2014-06-26 Budget Meeting Attachment J

                                                                           2014/15 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 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 Planning and Infrastructure 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%


No refund is applicable once a decision and/or Action Notice has been issued by the Council.


Where a request for written advice, permissible change to a development approval, or other similar service is withdrawn, an administrative fee of $166.00 will be retained.




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