The New Planning System (Elected Member Full Webinar Series)
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Investment: $800incl GST pp
Delivery: Webinar
Please note: 8 CPD (Continuing Professional Development) points are available for the full series
Target Audience
Elected Members
Overview
To attend any of the below sessions as individual webinars, please click on the headings to enrol. For the full series, scroll to the bottom and select 'Enrol' for yourself or 'Group Enrol' for others.Please note: discounts do not apply to individual sessions.
1. Basic Understanding of Development Assessment in the new Planning System (2 Sep 2020)
This webinar will provide Elected Members with an overview of key elements in the new system, including relevant authorities, classes of development, public participation, the Planning and Design Code and the eplanning platform.
2. The Role of Councils and EMs in the new Planning System (7 Oct 2020)
This webinar will explain in more detail the role of Councils in the new system and, in particular, how Elected Members can – and can’t – get involved in development assessment and other local planning matters.
3. Role of an EM on a Council Assessment Panel (4 Nov 2020)
For Elected Members who are already on a CAP, or who may be considering nominating to sit on a CAP, this webinar will focus in more detail on the role, workings and processes of the CAP. Topics will include the functions of the CAP, governance, decision-making, condition-making powers, appeals and reviews of Assessment Manager decisions.
4. The Planning and Design Code and its Amendment (2 Dec 2020)
This session will focus on the Planning and Design Code - the universal planning rulebook that will apply across the entire State – and how Councils, and other entities, may amend the Code to shape their local communities.
5. Regional Planning and Joint Planning Boards (3 Feb 2021)
Regionalisation is a key objective of the new system, and this session will unpack how the PDI Act seeks to achieve that objective, and how Joint Planning Boards may assist to facilitate regional outcomes.
6. Development Compliance and Complaint Management (3 Mar 2021)
This webinar will explain the key compliance and enforcement tools in the new system. It will also workshop how Elected Members can play an important role in complaint management when dealing with complaints from aggrieved constituents.
7. Public Participation, Reviews and Appeals in the new Planning System (7 Apr 2021)
Third party rights to object and appeal will be much more limited in the new system. This session will explain why that is, and what rights and avenues are available for local communities wishing to get involved in the process.
8. Councils and the Community Engagement Charter (5 May 2021)
In this final session, the Community Engagement Charter – the document that shapes how community consultation will occur under the PDI Act – will be deconstructed and explained.
Additional Information
To enrol for the full series, please scroll down and select 'Enrol' if you are registering yourself, or 'Group Enrol' if you are registering on behalf of others.Please note the discounted fee applies only to a single user.
For further information about the content of this program or to enquire about having this program brought ‘In-House’ to your council or to a ‘Council Hub’ near you please contact LGA Training on 8224 2000 or at training@lga.sa.gov.au.
Please understand that by registering you are accepting our policy conditions. For a copy of our policies, please click here.
