2020-12-08 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  8 DECEMBER 2020


6                        REPORTS FOR NOTING BY THE COMMITTEE

4                        PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Development Assessment Manager, Kerri Coyle
                                    Environment and Sustainable Development Department

Index                               ECM / Subject / 17.26 – All Applications

Attachments                         Nil

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Nil.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Development Assessment Manager to the Planning &
Environment Committee Meeting dated 8 December 2020 regarding planning applications that
have been decided by delegated authority.

REPORT
The Local Government Act 2009 allows, by resolution, a local government to delegate its powers
to the Mayor, CEO, a standing committee or a joint standing committee and the CEO to delegate
those powers to another employee of Council.
Under the current delegations for the Planning Act 2016 the ability to manage, assess and decide
a range of development applications are delegated to officers with the exception of the following
which are reported to Council for a decision:
a)                       an application for a variation request mentioned in section 61 of the Planning Act 2016 to
                         vary the effect of the planning scheme;
b)                       the approval of an application 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 application where Council is the assessment manager;
d)                       requests for change representations, and change applications to change or delete conditions
                         that were imposed by Council at an Ordinary Meeting or a Special Meeting;
e)                       and an application for a proposed development of significant community interest.
It should be noted though that due to the strict time frames of the Planning Act 2016, officers under
the current delegations have the ability to decide an application where the application has the
potential for 'deemed approval'.
In accordance with the current delegations, a wide range of development applications are decided
by Council officers each month, with a limited number of applications reported to Council for a
decision. Between 1 January and 31 October 2020 a total of 391 development applications were
decided, with 363 approved, with the majority of those refused being related to applications
involving the removal of trees.
The following applications were decided by delegated authority during the month of October 2020
(excluding applications seeking to remove a tree(s) adjacent to a building or structure):




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