COVID-19 latest information

Read more about the City's response to COVID-19

Good Friday and Easter Monday closure

Rubbish bin and bulk verge collections will not occur on Friday April 10, 2020. All bin and bulk verge services scheduled for Friday will take place on Saturday April 11. Administration will be closed for the Good Friday and Easter Monday public holidays. For matters that are dangerous or pose a safety risk only, please call 9267 9267. All online requests will be actioned once the City reopens.

Close this announcement
Skip to main content
Council Name
Home - City of Swan - Logo
  • Home
  • Your Services
    • Do it online
      • Pay it
      • Request / report it online
      • eLodge applications
    • Council Rates
      • Rate Notice Financial Year 2019/2020
      • Sign up for eRates
      • Pay your rates
      • Your rates explained
      • Unimproved Value (UV) Review 2017
      • Rate concessions
      • Objecting to your Valuation
      • Change of address
      • Property Ownership Requests
      • Extreme financial hardship
      • Rates public notice
    • Waste & recycling services
      • Book a verge collection
      • Recycling
      • Bin collections
      • Where to get rid of waste
      • Litter & illegal dumping
      • Waste education
      • Waste fees & charges
      • Bin service for business
      • Drop off days
    • Emergency management
      • Fire
      • Are you prepared for winter storms?
      • Emergency management risks
      • Local Emergency Management Committee
      • Volunteers
      • Bushfire Advisory Committee
    • Crime prevention
      • Crime prevention hints & tips
      • Security patrols
      • Graffiti and vandalism
      • Eyes on the Street
      • Hoons
      • Oscar
      • Disruptive behaviour
    • Public health
      • City of Swan Health Services
      • Health Services forms and guidelines
      • Health Services investigation request
      • Air Quality
      • Food safety
      • Hazardous material
      • Immunisations
      • Industrial Premises
      • Infectious diseases
      • Noise
      • Temporary trading on City land
      • Pest control
      • Waste water disposal
      • Public Toilets
    • Community Care
      • In home services
      • Out and about services
      • Carer support groups
      • Referrals to support agencies
      • Client rights & responsibilities
    • Animals
      • Animal registrations
      • Pound details
      • Dogs
      • Cats
      • Livestock
      • Keeping chickens
      • Wildlife
      • Keeping bees
    • Libraries
      • Library locations & opening hours
      • Stay connected while you stay safe
      • Library membership
      • Library online catalogue
      • Library services
      • Library activities & programs
      • eLibrary
      • Local History Collection
    • Leisure
      • Locations
      • Swan Active
      • Sports competitions
      • Facilities for hire
  • Your Community
    • Kids & families
      • Kids events & activities
      • Fun & educational resources
      • Birthday parties
      • Parks with playgrounds
      • Sporting facilities & venues
      • Explore the Swan Valley
    • Community groups
      • Community grants & funding
      • Need volunteers?
      • Organising a public event
      • Pop Up Movie trailer hire
    • Seniors
      • Events for seniors
      • Seniors fitness at Swan Active
      • City support services
      • Library activities & programs
    • Youth
      • Youth events
      • Youth Centres
      • Youth activities & workshops
      • Support services
      • Youth programs
      • Schools
    • Schools
      • Schools
      • Recycle more, waste less - school incursion
      • Tours of Red Hill Waste Management Facility
      • Clean schools and littering
    • Events & activities
      • Activities
      • Events
      • Get active
      • Swan Valley events
    • Get involved
      • Caring for your environment
      • Volunteering
      • Arts & culture
      • Activities
    • Have your say
      • Community consultations
      • Planning notices
      • Road and pedestrian access way closures
    • Access & inclusion
    • Local news & stories
      • Community Noticeboard
      • Your Community News
      • Your Ballajura
  • Your City
    • In My Area
    • Maps
      • Interactive property maps
      • Midland Parking Map
      • Key business areas
      • Wards
      • Place map
      • Swan Valley WA map
      • Public Toilets
    • Parking & travel
      • Parking
      • Travel & transport within Swan
      • Traffic
      • Road safety
    • nbn™ network for the City of Swan
    • History & heritage
      • Guildford heritage listing information
      • City history
      • Aboriginal history
      • History of Midland
      • Historical places of interest
      • History of the Swan Valley
      • History of Guildford
      • What is a Local Government Inventory?
      • What is a Heritage List?
      • Entry on to the Heritage List
      • What property is on the Local Government Inventory or Heritage List?
      • City of Swan Heritage Strategic Plan
    • Parks, facilities & venues
      • Venues for hire and other facilities
      • Parks & recreation
      • Sporting facilities
      • Place offices
  • Property & Land
    • Planning notices
    • Maps, zoning, subdivision, structure and local development plans
      • Zoning and land use
      • Subdivision
      • Aerial and zoning maps
      • Scheme Amendments
      • Structure Plans
      • Local Development Plans
      • Wards
      • Place map
    • Buildings & structures
      • New homes
