The Pesticide Use Notification Plan (PUNP) details how and when notification of pesticide use will be provided to the community, based on an assessment of the public place category, level of community use, regular user groups and type of pesticide used. It does not impact the products or locations they are being used in, which were guided by the Bellingen Shire Herbicide Review endorsed by Council in May 2022. The public places covered in the PUNP include:
- public parks, gardens, and reserves
- outer perimeter of playgrounds
- picnic areas
- sporting fields and ovals
- road verges and reserves
- laneways and pathways
- easements accessible to the public
- drains
- swimming pool grounds
- cemeteries
- waste depots
- Crown land
- interiors and exteriors of buildings
The PUNP has been developed in collaboration with all council employees certified for chemical application. The draft has been approved by the EPA as the regulatory authority and will be placed on public exhibition for a period of 28 days prior to Council adoption.
The following link will take you to the draft plan
Pesticide-Use-Notification-Plan-2023.pdf(PDF, 320KB)
If you have feedback relating to the notification of pesticide use, please fill in the form below or email council@bellingen.nsw.gov.au