2022-08-09 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT   09 AUGUST 2022




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                            09 AUGUST 2022

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                                                   Noosa Shire Council
                                               Charges Resolution (No.7) 2022

           Part 3                       Levied charge

              8.       Levied infrastructure charge
           8.1      Purpose
                    Section 8 states the calculation of the infrastructure charge to be levied by the following:
                            (a)      the Council under Chapter 4 of the Planning Act 2016 for the transport,
                                     public parks & land for community facilities and stormwater networks in
                                     accordance with the breakup agreement;
                            (b)      the  distributor-retailer under the   South-East   Queensland    Water
                                     (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 for the sewerage and
                                     water supply networks in accordance with the breakup agreement and
                                     Unitywater’s Infrastructure Charges Schedule.
                    An infrastructure charge applies where the development results in an increase in the
                    type/s and/or quantity in use/s on the site and therefore places additional demand on trunk
                    infrastructure. The determination of extra demand on trunk infrastructure correlates
                    directly to the infrastructure charge calculation undertaken in accordance with section 8.2
                    (Calculation of Council levied charge) and section 8.3 (Council adopted charge rates) in
                    compliance with the planning legislation. Refer also to Queensland State Government
                    Fact Sheet: “Loca! government infrastructure framework, Calculating additional demand
                    and existing use credits”.

           8.2      Calculation of Council levied charge
                    Infrastructure charges are calculated and levied separately by the Council and distributer-
                    retailer in accordance with the charges breakup agreement and relevant legislation.
                    The legislation states: “A levied charge may be only for extra demand placed on trunk
                    infrastructure that the development will generate.” In this regard, alternative calculation
                    methodologies may be undertaken according to whether the development approved:
                            (a)      alters the current development and/or use/s lawfully existing on the
                                     premises whereby the calculation needs to consider the new “total”
                                     development approved and deduct the previous lawful development;
                                     or alternatively:
                            (b)      simply only adds to the current development use/s lawfully existing on
                                     the premises whereby the calculation may be simplified to just comprise
                                     the approved additional development quantity and use/s.
                    (1)     An_  infrastructure charge that may be levied for reconfiguring a lot is generally
                            calculated as follows:

                            LCrot = (ACroi X Qrot) - C
                            Where:
                            LCro. _ is the infrastructure charge levied for reconfiguring a lot.

                                          Council Resolution effective 19 August 2022

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