Supporting Document - Attachment 2 - Summary Dashboards - IPART

ATTACHMENT 2
LAND USE MANAGEMENT — SERVICE OVERVIEW
Service Aims
Achieve sustainable quality urban design
Protect the natural environment from development
impacts
Protect heritage values and buildings
Protect town and village character
Community Satisfaction Survey
COUNCIL SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Advise on land use
Assess and determine development
Assess and determine Roads Act applications
Assess landscaping, environmental and heritage impact
Complete other regulatory responsibilities
Engage in policy and legislative review and preparation of operational policy
Inspect and certify building construction
Provide vegetation/ tree removal approvals
Support legal representation for development matters
Service Delivery
Processing over 1,000 applications for development activity
(value of around $105,000,000 million annually
Completing over 2,000 construction inspections pa
Issuing around 3,000 notifications of development applications
to adjoining owners each year
Processing over 450 requests for information under Government
Information (Public Access) Act (“GIPA”)
Issuing over 1,000 certificates for outstanding notices /
orders each year
1. Managing residential
development.
Acting as an agency for ‘Long Service Levy’ under the
Building & Construction Industry Long Service Payments
Act and for NSW State Government planning reform fund
2. Protection of heritage values and
buildings.
3. Enhancing the built
environment.
2012-13 Service Budget
Land Use Management
Maintaining registers and Australian Bureau of Statistics
data
% of Total Council Expenditure
$4,500,000
SOURCE: 2011 Community Survey Results
$4,000,000
$3,500,000
5%
$3,000,000
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$500,000
$0
Total Expenses Total Income Capital Works Net Service
Program
Support Costs
Land Use Management $4,189,130 $1,484,170 $0 $518,719
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