2015-01-12 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                            12 January 2015



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

MCU14/0103               Carol Gordon      Detached House at 146           $4,035                $1,345
                                           Solar Road, Cooroy
                                           Mountain

The applicant requested a fee variation for a proposed house, specifically requesting the inconsistent
multiplier of 3 not be applied.
The site has a split zoning of Rural and Open Space Conservation and the applicant seeks approval to
locate the dwelling in the area of the site currently zoned Open Space Conservation.
It is understood that this portion of the site was previously part of the scenic reserve for Cooroy Mountain
but was subdivided and sold off by the state given the area has no conservation value, being fully cleared
of vegetation. In a new planning scheme the site would be included fully in a rural zone as it does not
contain any environmental attributes that would warrant the open space conservation zoning. Therefore
the multiplier of 3 was not relevant to the proposal.


Based on these variations to the development application charges, a review of the fees and
charges is not considered warranted at this time. However, some consideration may be
appropriate to developing a consistent position for re-lodgement of applications where an
approval has lapsed in setting the fees and charges for the next financial year.

Previous Council Consideration
The fees and charges for development applications were considered by Council at a Special
Budget meeting on 26 June 2014.
Finance & Risk
The agreed variations to the development applications are considered relatively minor and will
have no significant impact on the budget, amounting to $25,496 for the first 6 months of the
2014/2015 financial year.
Consultation
External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder
Nil
Internal Consultation
Nil
Departments/Sections Consulted:

      Community Services                            x   Planning & Infrastructure
      Disaster Management & Public Order                Building & Plumbing Services
      Waste & Environmental Health                  x   DA Planning
      Community Facilities                              Strategic Land Use Planning
      Cultural Facilities                               Asset Design & Investigations
                                                        Asset Planning
                                                        Civil Operations
                                                        Environment

      Executive Office                                  Corporate Services
      Community Engagement                              Finance
      Customer Service                                  ICT
      Executive Support                                 Procurement & Fleet
      Governance                                        Property & Facilities
      Human Resources                                   Revenue Services




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