2019-08-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                          6 AUGUST 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                o  Place-based approach
                                                o  Establishing new businesses on
                                                   the river
                                              o Disaster recovery – economic
                                                   subgroup
                                              o Rufous Street PCG (next stage
                                                   Digital Hub)
                                              o Climate Change Adaptation &
                                                   Environment Strategy
                                            The Economic Development Team
                                               is host to a Business Administration
                                               trainee for 12 months and hosted a
                                               USC intern over a month.
Business as Usual activities                Represent Council at a range of             Client management         and   inward      Ongoing    business        enquiry
                                               business and network forums                  business enquiries                            management
                                                                                          Meetings with key         stakeholders
                                                                                            internally / externally

Development Assessment
Local Government Infrastructure Plan for      Public Notification LGIP complete         Consider any submissions received           Amend LGIP if required in response
next planning scheme                                                                        on LGIP                                       to submissions
Auditing program for Advertising Devices      Agreements continue to be reached         Advertising of Draft Local Law for          Continue auditing program for
                                                with a number of business owners in         comment from the community                    advertising devices – Eastern
                                                Hastings St, Noosaville to address          including targeted consultation with          Beaches & Hinterland area
                                                non- compliant signage                      industry groups extended to 2               Review submissions and make
                                              Workshops held with Council on              weeks. Total consultation period 7            recommended changes to Local Law
                                                options for regulating signage under        weeks
                                                Local Law                                 Modifying current signage register to
                                                                                            improve reporting ability
Business as Usual activities                  Monthly reporting to Treasury Qld         M Design & Fourteen Enterprise,             Continued       assessment       of
                                                State Government and Australian             Tritton & Loxton, Hofmann &                   Development Applications lodged
                                                Bureau of Statistics on development         Gabarrin appeals underway                     under The Noosa Plan
                                                approval information                      Mediation for Reece, RACV &                 Supporting     the     review    of
                                              Settled Noosa Airfield, Denmark &           Serratore appeals                             submissions to the New Noosa Plan
                                                Trust Company, Thomco Appeals,            Investigating process for issue of          Training for planners in the
                                                with Hope Central Church Appeal             Infringement    Notices   to    non-          assessment of Landscape Plan and
                                                withdrawn by appellant                      compliant real estate signage under           State    Referral    Triggers   for
                                                                                            the Local Law.                                development applications


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