2014-03-03 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   3 MARCH 2014




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                      3 MARCH 2014

                                                                           Delegation No: 2014-35

  Delegation Criteria:
 9.       The Delegated Officer may exercise the powers of the local govemment under the Act for
          an application other than the following:
           (a)    an application for a preliminary approval mentioned in section 242 of the Act to
                  vary the effect of the planning scheme ;
          (b)     the approval for a proposed development where there is substantial non-
                  compliance with a stated policy of the council or a high order provision of the
                  planning scheme being a desired environmental outcome, or an overall outcome of
                  a code;
           (c)    the refusal of any development application where council is the assessment
                  manager,
           (d)    requests, including Negotiated Decision requests, to change or cancel conditions
                  that were imposed by Council at an Ordinary Meeting;
           (e)    an application for a proposed development of significant community interest;
  10.      However, the Delegated Officer may exercise the powers of the local government under
          the Act for an application where:-
           (a)     the application has the potential for “deemed approval” in accordance with
                   sections 330-331 of the Act.; and
          (b)      the application is for Operational Works for clearing vegetation.
  Delegation Administrative Procedure:
  11.     This delegation is to be exercised in accordance with the relevant Acts.
  12.     The extent of authority is in accordance with the delegated criteria where stated.
  13.     The Delegated Officer shall cause a register to be kept of all instances of where this
          delegation has been exercised.
  14.     The following procedure is to be undertaken for this delegation:
           (a)  The policies of the council must be complied with and in particular any policy related
                to entering into an infrastructure agreement in accordance with the power delegated
                in paragraph 4(e) of this delegation.
           (b)  The policies and codes of conduct of the council must be complied with and in
                particular, a development application is to be referred to the Council for
                determination where a councillor or officer has a material personal interest in the
                development application.

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