2020-05-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                                                                                        12 MAY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                     RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
                                         Completed       swimming      pool                                                        and spa educational material is now
                                          educational brochures and signage                                                         available for customers.
                                          for customers.
Compliance Approvals – Council and       Continue to undertake desk top study        Request from Community Services -           Complete report of outstanding
Community.                                and file management of Internal              Preparing Plumbing approval for              Council building files (stage one) and
                                          Council Building files (stage one            Bicentennial Hall.                           prepare a report of outcomes and
                                          completed, next stage underway).            Request from Community Services -            actions undertaken for Director of
                                         Completed this quarter:                      Prepare building approval for building       Environment       and      Sustainable
                                                                                       works (roof) at Cooroy Gymnastics            Development.
                                          1. Building Certification for The “J”.
                                          2. Building Certification additions          Building.
                                             Leisure Centre.                          Prepare     further    building   and
                                          3. Pomona School of Acts –                   plumbing approvals for Tewantin
                                             building approvals advice.                Pirates Football club.
                                                                                      Prepare building and plumbing
                                                                                       approvals for Cooroy Pirates Football
                                                                                       club.
Electronic   Plumbing   Application      Worked with ICT Branch for the              Continue to work with Council’s ICT         Continue to work with ICT team to
Project                                   implementation of Councils electronic        team for the expansion of this pilot         identify strategies for the seamless
                                          Plumbing and Building application            programme to encompass all Council           delivery of this programme to all
                                          approval programme for customers.            building and plumbing customers.             customers.
                                          Delivered this pilot programme to six       Further develop strategies for the          Promote       electronic   application
                                          consultants and building certifiers.         delivery of this programme to all            service at next proposed consultants
                                                                                       customers.                                   and      contractors     meeting     in
                                                                                                                                    September.




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