2021-08-10 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                   10 AUGUST 2021


ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                 RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                                CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Director’s office
Staff retention and attraction    •   A combination of COVID impacts, record         •   Staff retention and attraction program   •   Staff retention and      attraction
                                      inward migration, housing crisis and STL           of activity                                  program of activity
                                      applications is driving staff retention and
                                      attraction    challenges      across     the
                                      Environment & Sustainable Development
                                      Department.
                                  •   Continually monitoring situation in regard
                                      to service delivery and the wellbeing of
                                      staff.
Short Term Letting – Superseded   •   DA processing record number of STL             •   Resource       and      organisational   •   Finalise STL local law
Planning Scheme Application and       planning scheme applications each                  planning for introduction of STL local
Draft Local Law                       month                                              law
                                  •   Compliance Officer dealing with STL            •   Finalise the STL local law including
                                      related complaints with the peak holiday           complaints       procedures,     fees,
                                      periods resulting in many complaints               resources
                                  •   STL Draft Local Law received 600
                                      submissions. Refinement to the Local
                                      Law and final implementation plans
                                      under development
Key strategic policy              •   Implementation of processes to enact &         •   Continue to support and guide the        •   Continue to support and guide the
                                      monitor Noosa Plan 2020 Ministerial                adoption      of    CHAP  including          adoption of CHAP including
                                      conditions                                         stakeholder engagement through to            stakeholder engagement through
                                  •   Continued supporting Council’s efforts to          revised deadline of November 2021            to revised deadline of November
                                      resource & manage the Kin Kin quarry           •   Continued        management       of         2021
                                      issue with a focus on the legal challenge          expectations and process related to      •   Continued       management      of
                                  •   Overall management of the CHAP                     Ministerial conditions                       expectations and process related
                                      adoption process and continued work to                                                          to Ministerial conditions
                                      engage with key stakeholders
Social and Community Housing      •   The Strategic Planning team continuing         •   Revise overall Housing needs             •   Continue     to   progress   this
                                      to assess and respond to potential                 program to reflect adopted position of       important issue and work towards
                                      housing supply options.                            Council                                      a portfolio of responses of
                                  •   Housing demand report continued to be          •   Continue to lead and explore multiple        short/med timeframe
                                      developed                                          options to address housing needs


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