2014-01-02 Budget Attachments

                                                 2013/14 Register of Regulatory Fees & Commercial Charges

1.1 Payment of Fees and Lodgement of Applications

The required fee should accompany the application unless it is clearly subject to a concession as set out below. Applications
not accompanied by the required fees will be considered "not properly made" and Council will notify the applicant advising of
the relevant fee to be paid. Applications that are accompanied by cheques or paid by credit card may be mailed to:

Noosa Council
PO Box 141
TEWANTIN QLD 4565
1.2 General

All Cost Recovery fees for applications and related functions and for giving of information kept by Council have been adopted
by Council under Section 97 of the Local Government Act 2009. All commercial fees for the provision of services which
require a GST payment have been adopted by Council under Section 262(3)(c) of the Local Government Act 2009. All fees,
unless otherwise specified, are GST-exempt.


1.3 Subsidy For Community, Sporting and Religious Organisations
Council's policy for waiver of fees for non-profit community organisations recognises the importance of the community
facilities which are provided and maintained by non-profit organisations for the benefit of the wider community. Council seeks
to provide financial assistance to these organisations on a "needs" basis.

Any non-profit, volunteer, charitable, community, sporting, religious organisation not in possession of a permanent liquor or
gaming licence or a surf lifesaving club (or similar organisation) in possession of a permanent liquor or gaming licence is
eligible for a 50% reduction in development application fees (including any prelodgement meetings).

A request for a reduction in application fees should be made in writing and accompany the application. The request must
demonstrate the eligibility of the applicant as a community, sporting or religious organisation.

At the time of lodgement of the application, the organisation must provide verifiable written proof that the organisation is either
registered with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as a charitable / non profit organisation, or alternatively registered with
the Office of Fair Trading under either the Associations Incorporation Act or Corporations Act.


1.4 Waiver of Development Application Charges
The Director Community & Development and / or Manager, Planning & Development has delegated authority to determine to
partially or wholly waive a Development Application Fee where strict application of the scheduled fee is obviously
unreasonable for the type of application being received.


1.5 Refunds
If an application is withdrawn/lapses before it is decided by the Council, a refund will be given depending on the processing
stage at the time of withdrawal as follows:
Application Stage 90%
Application Stage 80% (after Acknowledgement Notice has been issued)
Information and Referral Stage 60%
Notification Stage 30%
Decision Stage 10%
Compliance Stage (prior to issue of action notice) 60%




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