      • House extensions and alterations
      • Granny flats
      • Pergolas, patios & shade structures
      • Sheds & outbuildings
      • Rain water tanks
      • Demolition
      • Commercial buildings
      • Unauthorised Buildings
      • Grouped dwellings (units & townhouses)
      • Multiple dwellings (flats and apartments)
      • Shipping containers
      • Transportable buildings
      • Mixed Use Structures
      • Built strata
      • Building envelopes & setbacks
      • Signage
      • Change of use
      • Industrial buildings & land uses
      • Bed & breakfast
      • Keeping of livestock
      • Solar collectors
    • Boundaries, gardens & verges
      • Driveways and crossovers
      • Fences
      • Retaining walls
      • Swimming pools, spas and pool fences
      • Verges
      • Water bore
      • Parking on private land
      • Roads
      • Stormwater
      • Beyond Gardens workshops
    • Building process information
      • Difference between planning and building services
      • Assessment timeframes
      • Legislative framework
      • Building approval process
      • Roles and responsibilities
      • Permit authority
      • Building classes
      • Determining the value of building work
      • Choosing the right permit
      • How to submit a building application
      • Tracking a building application
      • Appealing against the decision
      • Schedule of fees and charges
    • Subdivision guidelines
      • Construction specifications
      • Crossover specifications
      • Design specifications
      • Standard drawings
      • Subdivision process
    • Plans, drawings & documents
      • Plans & drawings for planning applications
      • Building plans and documents
    • Application forms & fees
    • Town planning information
      • Town Planning instruments
      • Local Planning Scheme No.17
      • Local Planning Policies
      • Development Assessment Panel Applications
      • Structure Plans
      • Scheme Amendments
      • Determined Structure Plans
      • Our planners can help you
      • Development Contribution Plans
    • Checklists & questionnaires
      • Fast Track applications
      • Standard development application checklists & questionnaires
      • Other planning checklists & questionnaires
      • Building checklists
    • Sustainable living
      • Be waste wise
      • Be energy wise
      • Be water wise
      • Conserve nature
      • Switch Your Thinking
    • Suburbs
      • Aveley
      • Baskerville
      • Bellevue
      • Bennett Springs
      • Brabham
      • Brigadoon
      • Bullsbrook
      • Bushmead
      • Caversham
      • Dayton
      • Ellenbrook
      • Gidgegannup
      • Guildford
      • Hazelmere
      • Henley Brook
      • Jane Brook
      • Kiara
      • Middle Swan
      • Midland
      • Midvale
      • Red Hill
      • South Guildford
      • Stratton
      • Swan View
      • The Vines
      • Upper Swan
  • Your Business
    • Business news & events
      • Swan Biz News
      • Business Spotlight
      • Biz events
      • Business training opportunities
    • Setting up
      • New to business
      • Finding a location
      • Types of businesses
      • Business administration
    • Expanding or moving
      • Changing a property use
      • Relocating?
      • Change of ownership for an existing food business
      • Want to build?
      • Property additions
      • Specifications for development
      • Submit a development application
      • Request a building plan
      • Building regulations
      • Safety & security
      • Selling or closing a business
    • Business services
      • Visitor servicing
      • Community Safety Advocates
      • Free WiFi in Midland
      • Development approvals
      • Bin service for business
      • Buy West Eat Best Restaurant Program
    • Key business areas
      • Bullsbrook
      • Ellenbrook
      • Guildford
      • Hazelmere
      • Malaga
      • Midland
      • Swan Valley
      • South Guildford
    • Local business directory
      • Biz List
      • Join our Biz List
      • Open for business during COVID-19
    • Economic statistics & profiles
      • Economic Profile
      • Online economic profiling tool
      • Economic Strategy
    • Develop & invest
      • We're open for investment
      • Reasons to invest
    • Volunteering
  • Your Council
    • About us
      • The function of Local Government
      • City leadership, vision & values
      • Local Area Planning
      • Place Management model
      • Demographics & statistics
      • Projects & initiatives
      • Awards & achievements
    • Governance & transparency
      • Corporate plans & strategies
      • Annual reports & budgets
      • Policies & local laws
      • Registers for public viewing
      • Codes of conduct
      • Public Interest Disclosure
      • Freedom of Information
      • Audits
    • Council
      • Council Elections
      • Council Meetings
      • Meet your Councillors
      • Advisory Groups
      • Wards
    • Tendering
      • Submit a Tender
      • Tender Register
      • Tenders - Policies and Procedures
      • Register for quotation opportunities
    • Careers
      • Why work with us
      • How to apply
      • Job vacancies
    • Australian Citizenship
    • News & media
      • News & announcements
      • Mayor's Blog
      • Media enquiries
      • Film & photography requests
      • Use of City Logo and Civic Crest
      • Ellenbrook Sports Hub synthetic fields
      • City's response to COVID-19
    • Contact Us
      • Subscribe for updates
You Are Here : Home / Your Council/Governance & transparency
Listen

