2016-08-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                          9 AUGUST 2016


                                 guideline has not been completed but preliminary perusal highlights the
                                 same unnecessary and irrelevant requirements continuing and a
                                 potential for further complications.

                                 This issue of how Local Governments have to undertake preparation of
                                 LGIPs should be no different to the way the State has undertaken
                                 preparation and implementation of its own State Infrastructure Plan which
                                 is identical to an “Interim LGIP amendment”.

                                 The current LGIP requirement is considered completely contrary the
                                 statement on Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and
                                 Planning website page “BETTER PLANNING FOR QUEENSLAND”
                                 quote:
                                    'We believe that planning reform can deliver a more efficient system
                                    that supports investment and jobs, but don't believe this must come at
                                    the expense of community participation or the role of local
                                    government'.
                                    Deputy Premier, Jackie Trad (May 2015)

What is the desired outcome      That a simple and common sense review and amendment of the
sought?                          Statutory Guidelines 03/14 and 04/14 for Local Government
                                 Infrastructure Plans be made to address the above mentioned concerns
                                 to remove the current unnecessary and irrelevant requirements costing
What are the impacts (positive   Local Governments and their communities’ unnecessary expense.
or   negative)    on    local
government?                      If the unnecessary requirements were removed, it would:
                                    greatly reduce the amount of time, resources, effort and costs to local
                                     government;
                                    enable concentration on detailing the future infrastructure
                                     requirements and costs necessary in providing infrastructure for
                                     development growth;
                                    have absolutely no impact on the purpose of a LGIP as described in
                                     sections 2.2 to 2.4 of the Statutory Guideline 03/04 since this all
                                     relates to future infrastructure costs required for future development;
                                    have no impact for the Development Industry since the legislation has
                                     set the permissible maximum charges, enabled establishment costs
                                     for future works for offsets to be revalued by development and
                                     enabled conversion applications of non-trunk infrastructure to
                                     become trunk infrastructure that is not currently in a LGIP; and
                                    drastically speed up the ability for local governments to actually
                                     achieve LGIPs thereby promoting the State Government’s desired
                                     direction for planning reform and not “at the expense of community
                                     participation or the role of local government” per the Deputy
                                     Premier’s statement May 2015 contained on the department’s
                                     website.

LGAQ comment




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