2026 Budget Service Level Catalogues

Service Outputs – Detailed Activity Listing
                                                      Activity
Building assessment & compliance
[Activities include provision of advice, review referral agency building applications on behalf of Council including
assessment requirements for design, siting and boundary set-backs; maintaining records; assessment of
applications & inspections in relation to private certification building applications & approvals, as well as
compliance matters for building work and swimming pools.]
Scheduled work                        Swimming Pool, Spa safety and                 Ongoing (statutory)
                                      educational programme

                                     Statistical reporting – Qld Treasury         Monthly

                                     Statistical reporting – Australian Bureau    Monthly
                                     of Statistics
                                     SPER state penalty enforcement               20 Business days (statutory)
                                     registry – notification for magistrate for
                                     enforcement register
Reactive work                        Assessment of referral agency building       10 business days (statutory)
                                     applications – assessment & decision
                                     notice
                                     Building and Development Dispute             20 Business days (statutory)
                                     Resolution Committee (Tribunal)
                                     Assessment of outstanding building           As resources permit (ongoing)
                                     approvals issued by Council (legacy
                                     applications that have not been
                                     finalised).
                                     Swimming pools - inspections                 5 business days (statutory)
                                     swimming pool safety
                                     Swimming pools – inspections pool            5 business days (statutory)
                                     incidents, immersion investigation &
                                     reporting near drownings/loss of life to
                                     other state agencies
                                     Swimming pool notifications (if              Every 1 year (statutory) common
                                     certificate not in effect and pool on        area pools
                                     State Government register)                   Every 2 years (statutory) for
                                                                                  domestic pools
                                     Swimming pool – disability exemptions        5 business days (statutory)

                                     Swimming pool – disability exemptions        10 business days after exemption
                                     notification to QBCC                         granted (statutory)
                                     Swimming pool – applications for             40 business days (statutory)
                                     impracticality exemption
                                     Swimming pool – applications for             10 business days after approval
                                     impracticality exemption notification to     (statutory)
                                     QBCC
Reactive work cont.                  Enquiries                                    Up to 20 business days

                                     Compliance issues                            20 business days

Building searches
[Undertake searches of Council records and provide information to property owners, authorised tradespersons,
and prospective purchasers of property]

Reactive work                        Building information searches                15 business days
                                     (domestic & commercial)
                                     Building Advanced searches (domestic         15 business days
                                     & commercial)

                                     Building approval document searches          15 business days
                                     (domestic & commercial)
                                     Certificate of classification search         15 business days

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