2017-06-15 Special Meeting Agenda

                                                       Year 17/18
Name                                                   2017-18 Fee      Legislation        GST     Generic Fee
                                                       (incl. GST)        /Head of                     Charge
                                                                            Power


Planning and Infrastructure Fees & 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 of $185 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.
Request for an Application to be considered under a Superseded Planning Scheme
To be considered under a Superseded Planning Scheme – A request for an application to be considered
under the Superseded Planning Scheme is to be accompanied by a base fee of $1347.00 plus the required
fee.

Preliminary Approvals
Applications for a variation request as per the Planning Act 2016 shall be 125% of the fees for the
applicable uses or types of development (included predicted Reconfiguring of Lot) as for a development
permit.

Combined Applications
Applications can be lodged at the same time involving more than one development type (e.g., Material
Change of Use / Reconfiguring a Lot / Operational Work). Full fees are payable for each development type
included in an application.
Material Change of Use within an Existing Building
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