2020-02-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                      11 FEBRUARY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                o   Climate Change Adaptation &
                                                    Environment Strategy
Business as Usual activities                  Represent Council at a range of           Client management         and   inward      Ongoing    business        enquiry
                                                business and network forums                 business enquiries                            management
                                                including; RDA Sunshine Coast,            Meetings with key         stakeholders
                                                Sunshine Coast Business Council,            internally / externally
                                                CQ University Change Management
                                                forum, Innovate Noosa AGM


Development Assessment
Local Government Infrastructure Plan for                                                  Complete        and   finalise    with
next planning scheme                                                                        finalisation of New Noosa Plan
Auditing program for Advertising Devices      Agreements continue to be reached         Developing internal processes for           Continue auditing program for
                                                with a number of business owners in         assessment of applications for                advertising devices – Noosa Civic &
                                                Gympie Terrace, and Mary/Thomas             advertising devices under the Local           Hinterland area
                                                Street to address non- compliant            Law
                                                signage                                   Report to Council to adopt
                                              Signage register modified to improve        consolidated version of Local Laws
                                                reporting ability                           and application fees for advertising
                                              Submissions to draft Local Law              devices
                                                reviewed and Council resolved to
                                                make amendments to the Local Law
                                                to include new provisions for
                                                regulation of advertising devices
Business as Usual activities                  Monthly reporting to Treasury Qld         Tritton & Loxton, Hoffman, Gabarrin         Continued     assessment      of
                                                State Government and Australian             & RACV appeals underway                       Development Applications lodged
                                                Bureau of Statistics on development       Thomco originating application made           under The Noosa Plan
                                                approval information                        to P&E Court by applicant – hearing
                                              Settled M Design & Fourteen                 on 7 & 10 February 2020
                                                Enterprises appeals                       Preparation work for commencement
                                              Council successful in Kennlyn and           of new Planning Scheme –
                                                Trowbridge appeals                          application fees, staff training,
                                                                                            process for Superseded Planning
                                                                                            Scheme applications




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