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ERM

The full amount of application fee was paid to facilitate the processing of the
application. Petrac Land Holdings Pty Ltd requests, however, that Council
refund the amount of $62,424, which represents the fee schedule multipliers on

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following grounds.

The fee schedule states that for non-complying applications the applicable fee
is multiplied by 1.5. Non-complying applications are stated to be “an
application that does not fully comply with the relevant development
standards of the Planning Scheme or a Policy”. It is understood that-the
purpose of this multiplier is to provide for the additional assessment required
where development falls outside of the planning criteria established for a
particular site. The Noosa North Shore Eco-Tourism Portal complies with
Council’s planning intent for Noosa North Shore and the site. It also
complies with the density approved in the current zoning of the land.
Compliance with the Strategic Plan and Noosa North Shore DCP is
specifically addressed in the application and it is demonstrated that
compliance is effected in all respects except density where the density
approved in the current zoning (which occurred after the DCP commenced) is
used. In the preparation of the application great care has been taken to
understand and reflect Council’s and the Community’s aspirations for Noosa
North Shore and the site. We submit that this will reduce the amount of
effort required for Council to assess the application, rather than increase it.

The fee schedule states that any applications requiring Referral Coordination
attracts a 20% surcharge. We understand that, as with the “non-complying”
multiplier, this is to cover any additional work required in the assessment of
the application. The application for Noosa North Shore Eco-Tourism Portal
requires referral coordination as it includes an ERA (sewage treatment plant)
and it shares a boundary with a National Park. The ERA will be assessed by
EPA and a separate fee will be payable for this. The site shares a boundary
with a National Park as a result of the dedication of land from the site as part
of its rezoning to the current zone. Neither reason will occasion any
additional issues to be required to be considered by Council or any referral
agency other than would be required to be considered as a matter of course.
We submit that no additional effort is required by the referral coordination
requirement for Council to assess the application.

The application seeks to establish a planning framework to facilitate the
future development of the Noosa North Shore Eco-Tourism Portal. The
Noosa North Shore Eco-Tourism Portal Development Code establishes the
overall planning direction and agreed set of planning parameters for the
future development of the Noosa North Shore Eco-Tourism Portal. To enable
development to commence, an application for Development Permit providing

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