2021-05-11 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                   11 MAY 2021


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                  RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Development Assessment
Auditing program for Advertising      Implementation of Local Law signage            Auditing program temporarily ceased         Continue auditing program for
Devices                                requirements, with signage applications         due to COVID-19.                             advertising devices – Noosa
                                       being processed under the Local Law            Temporary additional signage                 Civic & Hinterland area.
                                      Workshop with councillors & business            permitted for some businesses
                                       group on signage local law                      impacted by COVID-19.
                                       requirements
Business as Usual activities          Monthly reporting to Treasury Qld State        Negotiations on NBN appeal                  Continued assessment of
                                       Government and Australian Bureau of             underway.                                    Development Applications lodged
                                       Statistics on development approval             Assessment of a number of                    under The Noosa Plan 2006 and
                                       information.                                    Superseded Planning Scheme                   The Noosa Plan 2020.
                                      Development Activity Monitoring Pilot           applications.                               Ongoing management of
                                       Project Completed with LGAQ                    Issue of Infringement Notices to Kin         Infrastructure Charges issued
                                      Trial for Serratore Appeal completed            Kin Quarry and preparation work for          and receipted including relief
                                       and awaiting judgement                          further evidence collection.                 provided in assistance to Covid-
                                      BNB Super and Mason Appeals                    Working with Council ICT Branch in           19.
                                       successfully settled                            developing electronic application           Review Infrastructure Charges
                                                                                       processes & for planning                     deferred & delayed staged
                                                                                       applications.                                payments relief provided in
                                                                                      Working with individual businesses           assistance to Covid-19 to apply
                                                                                       to address their circumstances and           after 1 July 2021.
                                                                                       COVID-19 impacts.
                                                                                      Ongoing management of
                                                                                       Infrastructure Charges issued and
                                                                                       receipted including relief provided in
                                                                                       assistance to Covid-19.
Building and Plumbing
Business as Usual activities          Continue to deliver customer services          Continue to promote Council’s one           Ensure Council’s record
                                       request with existing resources.                stop shop, building and plumbing             management documentation is
                                      Continue to work on resourcing of               application service counter as this          compiled as per legislative
                                       building and plumbing teams in                  counter is now open and fully                obligations to Australian Bureau
                                       ensuring the delivery of legislative            functional.                                  of Statistics (ABS), Unitywater,
                                       obligations in building and plumbing           Maintain legislative plumbing                Queensland Treasury and the
                                       services and record management                  application timeframes, plumbing             Queensland Building
                                       obligations (review existing structure of       team requires to fill vacant plumbing        Construction Commission.
                                       building team recruit vacant plumbing           Inspector position to meet existing         Maintain resources & budget
                                       inspectors position)                            application workloads – overtime             commitments in regards to
                                                                                                                                    legislative plumbing application

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