2019-11-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                            12 NOVEMBER 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES              RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
Building and Plumbing
Legislative Review                Submitted Council report identifying      Continue to monitor new procedures        Council to host contractors industry
                                    all new legislative obligations and         and regulations, in particular:             information night on 31 October
                                    commitments under New legislation           1. 10 day approval process for              2019 at Noosaville Depot.
                                    pertaining to Plumbing and Drainage             Commercial and non-sewered
                                    Act 2018.                                       Plumbing applications.
                                                                                2. Fast track 2 day plumbing
                                                                                    approvals
                                                                                3. Administration commitment for
                                                                                    request for inspection
                                                                                    certificates
                                                                                4. Request for additional
                                                                                    inspections within new
                                                                                    applications
Business as Usual activities      Increased improvement in                  Work with new staff in bedding down       Plan for joint meeting with Sunshine
                                    percentage in our legislative               procedures and processes.                   Coast and Moreton Bay Councils in
                                    approval time frame processes due                                                       negotiating an agreement for
                                    to new resources appointed to meet                                                      plumbing approvals with Distribution
                                    workloads.                                                                              Retailers
                                    1. RABs and Document                                                                  Host meeting with representatives
                                         Lodgements meeting time                                                            from the Australian Bureau of
                                         frames.                                                                            Statistics (ABS) to ensure Councils
                                    2. Building and plumbing                                                                systems and processes meet
                                         compliance and audit                                                               requested information for the benefit
                                         programmes meeting                                                                 of our organisation and ABS.
                                         timeframes.
                                  Monthly reporting to Treasury Qld
                                    State Government and Australian
                                    Bureau of Statistics timeframes on
                                    track
Plumbing and Building Audit,      Continue to investigate swimming          Mail out for stage two commercial         New swimming pool educational
Educational Programmes              pool immersions as requested by             properties subject to Backflow              material is being distributed to
and Swimming Pool Immersions        Queensland Health.                          Prevention Device audit programme,          identified customers.
                                  Completed swimming pool                     the area for consideration is around
                                    educational brochures and signage           Project Avenue.
                                    for customers                             New swimming pool educational
                                                                                material is being distributed to
                                                                                identified customers.

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