2020-06-15 General Committee Agenda - Item 8 - Attachment 1 - 2020-21 Fees and Charges Schedule

                                                            Year 20/21
  Name                                                         Fee               Legislative       GST       Fee Type
                                                         (including GST)         Reference



Development & Planning Fees and Charges
Payment of Fees and Lodgement of Applications
The required fee should accompany the application unless it is clearly subject to a concession as set out below.
 Applications not accompanied by the required fees will be considered "not properly made" and Council will notify
the applicant advising of the relevant fee to be paid.

Applications that are accompanied by cheques or paid by credit card may be mailed to:

     Noosa Council
     PO Box 141
     Tewantin Qld 4565

General
All Cost Recovery fees for applications and related functions and for giving of information kept by Council have
been adopted by Council under Section 97 of the Local Government Act 2009. All commercial fees for the provision
of services which require a GST payment have been adopted by Council under Section 262(3)(c) of the Local
Government Act 2009. All fees, unless otherwise specified are GST -exempt.

Subsidy For Community, Sporting and Religious Organisations
Council's policy for waiver of fees for non-profit community organisations recognises the importance of the
community facilities which are provided and maintained by non-profit organisations for the benefit of the wider
community. Council seeks to provide financial assistance to these organisations on a "needs" basis. Any non-
profit, volunteer, charitable, community, sporting, religious organisation not in possession of a permanent liquor
or gaming licence is eligible for a 50% reduction in development application fees (including any prelodgement
meetings). A request for a reduction in application fees should be made in writing and accompany the application.
 The request must demonstrate the eligibility of the applicant as a community, sporting or religious organisation. At
the time of lodgement of the application, the organisation must provide verifiable written proof that the organisation
is either registered with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as a charitable / non profit organisation, or alternatively
registered with the Office of Fair Trading under either the Associations Incorporation Act or Corporations Act.

Waiver of Development Application Charges
The Director Environment and Sustainable Development has delegated authority to determine to partially or wholly
waive a Development Application Fee where strict application of the scheduled fee is obviously unreasonable for
the type of application being received.

Refunds
If an application is withdrawn/lapses before it is decided by Council, a refund will be given depending on the
processing stage at the time of withdrawal as follows:
     Application Stage 90%
     Application Stage (After Confirmation Notice has been issued) 80%
     Information and Referral Stage 60%
     Notification Stage 30%
     Decision Stage 10%

No refund is applicable once a decision has been issued by the Council.

Where a request/application for any matter is withdrawn, an administration fee will also be retained.

Calculating Application Fees
For developments that are identified as impact assessable and inconsistent under The Noosa Plan a fee multiplier
of 3 will apply to the required fee. Where the use and/or works (or part thereof) have been carried out without
Council approval a fee multiplier of 2 will apply to the required fee.




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