Annual Report 2009/2010 - Hawkesbury City Council - NSW ...

The ASS Manual developed by the Acid Sulfate Soils Management Advisory Committee (ASSMAC) and
provides advice on best practice in planning, assessment and management of activities in areas
containing acid sulfate soils.
Regulatory Responses
Compliance and Enforcement complaints
Introduction
Council responds to a wide range of non complying development matters ranging from Development
without consent, Development not in accordance with consent, complaints or enquiries made at Council
include such as building works, earthworks and tree removal.
Council is considered as the Appropriate Regulatory Authority (ARA) for non complying development
matters for enquiries that occur within the Local Government Area (LGA) with the exception of premises
that are licensed with the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW), known as
scheduled premises.
Council's primary means of dealing with non complying development issues in the LGA is via education
and or enforcement using relevant sections of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979, The
Protection of Environment (Operations) Act 1997 and the Local Government Act 1993 which gives
Council powers to control such non compliances.
Measures of Performance
Measure
1. Total number of non complying
development complaints made to
Council.
How is the Hawkesbury performing?
Investigations of complaints has
increased.
2. Number of each type of complaint made
to Council.
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