2023-02-07 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    7 FEBRUARY 2023


6.    REPORTS FOR NOTING BY THE COMMITTEE



5     DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT FEES & CHARGES VARIATIONS FOR 1 JULY 2022 TO
      31 DECEMBER 2022
Author            Acting Manager Development Assessment, Patrick Murphy
                  Environment & Sustainable Development

Index             ECM/ Subject/ Fees and Charges

Attachments       Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not Applicable

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Acting Manager Development Assessment to Planning &
Environment Committee Meeting dated 7 February 2023 regarding waiver or partial waiver of
development application fees for 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022 as detailed in the Report


REPORT
As part of Council’s budget each year, Council adopts its Fees and Charges for the financial
year, including its regulatory and commercial charges for lodgement of development applications.
The fees and charges policy for development applications cover a number of policy provisions
including delegation to the Director, Environment & Sustainable Development to “partially or
wholly waive a development fee where strict application of the scheduled fee is obviously
unreasonable for the type of application being received.”
This report identifies proposed applications where a fee variation has been granted for the last 6
months. Between 1 July 2022 and 31 December 2022 there were 13 proposed applications
where a partial waiver or full waiver of the development application fees was granted, with 12
agreed to in part and 1 refused. $66,235 was waived in fees for the 6 month period.
The tables below set out a summary of each application and the reason for the fee waiver.

 Application No      Applicant             Application Details        Fees & Charges         Fee
                                                                      Policy                 approved


 MCU22/0115          Weir Distilling       Material Change of Use     Fee: $10,658.00        $7,993.50
                     Company P/L, C/-      – Bar                      less 25% for use
                     Adams + Sparkes                                  within an existing
                     Town Planning                                    building =
                                                                      $7,993.50 x 3
                                                                      (inconsistent impact
                                                                      assessment)

 An application has been lodged for a Bar within the Medium Impact Industry Zone in Noosaville. The use is
 inconsistent within this zone and therefore subject to the x3 multiplier.



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