Update To Infrastructure Charges Resolution

Amelia Lorentson0:00

Welcome everyone to the Planning & Environment Committee Meeting, 12th of August, oh good morning, 12th of August 2025, my gosh, that's right. Good morning and I declare the meeting now open. First I'd like to begin by an Acknowledgement to Country. Noosa Council. Proudly acknowledges and respects Australia's First Nations people and their deep and abiding connection to this country. We recognise the Kabi Kabi people as the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters of the Noosa area and we pay respect to. Elders past, present and emerging and to their enduring commitment in pursuing a strong and healthy future for First Nations people. I'm attendance and apologies. No apologies around the table. I note everyone's here. Councillor Wegener, welcome. Mayor Wilkie, Deputy Mayor. Councillor Wegener, welcome. I note also there are one Councillor from serva, Councillor Nicola Wilson. Welcome. Also online, I'm not sure who else is online. Can I please request before the meeting commences that everyone has their phones on silent thank or turned off? You. Confirmation of minutes. Item 4.1, can I please have someone to confirm the Planning & Environment Committee Meeting minutes dated the 8th of July, 2025. Wegener, thank you. Seconded by Mayor Wilkie. No discussion. All in favour? Thank you. Presentations, deputations? There are none. So we move straight to Reports for consideration of the Committee. Item 7 and 7.1. Update to infrastructure charges resolution. And I welcome to the table. Lord. Okay. And you're online, that's who, that's okay. You're welcome. Can I begin just by asking if you could give us an overview or summary of the reporting process and what's been recommended to Council?

Yep, basically the planning requires councils to have a charges resolution to be able to issue infrastructure charges on new development, any increase in development. This report is basically just a standard administrative update to match the current charges with the recently updated planning regulation maximum amounts which happens usually on the 1st of July. Year. Yeah and the only difference with this one compared to the last few years or all the other years is the changing of the charge applicable to secondary dwellings which on the 15th of May Council decided to stop charging from the 1st of July and that's captured in the new updated charges resolution that's, uh, that's basically it. A summary of what it is yep.

Yeah that correct that's a it's an increase of six point four percent um based on from the previous uh planning regulation rates um Council's charges resolution captures those anyway um in the automatic uh increase provision which is specified in the act and in Council's charges resolution so even though we're currently operating on last year's resolution we are still applying these new rates um yeah according to the uh the act and the resolution increase. This is the reason we update it every year is just so it matches the actual planning regulation it makes it a lot easier, a lot clearer and special for all the customers so it's more transparent so we're actually 100% aligned with the regulation annually.