The Sustainable Planning (Housing Affordability and Infrastructure Charges Reform) Amendment Act 2011 affects the existing regime for infrastructure charging under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. Broadly, it provides for a new "maximum adopted infrastructure charge" to be set by a State Planning Regulatory Provision and "switches off" existing charging arrangements in favour of the new adopted infrastructure charge.
Here, Partner David Nicholls and Associate Gemma Ayriss summarise the papers and identify six significant issues.
In March this year, the Taskforce prepared a report making extensive recommendations to the Government about infrastructure charging reform. The Government published its response to the report in April 2011.
Here, Partner Sarah Persijn reviews the Act and identifies a number of significant issues, which she believes need to be investigated further.
It is only by understanding the history that the cumulative effect of legislative changes on the legal rights of applicants for development, with respect to infrastructure contributions, will be fully appreciated.
Here, Partner David Nicholls provides some history and context to the discussion of Infrastructure Charges Reform.
David Ransom, Director of Humphreys Reynolds Perkins, considers how the reform will impact development in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast. View David's presentation here.
Further details
To discuss the Infrastructure Charges Reform in further detail and how you may be affected, contact HopgoodGanim's Planning and Development team.
David Nicholls, Partner
Tel: 07 3024 0368
d.nicholls@hopgoodganim.com.au
Sarah Persijn, Partner
Tel: 07 3024 0367
s.persijn@hopgoodganim.com.au
