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Scenic Rim’s new rating categories will shape future bills
Scenic Rim Regional Council has replaced its 2026-2027 Rates Category Changes Policy CP00007, the framework that classifies land for rating purposes across the region.
Property owners across the Scenic Rim will be assessed under a new rating categories policy after Scenic Rim Regional Council adopted the 2026-2027 Rates Category Changes Policy CP00007 and replaced the previous version.
The policy sits behind how land is grouped for rating purposes. It determines whether a parcel is treated as residential, rural, commercial or another category, which feeds into future rates notices.
Council also adopted the 2026-2027 Differential Rating Categories for the year ending 30 June 2027. Those categories include residential principal place of residence land, residential non-principal place of residence land, rural grazing land, rural agricultural land, rural dairy land and rural other land, along with a range of non-principal-place-of-residence rural classes.
The adopted descriptions also cover vacant residential land intended to become a principal place of residence, subdivided land not yet developed, and rural land uses including cattle grazing, crops, sugar cane, orchards, dairy, forestry, utilities, defence force establishments, reservoirs, dams and bores. Land in the Bromelton State Development Area is also referenced in the rating descriptions.
For landholders in the Scenic Rim Regional Council area, the important part is how the policy sorts a property before general rates are levied. That affects homes, farms and businesses in places including Boonah and Beaudesert, where land use can vary from block to block.
The rating categories policy was part of a wider rates package that also included the Revenue Statement 2026-2027, differential general rates, waste utility charges and separate infrastructure charges. Council also resolved to levy a $688 transport infrastructure charge and a $53 environmental charge for 2026-2027.
Council adopted related rating settings for the year as well, including the rates discount policy, concessions to rates and charges, financial hardship policy, rates-based financial assistance policy, administration of rates and charges and debt policy. The new category policy replaces the version adopted on 9 July 2025.
Reference minutes
Scenic Rim Regional Council considered and adopted the 2026-2027 rating policy changes at its Special Ordinary meeting on 1 July 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council adopted the 2026-2027 Rates Category Changes Policy CP00007.
- The policy replaces the previous version.
- Council also adopted the 2026-2027 Differential Rating Categories for the year ending 30 June 2027.
- The rating descriptions include residential, rural grazing, rural agricultural, rural dairy and rural other categories.
- Bromelton State Development Area land is referenced in the rating descriptions.
- The same meeting set a $688 transport infrastructure charge and a $53 environmental charge for 2026-2027.
Why it matters
- The policy determines how land is classified for rating purposes, which feeds into future rates notices for homes, farms and businesses across the Scenic Rim.