Draft Wollongong Section 94A Development Contributions Plan

Draft Wollongong Section 94A Development Contributions Plan

27/06/2011 - 25/07/2011

Section 94A contributions are a payment made by persons undertaking development to enable Council to construct or provide the public infrastructure, amenities and services required for new residents and businesses. Section 94A is part of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and is the principal legislation which enables Councils to levy contributions.

Section 94A contributions are imposed by a condition on development consent or complying development and can be satisfied by dedication of land, a monetary contribution, a material public benefit or a combination of some or all of the above.
The levy applies to all residential, commercial, retail and industrial development applications and complying development certificates. For development with a value of between $100,000 and $200,000 a levy of 0.5% applies. To development with a value grater than $200,000 a 1% levy applies.

Each year Council revises the Section 94A plan to reflect the works program in the Council Management Plan. The draft Section 94A plan has been updated to reflect the Draft Management Plan 2011-2014 Works Program and to implement the recommendations identified from a review of the plan. In addition further minor amendments made are in relation to clarifying aspects noted in the 2011 assessment of Council’s compliance with the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s “Development Assessment Internal Audit Tool” undertaken by Deloitte.

The updated draft Section 94A Plan was endorsed for exhibition on 21 June 2010.

The Final Management Plan 2011-2014 was adopted on 21 June 2011 and may cause some minor amendments to the Draft Section 94A Works Schedule.

The draft documents will be on exhibition from 27 June to 25 July 2011.

Copies of the suite of documents can be viewed at:

Wollongong, Corrimal, Dapto, Thirroul, Warrawong Unanderra and Helensburgh libraries during library hours
Council’s Administration Building, 41 Burelli Street Wollongong on weekdays between 9am and 5pm.

Submissions should be addressed to:
        The General Manager
        Wollongong City Council
        Locked Bag 8821
        WOLLONGONG DC NSW 2500

or emailed to records@wollongong.nsw.gov.au

For convenience please quote file no: ESP-100.05.001

Enquiries can be directed to the Land Use Planning team on 4227 7631. Please note that submissions become public documents and may be viewed by other persons on request.

To obtain information as to how Council will deal with any personal information in your submission or whether you can make an anonymous submission please telephone 4227 7111 or visit www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/Pages/privacy.aspx

You should also obtain this information if you are legally required to disclose a reportable political donation or gift.

Related documents:

Wollongong Section 94A Plan - 2011 Update Council Report and Plan

Extract from Council Meeting Minutes - 21 June 2011

In accordance with the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, your submission including any personal information such as your name and address, will be made available for public inspection and may be exhibited on Council’s website. You may request, in the form of a statutory declaration, that Council suppress the personal information in your submission from public inspection, if you consider that the personal safety of any person would be affected if the information was not suppressed. Any such request will be dealt with in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.

You may also make an anonymous submission however if you choose to do so Council will be unable to contact you any further as to the outcome of your submission. It should also be noted that the lack of information as to your place of living may affect Council's consideration of the potential impact of the subject proposal.

Note: If Council receives a submission from any person who is legally required to provide a disclosure of any reportable political donation and / or gift under section 147 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, Council is legally required to publicly disclose all relevant details of the reportable political donation or gift onto Council's website. This will include the name and residential address of the person who provided the political donation or gift onto Council's website for full viewing by the general public.

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