Stronger Planning Enforcement Risk Assessment Framework and Further Resources

The Stronger Planning Enforcement – Risk Assessment Tool and this Supplementary Resource were developed in response to a 2008 Auditor-General’s recommendation that councils should:

“conduct an across-the-board risk assessment of all permit categories to set enforcement priorities and resource allocation and to better address their legal obligations to administer and enforce the planning scheme and  the Planning and Environment Act 1987”

The Framework is intended to be a model that councils, in particular, rural councils, may use to assist in determining enforcement priorities, having regard to available resources.