Governance
Who decides what
Roles and decision rights for planning, the delegations and panel thresholds the gate enforces, and the guardrails that stop agents.
Roles
| Role | Kind | Responsibilities | Decision rights |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLICANT Applicant or owner | EXTERNAL | Lodges, provides information once, responds to notices, seeks review. | Responds to show cause; seeks review. |
| AUDITOR Internal audit | INTERNAL | Verifies the evidence chain and tests decisions against delegations. | No decisions. Unrestricted read of the chain. |
| BUILDING_CERTIFIER Building certifier | INTERNAL | The accredited certifier for building work. | Certificates the agent could not issue on evidence; stop-work advice. |
| COURT Planning court | EXTERNAL | Merits review of determinations. | External tier. |
| DELEGATED_OFFICER Delegated officer | INTERNAL | Holds delegation under the complaints policy and information-access law. | Escalates a complaint to formal review; decides information-access requests. |
| DELEGATED_PLANNER Delegated planner | INTERNAL | Holds the delegation to determine applications the panel thresholds do not capture. | Determinations; conditions outside the standard set; variations within the delegation. |
| PLANNING_OFFICER Planning officer | INTERNAL | Reviews the agent's assessment report, runs meetings with applicants, records referral and submission responses. | No determinations. |
| PLANNING_PANEL Planning panel | INTERNAL | The independent panel that determines applications above the thresholds or contrary to policy. | Determinations of panel matters. |
| REFERRAL_AGENCY Referral agency | EXTERNAL | Heritage, floodplain, fire, environment, roads and design review bodies. | Concurrence or conditions within their remit. |
| SUBMITTER Submitter | EXTERNAL | Makes a submission during notification. | None. |
Delegations and thresholds
| Role | Decision | Note |
|---|---|---|
| DELEGATED_PLANNER | da determination | Determine an application not captured by the panel thresholds. |
| PLANNING_PANEL | da determination | Determine any application. |
| PLANNING_PANEL | da panel determination | Determine an application above the panel thresholds. |
| BUILDING_CERTIFIER | certification | Issue or refuse a certificate the agent held. |
| DELEGATED_OFFICER | da enforcement | Order, stop work or refer for prosecution after notice. |
| Panel thresholds | GL-PD-07 | Cost of works ≥ $5,000,000; ≥ 10 objections; variation to a development standard > 10%; recommendation contrary to a referral objection. |
Guardrails
GL-PD-01 Every determination is a person's
The agent assesses and recommends. A delegated planner, or the panel where the thresholds apply, determines every application.
GL-PD-02 Every clause cited
The assessment record cites the clause, the control, the proposal's number and the result for every test, and the report answers every submission.
GL-PD-03 Ask once
Completeness is checked once against the pathway's list; the statutory clock stops only as the Act allows and restarts when the information arrives.
GL-PD-04 Referrals in parallel, deemed concurrence visible
Every referral the scheme requires is sent at lodgement, in parallel, with its due date; a late response is treated as the Act provides and the record says so.
GL-PD-05 Notification honoured
Notification runs for the period the scheme sets; every submission is summarised by issue and answered in the report.
GL-PD-06 Conditions relevant and certain
Standard conditions are drafted by the agent. A condition outside the standard set is drafted with its precedent and imposed only by the delegate; every condition serves a planning purpose and relates to the development.
GL-PD-07 Panel thresholds applied automatically
Cost of works, number of objections, variations to development standards and recommendations contrary to policy route the determination to the panel.
GL-PD-08 Certificates only on evidence
A stage or occupation certificate issues only when every prior stage is evidenced; anything inconsistent is the certifier's.
GL-PD-09 Enforcement after notice, by a person
An inspection finding of unlawful work leads to a notice of intention; the delegated officer decides after the response or the period.
GL-PD-10 Statutory clocks visible
Every application carries its statutory date; deemed refusal is never allowed to operate by accident.