2021-08-10 P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Shire Council Charges Resolution (No 6) 2021

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                                          Noosa Shire Council
                                     Charges Resolution (No.6) 2021



Part 3                       Levied charge

  8.         Levied infrastructure charge
8.1    Purpose

       Section 8 states the calculation of the infrastructure charge to be levied by the following:

                 (a)      the Council under Chapter 4 of the Planning Act 2016 for the transport,
                          public parks & land for community facilities and stormwater networks in
                          accordance with the breakup agreement;

                 (b)      the distributor-retailer under the South-East Queensland Water
                          (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 for the sewerage and
                          water supply networks in accordance with the breakup agreement and
                          Unitywater’s Infrastructure Charges Schedule.

       An infrastructure charge applies where the development results in an increase in the
       type/s and/or quantity in use/s on the site and therefore places additional demand on trunk
       infrastructure. The determination of extra demand on trunk infrastructure correlates
       directly to the infrastructure charge calculation undertaken in accordance with section 8.2
       (Calculation of Council levied charge) and section 8.3 (Council adopted charge rates) in
       compliance with the planning legislation. Refer also to Queensland State Government
       Fact Sheet: “Local government infrastructure framework, Calculating additional demand
       and existing use credits”.


8.2    Calculation of Council levied charge

       Infrastructure charges are calculated and levied separately by the Council and distributer-
       retailer in accordance with the charges breakup agreement and relevant legislation.

       The legislation states: “A levied charge may be only for extra demand placed on trunk
       infrastructure that the development will generate.” In this regard, alternative calculation
       methodologies may be undertaken according to whether the development approved:

                 (a)      alters the current development and/or use/s lawfully existing on the
                          premises whereby the calculation needs to consider the new “total”
                          development approved and deduct the previous lawful development;

                          or alternatively:

                 (b)      simply only adds to the current development use/s lawfully existing on
                          the premises whereby the calculation may be simplified to just comprise
                          the approved additional development quantity and use/s.

       (1)       An infrastructure charge that may be levied for reconfiguring a lot is generally
                 calculated as follows:

                 LCROL = (ACROL x QROL) - C

                 Where:

                 LCROL    is the infrastructure charge levied for reconfiguring a lot.



                               Council Resolution effective 20 August 2021