Welcome to Baulkham Hills Shire Council
Baulkham Hills Shire occupies an area of 380 square kilometres stretching from Oatlands in the south to Wisemans Ferry in the north. The Shire is one of the fastest growing local government areas in New South Wales.
Today, Baulkham Hills Shire is made up of 29 suburbs, 4 localities and has a population base of 165,931, projected to reach 238,000 by 2025.
The "Garden Shire" image is maintained and projected today through agriculture, rural vistas, nurseries and parks.
Baulkham Hills Shire Council is committed to preserving the amenity of the Shire and the high quality of life that residents enjoy.
Renaming of the 'Baulkham Hills Shire Council'
Council is proposing to change the name of the “Baulkham Hills Shire Council” to the “Hills Shire Council”. Tell us what you think about the proposed new name. Click here to Have Your Say.
Plebiscite - Planning It's Our Future
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Media & News
Council News from the Ordinary Council Meeting of Tuesday 8 April 2008.
If the State Government takes control of developer levies in North Kellyville, the local community will lose control on the delivery of $155 million in local services and facilities planned for delivery over the next 15 years, said the Mayor of Baulkham Hills Shire Council, Clr Sonya Phillips, today.
Baulkham Hills Shire Council’s Hills Community Care in conjunction with Sydney West Area Health Service has received $1.65 million in funding for building upgrades to assist with providing dementia and aged day care services.
The President of the Metropolitan Public Libraries Association of NSW, Clr Sonya Phillips, today called on the NSW Government to increase overall subsidies to public libraries in the 2008 State Budget.
Seventeen local businesses are participating as mentorees in the 2008 Hills Mentoring ‘Focus on Business’ Program which is now in it’s fifth year.