2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   20 MAY 2014




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                                                                                                                             Effective date: 6 March 2014
                                                                                                                          Next Review Date: 30 May 2014
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       ae                                      Interim Connections                     Policy — Schedule 2: Applications

                                  o   Total decision timeframe - up to 25 business days (or longer period agreed by the Applicant) as follows:
                                      =   Up to 20 business days to assess the application starting on the day after Unitywater receives the complete
                                          application;
                                      *   Upto 5 business days after the decision is made to give the Applicant notice of the decision.
                              e   Extended decision timeframe - if extra information is required from Applicant:
                                  o   Upto an extra 25 business days (or longer period agreed to by the Applicant) as follows:
                                      *   Up to 20 business days to assess the application starting on the day after Unitywater receives the Applicant's
                                          compete response to the request of extra information and the application will be held in abeyance until the
                                          Applicant's complete response is received:
                                      =   Up to 5 business days after the decision is made to give the Applicant notice of the decision.
                                   Note: The application is taken to have been refused if the Applicant is not given a decision notice within the applicable timeframes specified above
                                   (s.99BRAI(4)).
                              e   Lapsing — the application lapses if the Applicant has not responded to the request for extra information within 6 months
                                  after the request was made and an application for internal review (failure to decide) has not been applied for in
                                  accordance with Part 4, Division 2 of the Act.
                              What happens when request is granted?
                              Unitywater gives the Applicant a decision notice within 5 business days after the Staged Connection or Other Connection is
                              decided.
                              The decision notice will include: (Act, s. 99BRAU, s.99BRAV, s.99BRCJ)
                                 ©   any Water Approval conditions imposed;
                                 o   the following charges levied (to the extent applicable):
                                     =   Charges stated in Unitywater’s Fees and Charges Schedule to the extent applicable for the Connection;
                                     *   The Connection Charge/Act, s.99BRAV(1)(a) ;
                                     =   The Property Service Works Charge (Act, s.99BRAV(1)(b));

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