The first of many breakthroughs in local government outsourcing of planning issues has occurred in the new Sustainable Planning Act for Queensland, albeit on a limited scale.
The Act came into effect throughout Queensland on 18 December 2009. For development applications which are “as of right” and for which technical assessment is clear cut, they will be categorised as 'compliance assessment'. Many code assessable development applications, which are deemed compliant assessment, will be able to be outsourced to a suitable qualified entity.
It is likely that Councils will soon call for nominations from Planning Consultants to become accredited qualified entities.
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