2015-11-10 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                           10 NOVEMBER 2015


7.   Provide advice on signage controlled by the Local Law; respond to complaints
     regarding breaches of the Local Law provisions; and proactive audit of signage controlled
     by the Local Law.
8.   Infrastructure Planning & Charges, including preparation of the Local Government
     Infrastructure Plan for Noosa; and issue and collection of infrastructure charges.


1.   Finance
The budget for Development Assessment comprises three major revenue streams including
application fees, searches and infrastructure charges, with infrastructure charges being a capital
contribution. While significant revenue is budgeted for each financial year, no revenue is
received for some activities undertaken by the team such as general enquiries, compliance
action against breaches of development approvals and the planning scheme, development
appeals, infrastructure planning etc. These activities form a community service obligation (CSO)
component and amount to approximately 36% of staff time based on a Branch Activity exercise
carried out in late 2014 for the DA Service Review.

For the year to date, revenue from applications and searches has exceeded the year to date
budget by $191,532. Expenditure has also exceeded budget for this period by $1,953 due to
salary back pay. The net result being $189,579 favourable against budget.

Infrastructure Charges collected ($405,820) has also slightly exceeded the year to date budget
($401,507). Overall, the Development Assessment budget for year to date is in a sound position.

Development Assessment




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