❓ Hon Ken Travers questions the Planning portfolio's fee reviews, specifically regarding fees exceeding cost recovery. The Department of Planning admits to fees being above cost recovery due to prediction inaccuracies, but no increases occurred while fees were known to be above cost.
AnsweredQoN 4739Legislative Council
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For each accountable authority in the Planning portfolio -
(1) How many reviews of their agencies’ fees and charges have been conducted since 23 September 2008?
(2) Did any of these reviews identify any fee or charge that is above cost recovery?
(3) If yes to (2), could you please provide -
(a) a list of the fees or charges identified;
(b) the amount the fee or charge was above cost recovery; and
(c) the reason for the fee or charge being above cost recovery?
(4) Did any of these reviews result in an increase in any fee or charge that was above cost recovery?
(5) If yes to (4), could you please provide -
(a) a list of the fees or charges that were increased;
(b) the amount that the fee or charge increased;
(c) how much above cost recovery was the new fee or charge; and
(d) the reason for the fee or charge being above cost recovery?
(1) How many reviews of their agencies’ fees and charges have been conducted since 23 September 2008?
(2) Did any of these reviews identify any fee or charge that is above cost recovery?
(3) If yes to (2), could you please provide -
(a) a list of the fees or charges identified;
(b) the amount the fee or charge was above cost recovery; and
(c) the reason for the fee or charge being above cost recovery?
(4) Did any of these reviews result in an increase in any fee or charge that was above cost recovery?
(5) If yes to (4), could you please provide -
(a) a list of the fees or charges that were increased;
(b) the amount that the fee or charge increased;
(c) how much above cost recovery was the new fee or charge; and
(d) the reason for the fee or charge being above cost recovery?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
1 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Planning
Response time
35 days
Department of Planning
(1) Three (2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12). Agency fees are reviewed annually.
(2) Yes.
(3a) Application for approval of freehold or survey-strata subdivision.
(3b-c) The fees are based on assumptions on resource allocation and predictions on future freehold or survey strata subdivisions . As part of the annual review of fees, an independent evaluation of the methodology used to determine cost recovery was conducted. This resulted in revised projections of cost recovery, and the fees were assessed to be 18% over the anticipated cost of providing the service.
(4) No, at the time the fees were gazetted they were predicted to meet the anticipated cost of providing the service.
(5) Not applicable.
Midland Redevelopment Authority
(1) Nil.
(2) - (5) Not applicable.
East Perth Redevelopment Authority
(1) One.
(2) No.
(3) Not applicable.
(4) No.
(5) Not applicable.
Subiaco Redevelopment Authority
(
1) No.
(2) - (5) Not applicable.
Armadale Redevelopment Authority
(1) One.
(2) No.
(3) Not Applicable.
(4) No.
(5) Not Applicable.
LandCorp
(1) No. LandCorp does not charge any agency fees or charges as part of the Planning portfolio.
(2 - 5) Not applicable.
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(1) Three (2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12). Agency fees are reviewed annually.
(2) Yes.
(3a) Application for approval of freehold or survey-strata subdivision.
(3b-c) The fees are based on assumptions on resource allocation and predictions on future freehold or survey strata subdivisions . As part of the annual review of fees, an independent evaluation of the methodology used to determine cost recovery was conducted. This resulted in revised projections of cost recovery, and the fees were assessed to be 18% over the anticipated cost of providing the service.
(4) No, at the time the fees were gazetted they were predicted to meet the anticipated cost of providing the service.
(5) Not applicable.
Midland Redevelopment Authority
(1) Nil.
(2) - (5) Not applicable.
East Perth Redevelopment Authority
(1) One.
(2) No.
(3) Not applicable.
(4) No.
(5) Not applicable.
Subiaco Redevelopment Authority
(
1) No.
(2) - (5) Not applicable.
Armadale Redevelopment Authority
(1) One.
(2) No.
(3) Not Applicable.
(4) No.
(5) Not Applicable.
LandCorp
(1) No. LandCorp does not charge any agency fees or charges as part of the Planning portfolio.
(2 - 5) Not applicable.
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