Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish development assessment system outcomes
- Constraints under which the development assessment system can operate are identified.
- Clear strategic directions for development assessment are developed based on state, regional and local strategies.
- Integrated policy framework is developed through exchanges of development control policies between all key assessment, referral and concurrence agencies.
- Desired outcomes are stated for all planning and development controls.
- Strategies and policies for high quality, sustainable development are clearly specified.
- Innovation and variety are identified in the strategies and policies.
- Implement the development assessment system
- Policy and assessment systems are clearly documented and separated.
- Relevant strategies, policies and controls are collated and made available for easy access to stakeholders .
- Pre-application processes are established to ensure access information or compliance with conditions for lodgement.
- Processes are established for larger development proposals.
- Processes are established to ensure applicants are able to monitor status of applications.
- All decisions are clearly documented.
- Independent mediation is used for resolving conflict in difficult circumstances.
- Independent appeals process is established with third-party rights for proposals with broad impacts.
- Procedures for compliance and enforcement are clearly articulated and exercised according to council requirements and processes.
- Monitor the development assessment system
- Management structures and process models applicable to the scope of the development assessment system are identified.
- Council agreement to a management structure and development assessment system, including appropriate resources, is obtained.
- Assessment costs are regularly monitored.
- Human resources requirements, facilities, consumables and equipment needs are identified.
- Assessment agencies are coordinated to avoid unnecessary processes and costs.
- Assessment of applications are monitored.
- All key elements of the assessment process are monitored for effective performance according to desired outcomes.
- Strategies for system improvement are identified and established.