PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY - JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH & APRIL 2024 · DA Planning Direct to General

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                             13 MAY 2024


6.3     PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY - JANUARY,
        FEBRUARY, MARCH & APRIL 2024


Author            Development Assessment Manager, Patrick Murphy
                  Development & Regulation Department
Index             ECM/Subject/All Applications
Attachments       1.   ATTACHMENT 1 - DELEGATED REPORT - JANUARY - APRIL 2024


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not Applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Development Assessment Manager to the General Committee
Meeting 13 May 2024 regarding applications that have been decided by delegated authority as per
Attachment 1.


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.

Attachment 1 lists applications that are decided by delegated authority during the months of
January, February, March & April 2024 (excluding applications seeking to remove a tree(s) adjacent