Simulated workplace
Department
Planning and Building Services
Administers the Brightwater Planning Scheme, assesses planning permit applications, provides strategic planning advice to council, issues building permits, inspects building work and manages heritage overlays and native title considerations across the shire.
Responsibilities
What the team is accountable for
- Assess planning permit applications within statutory timeframes
- Provide pre-application advice and site inspections
- Refer applications to referral authorities and notify neighbours
- Issue building permits and conduct mandatory inspections
- Maintain the heritage register and advise on cultural heritage
Performance measures
How we know it is working
78%
Applications decided within 60 days
83%
Decisions upheld at tribunal
31 this quarter
Pre-application meetings held
People
Who works here
TK
Tom Kaczmarek
Manager Planning and Building
Tom is a registered planner who has assessed applications and advised council on the planning scheme for eleven years.
Systems
Where the work is recorded
Planning Application Register
Tracks every planning permit application from lodgement through referral, notice and decision within the statutory timeframe.
Customer Request System
Logs every request, enquiry and complaint received from the community and tracks it to closure against the service standard.
Scenarios
Assessment tasks in this department
Documents