This week's Court of Appeal decision presented a number of wins for the State Government's infrastructure charging regime and for all local governments throughout Queensland, according to Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) Chief Executive Officer Brian Pidgeon.
In terms of the Court of Appeal decision delivered on 7 September, 2020, Mr Pidgeon said TRC considered that it had several successes including:
• Acceptance of Council's approach to levying infrastructure charges for reconfiguring a lot;
• Acceptance of Council's approach to the levying of infrastructure charges for Specialised Uses;
• Acceptance of Council's approach to the levying of infrastructure charges for traffic.
"Council was unsuccessful in relation to its approach to the levying of infrastructure charges for stormwater due to some mapping requirements around Council's Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP)," Mr Pidgeon said.
"Council is considering an interim amendment to the LGIP to remedy the issues identified by the Court of Appeal.
