Annual Report 2023-24

       Measure: Number of development applications decided within the statutory timeframe                                     Measure: Number of plumbing aplications decided within the statutory timeframe

      100%
                                                                                                                              100%
      90%
                                                                                                                              90%

      80%                                                                                                                     80%

                                                                                                                              70%
      70%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Domestic
                                                                                                                              60%                                                                                                      sewered
      60%                                                                                                    MCU                                                                                                                       application
                                                                                                                              50%
      50%                                                                                                    RAL                                                                                                                       Domestic
                                                                                                                              40%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       non-sewered
                                                                                                             DBW                                                                                                                       application
      40%                                                                                                                     30%
                                                                                                             Current agency
                                                                                                             referral         20%                                                                                                      Commercial
      30%                                                                                                                                                                                                                              applications
                                                                                                             Op works
                                                                                                                              10%
      20%
                                                                                                             Plan seal
                                                                                                                                 0
      10%                                                                                                    Minor changes              Jan/2024      Feb/2024      Mar/2024       Apr/2024         May/2024         Jun/2024

            0
                Jan/2024      Feb/2024        Mar/2024       Apr/2024       May/2024      Jun/2024                            Commentary: Decision made within timeframes are relatively consistent with all Commercial Applications
                                                                                                                              decided within statutory timeframes except for May achieving 94%.
       Commentary: Decisions made within timeframe are relatively consistent with all MCUs decided within statutory
140    timeframes except for May achieving 78%.                                                                                                                                                                                                       141
                                                                                                                              Our Finances


      Measure: Number of plumbing applications decided                                                                        Measure: Investment return 0.25% above benchmark (UBS Bank Bill index)
                                                                                                                              Purpose: Performance of invested ratepayer funds
      25


      20                                                                                                      Domestic        1.6%
                                                                                                              sewered
                                                                                                              application
       15                                                                                                                     1.4%
                                                                                                              Domestic
                                                                                                              non-sewered     1.2%
       10                                                                                                     application

                                                                                                                              1.0%
                                                                                                              Commercial
       5                                                                                                      applications
                                                                                                                              0.8%

       0                                                                                                                      0.6%
                Jan/2024     Feb/2024        Mar/2024       Apr/2024       May/2024       Jun/2024                                                                                                                                      2023/24
                                                                                                                              0.4%




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Noosa Council Annual Report 23/24
      Commentary: Plumbing applications within the shire have increased over the past two years.                              0.2%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2022/23

      - The increase in plumbing applications for the year 2023 to 2024 has been around 7%
                                                                                                                               0%                                                                                                       2021/22
      - Increases in plumbing applications this year are estimated break down is:                                                   July     Aug   Sept     Oct   Nov     Dec    Jan         Feb   Mar        Apr   May        June
         1/ Non-sewered plumbing applications increase of around 5%
         2/ Commercial plumbing applications increase of 3%                                                                   Commentary: Interest rates and long-term bond rates are stable but may start to decline with inflationary
         3/ Slight increase in domestic application increase of around 0.9%                                                   pressures. Council has invested surplus cash into higher yielding term deposits to maximise returns on its
      Council records indicate an increase in plumbing application activity of around 8%, this increase in part could         cash holdings. Council has consistently achieved returns above target (0.25% above the Bloomberg bond
      be contributed to Councils audit and compliance programme activities.                                                   rate June 2024: 4.36%).