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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Confirm planning approval application requirements.
   • Documentation requirements for planning approval applicationsfor small-scale building design projects are obtained from regulatory authorities.
   • Pre-application meetings with planners are arranged and conducted, as required, to clarify planning approval application requirements.
   • Comprehensive checklist of planning approval application requirements is prepared and confirmed with planners.
   • Client is notified of planning approval application requirements and associated costs, and consent to proceed is confirmed.
2. Prepare and submit planning approval application.
   • Project design drawings are checked for planning approval compliance and required additions or changes are made in consultation with the client.
   • Documentation required from other professionals is specified and obtained, and fully completed in good time.
   • Documentation for planning approval application is prepared, checked for compliance with requirements, and confirmed with client.
   • Completeness of planning approval application is confirmed with reference to checklist and submitted.
   • Notifications and advertisements are arranged as required.
3. Support application through approval process.
   • Progress of application through planning approval process is monitored, and clarification of project design is provided as requested.
   • Client is represented at local authority and other meetings, as required, and approval for planning application is advocated.
   • Information is presented to councillors, the general public and consultants using language suitable for the context.
   • Requirements for changes to project designs are negotiated within the limits of designer’s authority.
   • Client is consulted regarding matters outside scope of designer’s authority.
4. Finalise planning approval process.
   • Required changes to planning approval drawings and documentation are made in consultation with client.
   • Decision on planning approval application is obtained and filed with final design project documentation according to workplace procedures.
   • Client is notified of decision on planning approval application and copies of documentation are provided.

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.
Documentation requirements for planning approval applications must include:	arborists’ reports architectural drawings: area calculations car park layouts demolition plans design response plans elevations existing condition plans floor plans refuse circulation diagrams shadow diagrams site context plans site plans copy of titles council forms and fees finishes schedule for external colours land survey plans prepared by a land surveyor landscape plans prepared by a landscape designer or architect town planning reports, including: building sustainability design response justifications for non-compliance matters site context.
Regulatory authoritiesmust include:	local council planning department federal, state or territory government departments for: energy environment heritage infrastructure services regulatory authorities in country of project location.

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy the requirements of the elements, performance criteria, foundation skills and range of conditions of this unit.

The person must also negotiate and finalise planning approval for three different projects, consisting of:

one Class 1 residential building of three storeys

one residential extension of at least 50 square metres

one of the following non-residential projects which must be of a maximum area of 2000 square metres:

incorporating Classes 2, 5, 6 and 7a

incorporating Classes 3 and 9c

incorporating Classes 7b and 8.

In doing the above, the person must:

prepare complete and compliant sets of planning approval drawings and documentation according to project and planning authority timeframes

arrange notifications and cooperative participation in planning approval processes, as required

incorporate negotiated and approved adjustments to drawings and documentation, as required

confirm planning approval application requirements and associated costs, including processing of final drawings and documentation, and notify clients.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:

structural engineering principles sufficient to interpret and apply the requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC)

building designers’ duty of care to ensure quality and safety of designs

types of contextual and site constraints to be specified in planning approval applications

design development and approval processes

implications of changes to designs, including compliance issues, cost and client satisfaction with outcomes

legislation, codes and standards, including drawing standards, that apply to the small-scale building design projects specified in the performance evidence

organisational scope of business, service levels and fees relating to planning approval processes

principles of design, including sustainable design.

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