GREAT Lakes residents looking to hold a public event will face new approval processes through the council.
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The council’s process for approving events to be held in public has changed following the gazetting of the Great Lakes Local Environment Plan 2014.
‘‘As a result of the new LEP, events are now permitted on public reserves and roads without development consent,’’ the council’s executive co-ordinator for engineering services, Andrew Blatch, said.
An event held wholly on private property or on land not under the care or control of the council will require a development application to be lodged with the planning department.
Any event planned to be held within a park, reserve or on a beach that does not impact ‘‘beyond the bounds’’ of the land will require an applicant to fill out a form to be assessed by the council’s parks and recreation department.
For events that will impact on the broader community, for example, if a road needs to be closed, the applicant will be required to fill out a special events form, which will be assessed by Mr Blatch.
‘‘The role of the executive co-ordinator is to ensure that the interests of the council and community are properly considered,’’ Mr Blatch said.
A $377.50 fee is also to be paid with a special events application, which can be waived for community groups.
Any applications which generate large public objection or will have a significant impact on the community will be assessed by the development control unit.
The changes to the events approval process were expected to go before councillors at the September 23 ordinary meeting.
