2015-02-03 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   3 FEBRUARY 2015



PLANNING & INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
(Planning & Development Sections only)

DA Planning & Environment
1                         INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES RESOLUTION AMENDMENT
DOCUMENT IN FOR MATI ON




Author                               Infrastructure Assessment Coordinator, Oddbjorn Ludvigsen
                                     Planning & Infrastructure Department

Index                                ECM/Subject/Infrastructure Charges Instruments & Policy (Council/State)

Attachments                          1.    Noosa Shire Council Charges Resolution (No.2) 2014
                                           (attached to Agendas separately)


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
At the Planning and Organisation Committee of 19 August 2014, Council was informed of the
legislative amendments of 4 July 2014 to the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and subsequent
actions required to be undertaken by 1 July 2015 to the Adopted Infrastructure Charges
Resolutions. This report provides an amended “Charges Resolution” for consideration in response
to Council’s requested actions for:
B.                        staff to prepare an amendment to Council’s Infrastructure Charges to satisfy the Sustainable
                          Planning Act 2009 for presentation to a future Council meeting; and
C.                        the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate with Unitywater regarding a simplified infrastructure
                          “charges breakup” agreement applying a weighted average demand approach for inclusion
                          in the future amendment to Council’s Infrastructure Charges.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Infrastructure Assessment Coordinator to the Planning &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 3 February 2015 and adopt the “Noosa Shire Council
Charges Resolution (No.2) 2014” (provided as Attachment 1 to the report) to take effect on Monday
16 February 2015 replacing the “Noosa Shire Council Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolution
(No.1) 2014”.



REPORT
In accordance with the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, Council must amend its current adopted
infrastructure charges resolution by 1 July 2015 to comply with the new legislative requirements
that commenced on 4 July 2014 to be able to continue to impose conditions about trunk
infrastructure and levy infrastructure charges on development approvals.

In accordance with Council’s resolution at the Ordinary Meeting of 28 August 2014, an amended
charges resolution to comply with the new legislative requirements has been provided in
Attachment 1 for Council’s consideration. The new resolution includes amendments to the
following:
                        Rewording throughout the document to reflect current legislative terminology and
                          amendments;
                        Charge calculation methodology details to include mandatory recognition of current and past
                          development uses of the site;

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