2019-02-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                              12 FEBRUARY 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                               THE NEXT QUARTER
Development Assessment
Local Government Infrastructure Plan for      State sign off new LGIP to support           Prepare for Public Notification of draft        Public notification of LGIP
next planning scheme                            New Noosa Plan                                 LGIP and supporting documents
Auditing program for Advertising Devices      Agreements continue to be reached            Initiating preparation of Local Law for         Workshop to be held with Council on
                                                with a number of business owners in            advertising signage, informed by                  options for regulating signange under
                                                Tewantin,     Noosa    Junction   &            audit results                                     Local Law
                                                Noosaville to address non- compliant                                                           Continue auditing program for
                                                signage                                                                                          advertising devices – Eastern
                                                                                                                                                 Beaches & Hinterland area
Business as Usual activities                  Monthly reporting to Treasury QLD            Eaglerise appeal underway                       Continued         assessment       of
                                                State Government and Australian              Conditions for Thomco prepared and                Development Applications lodged
                                                Bureau of Statistics on development            are with applicant                                under The Noosa Plan
                                                approval information                                                                           Supporting        the      community
                                                                                                                                                 engagement and public notification
                                                                                                                                                 process for the New Noosa Plan

Building and Plumbing
Legislative Review                            Preparation for the introduction of the      Continue to develop procedures and                  Attendance at next legislative
                                                amended Plumbing and Drainage Act              processes for the adoption of new                     workshop in Brisbane - completed
                                                2002 continued with the new                    legislation                                         1st July commencement for new
                                                Plumbing Act 2018 legislative                Implementation of Plumbing Works                      Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018
                                                obligations.                                   Permit template and             inhouse               and       Standard      Plumbing
                                              Attend second legislative meeting in           processes to replace existing                         Regulations
                                                Brisbane with State Government to              compliance certificate.
                                                discuss       Local       Government         Preparing for reduced timeframes for
                                                obligations under new Plumbing and             legislative plumbing approvals “20
                                                Drainage Act 2018.                             days reduced to 10 days”
Business as Usual activities                  Meeting      legislative    timeframe        Maintain        existing      legislative       New Plumbing and Drainage fast
                                                requirements for 80% of plumbing               timeframes and obligation.                        track approval processes and permits
                                                applications.                                Identify new Legislative fines and                have been developed to meet
                                              RABs and Document Lodgements                   State approvals for SPER. Building                Councils obligations under new
                                                90% meeting time frames                        Act has been completed but more                   Plumbing and Drainage Act
                                              Monthly reporting to Treasury QLD              work to be undertaken in regards to             Joint meeting with Distribution
                                                State Government and Australian                new Plumbing Act.                                 Retailers and Regional Councils for
                                                Bureau of Statistics timeframes on           Tribunal preparation                              the development of a new domestic
                                                track.                                         - 45 Shorehaven Drive preparation                 and      commercial     “connection”
                                              Complaint and investigation reporting          for tribunal – waiting for hearing date.          approval agreement – Completed
                                                timeframes on track

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