2021-03-09 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                9 MARCH 2021


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                         THE NEXT QUARTER
Development Assessment
Auditing program for Advertising Devices      Implementation of Local Law                 Auditing program temporarily ceased       Continue auditing program for
                                               signage requirements, with signage           due to COVID-19.                           advertising devices – Noosa Civic &
                                               applications being processed under          Temporary additional signage               Hinterland area.
                                               the Local Law                                permitted for some businesses
                                              Workshop with councillors and                impacted by COVID-19.
                                               business group on signage local law
                                               requirements
Business as Usual activities                  Monthly reporting to Treasury Qld           Negotiations on NBN appeal                Continued assessment of
                                               State Government and Australian              underway.                                  Development Applications lodged
                                               Bureau of Statistics on development         Assessment of a number of                  under The Noosa Plan 2006 and
                                               approval information.                        Superseded Planning Scheme                 The Noosa Plan 2020.
                                              Development Activity Monitoring              applications.                             Ongoing management of
                                               Pilot Project Completed with LGAQ           Issue of Infringement Notices to Kin       Infrastructure Charges issued and
                                              Trial for Serratore Appeal completed         Kin Quarry and preparation work for        receipted including relief provided in
                                               and awaiting judgement                       further evidence collection.               assistance to Covid-19.
                                              BNB Super and Mason Appeals                 Working with Council ICT Branch in
                                               successfully settled                         developing electronic application
                                              Implemented Relief on payment of             processes and for planning
                                               Infrastructure Charges with no               applications.
                                               interest to accrue for next 12 months       Working with individual businesses
                                               to respond to COVID-19.                      to address their circumstances and
                                              Implemented reviewed staged                  COVID-19 impacts.
                                               payment plans to assist with COVID-
                                               19.
Building and Plumbing
Business as Usual activities                  Continue to deliver customer                One stop shop building and                Ensure Council’s record
                                               services request with existing               plumbing application service counter       management documentation is
                                               resources.                                   is now open (thank goodness) and           compiled as per legislative
                                              Continue to work on resourcing of            fully functional.                          obligations to Australian Bureau of
                                               building team in ensuring the               Maintain legislative plumbing              Statistics (ABS), Unitywater,
                                               delivery of legislative obligations in       application timeframes (plumbing           Queensland Treasury & Queensland
                                               building services and record                 team is now fully resourced to meet        Building Construction Commission.
                                               management obligations (review               existing plumbing application             Maintain resources & budget
                                               existing structure of building team)         workloads – overtime benefits              commitments in regards to
                                                                                            required to maintain increased             legislative plumbing application
                                                                                            workloads at this point)                   timeframes.

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