2015-10-13 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    13 OCTOBER 2015


                                                          The LGIP infrastructure proposed date is say
                                                          2025 and the construction start & completion
                                                          date by the developer is later say 2016. Then
                                                          under this proposal, the refund would only
                                                          need to be given by 2025 some 9 years after
                                                          provision & would be unequitable for the
                                                          developer.

                                                          The timing of refunds should be left to
                                                          individual LG resolutions to cater for their
                                                          particular circumstances and ability.

Arrangements for Transitioning                            Generally The Noosa Plan is currently drafted
                                                          in a manner that should allow easy transition
Feedback is sought about the arrangements for             under the proposed Bill’s assessment and
transitioning assessments by local governments            decision rules.
using local planning instruments from the
Sustainable Planning Act 2009 to the Bill. These
assessments would include all assessments for
development made assessable under local planning
instruments, and assessments carried out by local
governments for development made assessable
under the regulation (such as for reconfiguring a lot).

Merit assessment rules and processes under the Bill
are very similar to impact assessment rules and
processes under the old Act. So, a transition from
impact assessment to merit/impact assessment
under this section should be relatively
straightforward.

Section 56 includes options for decision rules for
standard/code assessment. These options are
intended to provide for some flexibility to balance
competing or conflicting assessment benchmarks, or
conflicts between referral responses and
assessment benchmarks, but unlike merit
assessment do not provide for assessment against,
or having regard to, matters not prescribed under a
regulation.

Feedback is sought on whether all code
assessments under the old Act are suitable to
transition immediately to standard/code
assessments under this section, or whether
transitional arrangements such as interim
assessment and decision rules would be desirable.




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