PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY – MARCH 2025 · Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING                                                6 MAY 2025


8.1     PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY – MARCH 2025


Author              Development Assessment Manager, Patrick Murphy
                    Development & Regulation Department
Index               ECM/Subject/All Applications.
Attachments         1.   ATTACHMENT 1 - PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY
                         DELEGATED AUTHORITY - MARCH 2025


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Attachment 1 lists applications that are decided by delegated authority during the month of March
2025 (excluding applications seeking to remove a tree(s) adjacent to a building or structure).
Included in attachment 1 is a table providing a snapshot of the total applications determined for the
month of March 2025.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Development Assessment Manager to the Planning and
Environment Committee Meeting dated 6 May 2025 regarding applications that have been decided
by delegated authority for March 2025 as per Attachment 1 to the Report.


REPORT
The Local Government Act 2009 allows, by resolution, a local government to delegate its powers to
the Mayor, CEO, a standing committee or a joint standing committee and the CEO to delegate those
powers to another employee of Council.
Under the current delegations for the Planning Act 2016 the ability to manage, assess and decide a
range of development applications are delegated to officers with the exception of the following which
are reported to Council for a decision:
a. An application for a variation request mentioned in section 61 of the Planning Act 2016 to vary
   the effect of the Planning Scheme;
b. An application which is for an inconsistent use as defined in the Planning Scheme;
c. An application for a proposed development where more than 30 submissions have been received
   during the notification part objecting to the proposed development;
d. An extension of an approval that was made under a superseded Planning Scheme (i.e. pre-
   Noosa Plan 2020) and/or where there is a resolution of Council to amend the Planning Scheme
   in a way that is relevant to the approval;
e. An impact assessable application involving the clearing of vegetation which is mapped as being
   in an area of biodiversity significance on the Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Map
   and containing an endangered regional ecosystem, except in circumstances where the clearing
   is exempt clearing:
f.    The removal or demolition of a structure or place identified within the Planning Scheme’s
      Heritage and Character Overlay MapIt should be noted though that due to the strict time frames
      of the Planning Act 2016, officers under the current delegations have the ability to decide an
      application where the application has the potential for ‘deemed approval’. In accordance with
      the current delegations, a wide range of development applications are decided by Council
      officers each month, with a limited number of applications reported to Council for a decision.