2021-08-10 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                   10 AUGUST 2021


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                  RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                               CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Development Assessment
Auditing program for Advertising   •   Implementation of Local Law signage           •   Auditing program has recommended          •   Advice to be sent to businesses
Devices                                requirements, with signage applications           in the Hinterland with follow up              advising of end of moratorium for
                                       being processed under the Local Law               continuing of some sites in coastal           new signage requirements.
                                                                                         areas where auditing identified non-
                                                                                         compliant signage.
                                                                                     •   Temporary      additional     signage
                                                                                         permitted for some businesses
                                                                                         impacted by COVID-19.
Business as Usual activities       •   Monthly reporting to Treasury Qld State       •   Negotiations on Cottee & Ferraro,         •   Continued       assessment    of
                                       Government and Australian Bureau of               Bayeno Appeals underway.                      Development Applications lodged
                                       Statistics on development approval            •   Assessment of large numbers of                under The Noosa Plan 2006 and
                                       information.                                      Superseded      Planning      Scheme          The Noosa Plan 2020.
                                   •   Hofmann      and    Andema     Appeals            applications    for     short     term    •   Review Infrastructure Charges
                                       withdrawn                                         accommodation (211 lodged since 31            deferred & delayed staged
                                   •   Turner Property Group and Gateway                 July 2020).                                   payments relief provided in
                                       Drive appeals settled                         •   Working with individual businesses to         assistance to Covid-19 to apply
                                                                                         address their circumstances and               after 1 July 2021.
                                                                                         COVID-19 impacts.
                                                                                     •   Ongoing        management            of
                                                                                         Infrastructure Charges issued and
                                                                                         receipted including relief provided in
                                                                                         assistance to Covid-19.

Building and Plumbing
Business as Usual activities       •   Continue to deliver customer services         •   Continue to promote Council’s one         •   Ensure       Council’s     record
                                       request with existing resources.                  stop shop, building and plumbing              management documentation is
                                   •   Continue to work on resourcing of                 application service counter.                  compiled as per legislative
                                       building and plumbing teams in ensuring       •   Maintain      legislative    plumbing         obligations to Australian Bureau
                                       the delivery of legislative obligations in        application timeframes, plumbing              of Statistics (ABS), Unitywater,
                                       building and plumbing services and                team requires to fill vacant plumbing         Queensland Treasury and the
                                       record management obligations (review             Inspector position to meet existing           Queensland               Building
                                       existing structure of building team recruit       application workloads – overtime              Construction Commission.
                                       vacant plumbing inspectors position)              benefits    required      to  maintain    •   Maintain resources & budget
                                   •   Delivery of monthly reporting to Qld              increased workloads at this point             commitments in regards to
                                       State/ Federal Government agencies.               (partly due to vacant plumbing                legislative plumbing application
                                                                                         inspector and building certifier              timeframes.
                                                                                         positions).

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