (3.3) of this report.

Commercial Property – not excluded in current policy.

New exclusion.

Council will not contribute to construction, repair, or replacement costs of a dividing fence of a commercial or private property adjoining a public park or public reserve.


The draft policy can be viewed under the documents tab on this page.

You can make a submission by:

Submissions close on Sunday 1 September 2024.

Kingston’s Fencing Policy sets out clear responsibilities relating to the contribution of costs for the construction, maintenance, and replacement of a dividing fence adjoining Council owned or managed land (including roads).

This policy applies to all landowners where their property adjoins Council owned or managed land and who seek a Council contribution to the cost of construction, repair, or replacement of a dividing fence.

We have recently reviewed our policy, and we are seeking community feedback on the revised document.

Under the current policy Council pays half of the replacement cost, Council now proposes to contribute a flat lineal metre rate.


Current Policy Exclusions

Proposed New Policy Exclusions

Road reservations.


Rights of Ways, laneways, Discontinued Roads, walkways and other unoccupied spaces except where a walkway or road forms part of a recreation reserve.

Discontinued road removed as this is no longer a road and would be treated as adjoining property.

Revised wording:

Road and road reserves, laneways, rights of ways, or walkways (except where a walkway forms part of a public reserve or public park under section 4.3 below).

Buffer to a road for example, plantation and tree reservices or other land except where the land is used as a public open space, provides connection to adjoining recreation reserve or walkway/shared path network.

Removing the wording shared path network refer to (3.1) of this report.

Revised wording:

A public reserve which is set aside as a tree or plantation reserve.

Bicycle Path

Removed as bicycle paths are not located independently, they are part of the road reserve, public park or public reserve which is addressed in the exclusions.

Car Parks – not specifically excluded in the current policy. Potentially missed as being part of the road reserve which is excluded.

Clarification of exclusion.

Municipal car parks designated as such under the Road Management Act.

Refer to (3.3) of this report.

Commercial Property – not excluded in current policy.

New exclusion.

Council will not contribute to construction, repair, or replacement costs of a dividing fence of a commercial or private property adjoining a public park or public reserve.


The draft policy can be viewed under the documents tab on this page.

You can make a submission by:

Submissions close on Sunday 1 September 2024.