PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY - ​OCTOBER 2024 · Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING                                      10 DECEMBER 2024


7.2        PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY - OCTOBER 2024


Author               Development Assessment Manager, Patrick Murphy
                     Development & Regulation Department
Index                ECM/Subject/All Applications
Attachments          1.   ATTACHMENT 1 - PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY
                          DELEGATED AUTHORITY - OCTOBER 2024


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Development Assessment Manager to the Planning &
Environment Committee Meeting 10 December 2024 regarding applications that have been decided
by delegated authority as per Attachment 1.


REPORT
The Local Government Act 2009 allows, by resolution, a local government to delegate its powers to
the Mayor, CEO, a standing committee or a joint standing committee and the CEO to delegate those
powers to another employee of Council.
Under the current delegations for the Planning Act 2016 the ability to manage, assess and decide a
range of development applications are delegated to officers with the exception of the following which
are reported to Council for a decision:

      a. An application for a variation request mentioned in section 61 of the Planning Act 2016 to
         vary the effect of the Planning Scheme;
      b. An application which is for an inconsistent use as defined in the Planning Scheme;
      c. An application for a proposed development where more than 30 submissions have been
         received during the notification part objecting to the proposed development;
      d. An extension of an approval that was made under a superseded Planning Scheme (i.e. pre-
         Noosa Plan 2020) and/or where there is a resolution of Council to amend the Planning
         Scheme in a way that is relevant to the approval;
      e. An impact assessable application involving the clearing of vegetation which is mapped as
         being in a area of biodiversity significance on the Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands
         Overlay Map and containing an endangered regional ecosystem, except in circumstances
         where the clearing is exempt clearing:
      f.   The removal or demolition of a structure or place identified within the Planning Scheme’s
           Heritage and Character Overlay Map;
      g. A development where Council is the applicant requiring impact assessment.
It should be noted though that due to the strict time frames of the Planning Act 2016, officers under
the current delegations have the ability to decide an application where the application has the
potential for 'deemed approval'.

In accordance with the current delegations, a wide range of development applications are decided
by Council officers each month, with a limited number of applications reported to Council for a
decision.