2019-08-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                      6 AUGUST 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                     RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                                                      Supporting       the    community
                                                                                        engagement and public notification
                                                                                        process for the New Noosa Plan
                                                                                      Working with Council IT Branch in
                                                                                        developing electronic application
                                                                                        processes

Building and Plumbing
Legislative Review                       Report to Council on new Plumbing          Continue     to    implement    new       Organise contractors meeting to
                                           regulation including fast track with         processes to meet reduced 10 day            ensure awareness and education of
                                           permit plumbing approvals, new fee           time frames.                                new plumbing regulations and
                                           for service delivery of compliance         Promote new legislative application         processes.
                                           certificate and reduction of time            form for customers
                                           frame for Council 20 day to 10 day         Register new on the spot fine codes
                                           process.                                     to State Government
Business as Usual activities             Meeting      legislative   timeframe       Reduction      in    percentage   of      Implement new Plumbing and
                                           requirements for 70% of plumbing             Plumbing application approvals due          Drainage application process
                                           applications.                                to reduced 20 day to 10 day               Continue to work with Council IT
                                         RABs and Document Lodgements                 timeframes                                  Branch      developing      electronic
                                           75% meeting time frames                    RAB approval percentage reduced             application processes
                                         Monthly reporting to Treasury Qld            due to staff on holidays and a 10%        Investigate joining with Sunshine
                                           State Government and Australian              increase in applications.                   Coast and Morton Councils to
                                           Bureau of Statistics timeframes on                                                       negotiate an agreement for plumbing
                                           track.                                                                                   approvals with Distribution Retailers
                                         Complaint and investigation (COMs)
                                           reporting timeframes on track
Plumbing    and    Building  Audit,      Audit Programme stage one of four          Mail out for stage two commercial         Identify appropriate swimming pool
Educational Programmes                     stages (Backflow Prevention Device)          properties subject to Backflow              safety signage for customers, look at
and Swimming Pool Immersions               Stage one completed and stage two            Prevention Device audit programme,          the viability and cost of creating pool
                                           to commence in March 2019.                   the area for consideration is around        signage for customers
                                         Continue to investigate swimming             Project Avenue.
                                           pool immersions as requested by            New swimming pool educational
                                           Queensland Health.                           material ready for distribution to
                                         Completed         swimming       pool        customers, area under consideration
                                           educational brochers for customers           is Bushlands Tewantin




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