2015-01-12 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                               12 January 2015


10                        WAIVER OR PARTIAL WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION CHARGES FOR 1
                          JULY 2014 TO 31 DECEMBER 2014
DOCUMENT IN FOR MATI ON




Author                            Manager, Planning & Environment, Kerri Coyle
                                  Planning & Infrastructure Department

Index                             ECM/Subject/Fees and Charges

Attachments                       Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not Applicable

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager, Planning & Environment to the General Committee
Meeting dated 12 January 2015 regarding the waiver or partial waiver of development application
charges for 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2014.


REPORT
At Council’s special meeting of 26 June 2014, Council adopted its Fees and Charges for the
2014/2015 year, including its regulatory and commercial charges for lodgement of development
applications. This fees and charges policy included a number of policy provisions including
delegation to the Director, Planning and Infrastructure to “..partially or wholly waive a
development fee where strict application of the scheduled fee is obviously unreasonable for the
type of application being received.”

This report for Council’s information, identifies applications where a fee variation has been
granted for Council’s information for the first half of this financial year. Between 1 July 2014 and
31 December there were 5 applications where a partial waiver of the development application
fees was granted. The tables below set out a summary of each application and the reason for
the fee waiver.


           Application No.              Applicant        Application Detail        Fees & Charges     Fee Paid
                                                                                       Policy

132009.1484.02                      Sunshine Coast    Application to extend the   $1370             Nil
                                    Sports Aviators   relevant period of
                                    Inc               development approval for
                                                      Shed at Teewah Beach
                                                      Rd, Noosa North Shore

The applicant was unable to commence construction of the shed and its use within the approved relevant
period of the development approval as the leasing arrangements had not been finalised by Council.




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