2015-01-12 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    12 January 2015


C.      Where an application conflicts with the planning scheme, the onus of proof should be on
        the applicant to prove the merits of the proposal and justify the inconsistency rather than
        what appears to be an onus on the assessment manager to prove that the intent of the
        planning scheme should be upheld;
D.      Section 89 of the Planning and Development Bill 2014 be amended to remove the
        requirement for local governments to provide a notice to applicants and owners that their
        approval will lapse, as this should be the responsibility for applicants and owners to
        monitor;
E.      A time limit requirement be included for Conversion Applications and Offset Establishment
        Cost review requests to be made and undertaken during the period for a Negotiated
        Decision Notice to reduce uncertainty for local governments;
F.      An allowance be included for Local Governments to index all Infrastructure Charges from a
        set base date in accordance with the applicable index to address increasing infrastructure
        costs;
G.      Councils should have the ability to issue an Infrastructure Charges Notice for minor
        changes to development approvals issued prior to 1 July 2011 that involve an increase to
        the intensity of the development and for extensions to the currency period; and
H.      Provide within the P&D Bill the ability for local government planning schemes to also apply
        to assessment of uses within the local government tidal area/river lease areas to support
        improved management of marine activities and address potential impacts on adjacent
        foreshores and uses.

Finance & Risk

Nil

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                  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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