2020-01-13 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                       13 JANUARY 2020



 Application No          Applicant          Application Details          Fees &          Fee proposed
                                                                      Charges Policy

No yet lodged        34-36 Allambi        Operational Works –         $525 Driveway      $525
                     Terrace Noosa        Driveway & Minor Filling
                                                                      $1138 Filling
                     Heads                Works
                                                                      $1663 Total

The application is for a driveway and minor filling behind the approved retaining walls and fencing for a
detached house. The applicant requests that a single fee of $525 be applied for the two components.
The earthworks are minor in scale and will be wholly contained within the site by masonry retaining
walls. As such there is limited assessment time required. The proposed fee is therefore considered
appropriate.



 Application No          Applicant          Application Details          Fees &          Fee proposed
                                                                      Charges Policy

OPW19/0193           91 Ewarts Rd        Operational Works –         $525 Driveway       $1138
                     Cooran              Driveway & Earthworks
                                                                     $1138
                                                                     Earthworks
                                                                     $1663 Total

The original application submitted was for a driveway (fee $525) for a rural property at 91 Ewarts Road,
Cooran. The confirmation notice was sent on 10/9/19 with the information request due on 24/9/19. As
part of some informal discussions with the certifier, it was suggested that there appeared to be a lot of
earthworks involved with the internal sections of the driveway and that it would be in their interest to
see if the amount triggered an operational works application.
The certifier advised that the volume trigger would be exceeded and that an operational works for
earthworks would be required and further questioned whether the driveway application could be
changed to include the earthworks at the driveway fee (as it is a single detached dwelling on a Rural
block). The earthworks triggers a second fee of $1138.
It is reasonable to accept one fee of $1138 due to the joint assessment.


Application No          Applicant           Application Details       Fees & Charges           Fee
                                                                          Policy            proposed

RAP19/0030         7 Urunga Pde           RAP – Referral Agency       $2187                $616
                   Boreen Point           Response – New
                                          detached house with
                                          predominantly 12 %
                                          Roof Pitch

The applicant has requested that the application fee applicable to vary the roof pitch requirements for
their house at 7 Urunga Parade, Boreen Point be waived completely.
The applicant seeks that the waiver be granted, given the draft scheme only requires a 5 degree roof
pitch for Boreen Point and no submissions were received by Council opposing this change to the
planning scheme requirement.
While waiving the fee is not agreed to given the cost to Council of processing the application, it is
acknowledged that assessment of the application will be straightforward given the pending changes to
roof form with the new scheme. Therefore a base fee of $616 consistent with the Council’s ‘Generally
in Accordance’ fee is considered appropriate.




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