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• DAs that are withdrawn prior to determination shall be entitled to a refund of the fee from DIPNR, exclusive of the administration fee which DIPNR shall be entitled to retain to cover the administration cost associated with preparing refunds. • The fee shall apply to the original DA and shall not be applied to subsequent Section 96 modifications. • The fee shall apply to the original DA and shall not be applied to subsequent staged DAs where the total estimated value of the original DA includes the value of all subsequent stages. • The $5 'administration fee' that is able to be retained by consent authorities be increased to $25 and shall be collected once per application. 6. Revenue collected to date should be shared equally between State and local government. 7. DIPNR urgently develop a comprehensive strategy for spending the fee revenue that targets local government and is based on the following criteria: PRINT VERSION 1 September 2003 • councils in metropolitan, coastal and inland NSW that have indicated an interest to DIPNR in testing e-plan delivery. • councils that are undertaking a consolidation of LEPs in local government areas that have recently amalgamated or have agreed to amalgamate. • councils undertaking the consolidation and streamlining of paper based plans. Allocation of funds would be subject to - • councils who have already begun consolidation work and those proposing to start from scratch. • councils piloting different elements of e-plan delivery. • councils agreeing to implement the standard template for integrated plans as developed by the Taskforce. 32
7.0 NEXT STEPS - IMPLEMENTATION 7.1 Legislative Change The Taskforce considers that the EP&A Act in its existing form provides a suitable base for the introduction of planning system reforms. There is an inherent flexibility in the Act that provides for a variety of planning tools to be implemented. It is the manner in which DIPNR and local government uses these tools in the future that will influence the success and impact of any reform. On this basis, the Taskforce approached the terms of reference from the viewpoint that minor amendments (if any) to the EP&A Act would be necessary to implement recommended reforms. Essentially, very few of the recommendations require immediate or substantial legislative change. Recommendations that do require legislative amendments (to the Act or the Regulation) are categorised below. Short Term • Integrated plan standard template (including standard zones, definitions and model provisions): requires amendment to the EP&A Regulation before 31 December 2003). A Section 71 Determination can be used as an alternative mechanism in the interim if necessary. • Strategic planning fee: clarifying administration and application of the fee will require an amendment to the EP&A Regulation. Longer Term These amendments are not required immediately, however they should be undertaken as part of any future comprehensive amendments to the EP&A Act. • Consolidation of competing environmental planning and natural resource legislation into one Act. • The requirement to prepare the statutory components of integrated plans in accordance with the standard template after 31 December 2006 will require an amendment to the Regulation. • The requirement for councils to adopt the non-statutory components of integrated plans in before 31 December 2008 will require an amendment to the Regulation. • The mandatory requirement for councils to consolidate their planning instruments into a maximum of one integrated plan for every LGA will require an amendment to the Act. DIPNR’s timetable for this to occur in metropolitan, coastal and inland LGAs will require an amendment to the Regulation. • The difference between the role and function of LEP and DCP components of integrated plans must be clearly maintained. However, the provision of greater certainty and statutory weight to the DCP provisions of integrated plans must be achieved. PRINT VERSION 1 September 2003 33
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