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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                       20 JANUARY 2025


8.7     PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY - NOVEMBER
        2024


Author             Co-ordinator Planning, Nadine Gorton
                   Development & Regulation Department
Index              ECM/Subject/All Applications
Attachments        1.   ATTACHMENT 1 - PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY
                        DELEGATED AUTHORITY - NOVEMBER 2024


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not Applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Acting Development Assessment Manager to the General
Committee Meeting 20 January 2025 regarding applications that have been decided by delegated
authority for November 2024 as per Attachment 1.


REPORT
The Local Government Act 2009 allows, by resolution, a local government to delegate its powers to
the Mayor, CEO, a standing committee or a joint standing committee and the CEO to delegate those
powers to another employee of Council.
Under the current delegations for the Planning Act 2016 the ability to manage, assess and decide a
range of development applications are delegated to officers with the exception of the following which
are reported to Council for a decision.
a. An application for a variation request mentioned in section 61 of the Planning Act 2016 to vary
   the effect of the Planning Scheme;
b. An application which is for an inconsistent use as defined in the Planning Scheme;
c. An application for a proposed development where more than 30 submissions have been received
   during the notification part objecting to the proposed development;
d. An extension of an approval that was made under a superseded Planning Scheme (i.e. pre-
   Noosa Plan 2020) and/or where there is a resolution of Council to amend the Planning Scheme
   in a way that is relevant to the approval;
e. An impact assessable application involving the clearing of vegetation which is mapped as being
   in a area of biodiversity significance on the Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Map
   and containing an endangered regional ecosystem, except in circumstances where the clearing
   is exempt clearing:
f.    The removal or demolition of a structure or place identified within the Planning Scheme’s
      Heritage and Character Overlay Map;
It should be noted though that due to the strict time frames of the Planning Act 2016, officers under
the current delegations have the ability to decide an application where the application has the
potential for ‘deemed approval’. In accordance with the current delegations, a wide range of
development applications are decided by Council officers each month, with a limited number of
applications reported to Council for a decision.

Attachment 1 lists applications that are decided by delegated authority during the month of
November 2024 (excluding applications seeking to remove a tree(s) adjacent to a building or



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