2015-04-28 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    28 APRIL 2015


PLANNING & INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
(Planning & Development Sections only)

Building & Plumbing Services

1     OUTSTANDING BUILDING FINALS
Author            Building and Plumbing Manager, Allan Hazell
                  Planning and Infrastructure Department

Index             ECM / Subject / Plumbing Management/ Legislation / Outstanding
                  Building Finals

Attachments       Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not Applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Building and Plumbing Manager to the Planning &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 28 April 2015 regarding the outstanding building
finals held by Council.


REPORT
The purpose of this report is to provide Council with the latest information with regard to
outstanding building finals held by Council.

Background

Over many years, Council has undertaken building approval activities previously under the
business name of Noosa Building Certifiers. These activities included the approval of
domestic and commercial dwellings and many of these files have not been completed with
respect to applicants requesting final inspections. Council is legislatively obligated to follow
up on outstanding building activities and building finals.

To date it has been identified that there are 1,200 outstanding files for processing and
Building and Plumbing Services staff are currently prioritising these for action.

Structure of Outstanding Building Application Program

To ensure Council’s obligations are met, Building and Plumbing Services has developed and
implemented a program to provide applicants with options for having outstanding
applications completed.

Building and Plumbing Services commenced this program in January 2015 with 143
applicants receiving notification about their outstanding application from Council. This
notification provided applicants with a number of options for rectification, these being:




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