Governance & transparency

The City of Swan is an open and transparent local government providing opportunities for our community to take part in decision making.

We ensure the community has access to information about decisions that are made, and how we are performing against the Strategic Community Plan.

Corporate plans & strategies

Access our Strategic Community Plan, Corporate Business Plan and Long Term Financial Plan.

Annual reports & budgets

Access our annual reports and annual budgets.

Policies & local laws

View the policies and local laws adopted by the City of Swan.

Registers for public viewing

The City of Swan has a number of registers available for public viewing.

Codes of conduct

View the standards and behaviours set out in the City’s codes of conduct.

Public Interest Disclosure

Public interest disclosure relates to a matter of public interest and tend to show wrongdoing by a public body when performing a public function.

Freedom of Information

Find out more about your rights and how to apply for information.

Audits

Find information about Auditor General Reports and auditing in the City of Swan.
Back to top

Contact Us

City of Swan

Address: 2 Midland Square, Midland,
WA 6056

View map

Tel: (08) 9267 9267

Fax: (08) 9267 9444

Postal Address: PO Box 196, Midland,
WA 6936

Email: swan@swan.wa.gov.au


Connect with us

  • Like us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Have your say
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Discover the Swan Valley
  • Subscribe

Other Languages

  • Vietnamese
  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • Croatian
  • Italian
  • Persian
  • Tagalog
  • Sudanese Arabic
  • Hindi
  • Burmese

  

The City of Swan acknowledges the Whadjuk (Noongar) people, who are the traditional custodians of this country. We pay respect to their culture, history and their elders past and present.

Disclaimer & Copyright | Privacy | Sitemap | Accessibility | Website help | Staff portal
© 2020 City of Swan | Powered by OpenCities
Business opening hours may vary
Due to COVID-19 business opening days and times may vary, please check with individual businesses before visiting. To find out what businesses are open or providing online services please visit our What's open for business list.

See what's Open for business during COVID-19

Announcement
startswith
Waste and Recycling Services closures
* Good Friday bin and bulk verge services will take place on Saturday 11 April.

COVID-19 latest information

* Waste and recycling services are continuing so please keep putting your bins out.
* The Tip Shop in Bullsbrook is temporarily closed for the foreseeable future.
* Recyclable Goods Drop Off Days are temporarily cancelled.
* The Recycling Centre Bullsbrook is still open for drop offs

The City's response to COVID-19

Announcement
startswith
All in person events are cancelled, digital options being investigated
The City's six libraries are closed until further notice. In person events and workshops are cancelled. We are looking at ways to provide digital workshops and events in the near future. We will provide more information on these workshops in due course.
Announcement
startswithstartswith
City of Swan Library closures
The City of Swan’s six libraries and Gidgegannup drop-point are closed until further notice. While our doors are closed, our services continue to operate, however, we are unable to accept returns and we will hold any reservations. We don’t have overdue fees and we will be renewing your items automatically for you. Should you need help, the phone lines to all our libraries will remain open.
Announcement
startswith