News

Our facilities will be closed on the following dates during the Christmas and New Year period.

A Kendenup man was convicted in the Albany Magistrate’s Court on charges relating to breaches of the Building Regulations on 21 October 2024.

Seniors Week 2024 runs from 10-17 November and celebrates the important role seniors play in our community.

Fires that cause an incident which has to be attended by emergency services, including Bushfire Brigades, will be reviewed.

Mount Barker, swap two, for new! From 1 October 2024 to 31 May 2025 the Water Corporation is offering a free showerhead swap program, allowing you to exchange up to two of your old, inefficient showerheads for new WELS 4-star rated models.

The Shire of Plantagenet in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Mount Barker have installed a new bus stop opposite the Kendenup Primary School to service Mount Barker Community College Students.

The Shire of Plantagenet is seeking suitably experienced contractors to join their panel of pre-qualified suppliers for their Bushfire Mitigation Activity Fund (MAF) works.

The Shire of Plantagenet has implemented a new fee, from 1 October 2024, for the use of the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations located at the Mount Barker Visitors Centre and Mount Barker Community Centre

Incorporated associations are being reminded to adhere to their legal requirements or face potential deregistration. 

Current floodlights at Sounness Park Oval will be replaced with a LED lighting system thanks to funding from WAFC and CNLP.

Know someone doing great things? Nominate them for a Citizen of the Year or Rotary Vocational Award.

Plantagenet residents are advised that rabbit control will begin in the area during spring.

Shire presidents – past and present – attended the annual WALGA Local Government Awards on 2 August.

More than 35 Plantagenet youth and their parents were involved in a community workshop consultation 5 August for a pump track to be built as part of the Wilson Park Masterplan.

Restrictions have been placed on several car parking bays in Mount Barker.

Plantagenet kids and parents met with skatepark design and construction company Skate Sculpture on 21 June to have their say on the Wilson Park Masterplan.

Mount Barker Public Library is proud to be a learning destination for the Children’s University program 2024.

Don’t forget to put out the bins! Kerbside collection dates for 2024-25 are here.

Cr Ken Clements was elected to the vacant position of Deputy President at a recent Council Meeting of the Shire of Plantagenet.

Local Planning Scheme No. 5 Amendment No. 1 approved by Minister for Planning.

The Shire of Plantagenet Council has called on the Federal Government to reconsider its plan to end live sheep exports by 1 May 2028.

Construction on Pwakkenbak Mountain Bike Trail begins 20 May.

The Shire of Plantagenet invites submissions on the draft policy relating to Mining and Exploration in the Shire of Plantagenet.

Although swimming season has finished, the pool has been a hive of activity with engineering tests being carried out.

From 27 March parking restrictions are assigned to the Mead Street pull-in parking bay, with signs indicating the bay is a drop-off and pick-up parking zone only.

Mount Barker will over time be the home of a new destination playground and shared community space, with a proposed $6.5m redevelopment of Wilson Park.

Mount Barker Memorial Swimming Pool development got the green light at the December Council meeting, with plans approved for two new pool areas, extra shade and in-built water play equipment. 

Information for businesses on the 1 March changes to the WA Plan for Plastics.

The Shire of Plantagenet 2023-2024 budget balances responsible financial management with catering for the immediate and future needs of the community.