2022-06-28 Special Meeting - Item 4 - Attachment 1 - 2022-23 Schedule of Fees and Charges

 Name                                               Year 22/23 Fee    Legislative Reference   GST    Fee Type
                                                    (including GST)



General

All Cost Recovery fees for applications and related functions and for giving of information kept by Council
have been adopted by Council under Section 97 of the Local Government Act 2009. All commercial fees for
the provision of services which require a GST payment have been adopted by Council under Section
262(3)(c) of the Local Government Act 2009. All fees, unless otherwise specified are GST -exempt.

Subsidy For Community, Sporting and Religious Organisations

Council's policy for waiver of fees for non-profit community organisations recognises the importance of the
community facilities which are provided and maintained by non-profit organisations for the benefit of the
wider community. Council seeks to provide financial assistance to these organisations on a "needs" basis.
Any non-profit, volunteer, charitable, community, sporting, religious organisation not in possession of a
permanent liquor or gaming licence is eligible for a 50% reduction in development application fees
(including any prelodgement meetings). A request for a reduction in application fees should be made in
writing and accompany the application. The request must demonstrate the eligibility of the applicant as a
community, sporting or religious organisation. At the time of lodgement of the application, the organisation
must provide verifiable written proof that the organisation is either registered with the Australian Taxation
Office (ATO) as a charitable / non profit organisation, or alternatively registered with the Office of Fair
Trading under either the Associations Incorporation Act or Corporations Act.

Waiver of Development Application Charges

The Director Environment and Sustainable Development has delegated authority to determine to partially or
wholly waive a Development Application Fee where strict application of the scheduled fee is obviously
unreasonable for the type of application being received.

Refunds

If an application is withdrawn/lapses before it is decided by Council, a refund will be given depending on the
processing stage at the time of withdrawal as follows:

90% Application Stage
80% Application Stage (After Confirmation Notice has been issued)
60% Information and Referral Stage
30% Notification Stage
10% Decision Stage

No refund is applicable once a decision has been issued by the Council.

Where a request/application for any matter is withdrawn, an administration fee will also be retained.

Calculating Application Fees

For developments that are identified as impact assessable and inconsistent under The Noosa Plan a fee
multiplier of 3 will apply to the required fee. Where the use and/or works (or part thereof) have been carried
out without Council approval a fee multiplier of 2 will apply to the required fee.

For developments that are non-compliant with a scheme provision that is measurable such as site cover,
gross floor area/plot ratio, height in storeys/metres, setbacks, and car parking number etc a fee multiplier of
1.5 will apply to the required fee, with detached houses only charged where there are multiple non-
compliances (i.e. more than 1).

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