Appendix N - Fee Confirmation

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From:                          Antoinette Becker
To:                            Henry Kassay
Cc:                            Chiara Towler
Subject:                       RE: Request for Fee Confirmation / Reduction - Cooroy Care Farm
Date:                          Wednesday, 5 June 2019 8:30:22 AM
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Good morning Henry and Chiara

Please be advised that the Director of Environment & Planning has supported your request for a fee
reduction. The fee of $20,880 will be applied on lodgement of the Development Application.


Kind Regards,

Antoinette Becker
Admin support Officer I Noosa Council

Phone:         07 5329 6285
                            


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From: Henry Kassay <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2019 2:04 PM
To: Mailbox Council Mail <[email protected]>
Cc: Lisa Pienaar <[email protected]>; Simon Pollock <[email protected]>; Chiara Towler
<[email protected]>
Subject: Request for Fee Confirmation / Reduction - Cooroy Care Farm

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Hi Lisa,

We are looking to lodge the Cooroy Care Farm DA within the coming weeks and have looked into Council’s
application fees. I am just seeking to confirm my calculation is correct and if so, whether Council would be willing to
support a fee reduction. You seemed like the best person to address this to given you have attended prelodgement
meetings for the site, so I hope you don’t mind me asking (meeting minutes are attached to refresh your memory).

My calculation of the application fee is as follows:




Base fee, including 5 beds = $ 8,143.00
Fee per bed, 6-25 beds = $255.00 * 20 = $5,100
Fee per bed, 25+ beds = $171.00 * 27 = $4,617.00
= $17,860.00 for the retirement aspect

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Base fee up to 200m² GFA = $4,844.00
Remaining gfa = 73 * 4 = $292.00
= $5,136.00 for the community hall




= $4,844.00 for the chapel (GFA of 276m²)

This results in a combined fee of $27,840.00, however there’s also the multiplier for inconsistent development:




$27,840 * 3 = $83,520.00.

Finally, the applicant, Lutheran Services, are a bona fide religious organisation and are therefore eligible for a 50%
reduction in application fees, bringing the total to:


$83,520.00 / 2 = $41,760.00.

We are of the opinion that this fee is not commensurate to the effort required by Council to assess the application.
The above figure far exceeds what Lutheran Services have paid for other residential care facilities in the Brisbane and
Logan LGAs:

        Zion Aged Care Facility Nundah – (184 bed RCF + Food and Drink Outlet, fee quote issued on 22 May 2018 –
        Council Reference A004848800) had an application fee of $17,967.00, (almost four times the number of beds
        as the proposed development at Cooroy); and
        Trinder Park Aged Care Facility, Woodridge – (144 bed RACF + Food and Drink Outlet, fee quote issued April
        2018 – Council Reference MCUI/13/2018) had an application fee of $3,786.75

It is acknowledged that the proposed development at Cooroy is an exception because of it’s rural location, however,
given the relatively low number of beds proposed and the small GFA of the chapel and community hall components,
we believe a further 50% reduction of the application fee to $20,880.00 is warranted.

Could you please advise whether my assessment of the above fee is correct and whether or not Council would be
willing to support the proposed fee reduction.

Thank you for taking the time to read this email. If you have any questions or wish to discuss any of the above, feel
free to give me, Chiara (0735399557) or Simon (0409001556) a call.

Kind regards,
Henry

Henry Kassay
Planner
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