2021-03-09 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     9 MARCH 2021


procedures under section 15 of the Local Government Regulation 2012 and the National
Competition Policy. A list of likely anti-competitive provisions has been compiled in Attachment 3
requiring a Public Interest Test Plan and Report to be prepared.
Council is obligated to consider these anti-competitive provisions during the local law making
process in relation to the public interest. For example, it needs to be formally identified whether
there are advantages in the public interest that on balance, outweigh the anticompetitive elements
of the proposed provisions. The outcome of this review will be presented to Council following the
public notification process.
The public interest test report is the document where the results of the public interest test are
reported. It summarises the assessment of costs and benefits and presents the information in a
format that allows Council to determine whether there is a net community benefit in retaining the
restriction on competition (i.e. retaining the anti-competitive provisions). This will be reported to
Council following public consultation.
3.5    Fees and resources for implementation
It is estimated at least 4880 properties are operating short stay letting or home hosted
accommodation:
     900 dwelling houses
     3,900 units, townhouses and duplexes
     80 home hosted dwellings
The number of owners that may short stay let their principal place of residence 4 times a year but
no more than 60 days is difficult to estimate, but will be additional to these figures .
The number of properties will vary over time as some move in and out of short stay letting into
permanent occupation and vice versa, and as short stay let and home hosted accommodation
properties come forward for local law approval.
Approximately 1,241 of the unit/townhouses are proposed to be exempt from the local law including
807 properties in the Hastings Street mixed Use precinct and 434 properties on visitor only
approved sites.
Anticipated Resource Requirements
The most resource intensive aspect of the local law will be during its implementation for the first
three years as the initial one-off applications are submitted for assessment and approval. It is
estimated around 3639 properties will require an application. During this three year implementation
period, the additional workload is forecast to require up to three compliance/assessment officers
plus full time administration support.
It is anticipated that the workload will reduce from year three (2024/25) onward following the
finalisation of all initial one-off applications at which point Council will reassess its resourcing
requirements. Consequently, the administration of the local law will require a mix of permanent and
temporary staff.
It is proposed that the resourcing decisions on increases to the staff establishment be referred to
the 2021/22 budget process along with all other new staff requests. In the interim, temporary staff
resourcing will be engaged to support the immediate compliance and implementation aspects of
the local law.
Cost Recovery Options
There are a number of options available to Council to recover any additional resourcing costs
associated with administering the local law, which may include:
     the introduction of an application and renewal fee applied to the properties subject to the
      local law;
     general rates;
     funding under a levy or special rating charge; or
     a combination of the above.

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