Levies for Non-Residential Land Uses Overview The Terms of Reference require the Committee to provide: Advice on how development contributions should be applied to residential and non‐residential development, including retail, commercial and industrial development, in each of these Development Settings. The Committee determined not to deal with this issue as part of its Stage 1 process, as it was keen to consult more widely about a non-residential levy and receive specific submissions on this aspect. It is proposed by the Committee that residential levies be set as follows: Growth Areas: per net developable hectare; Strategic Development Areas: per net increase in dwellings; and Urban Areas: per net increase in dwellings. The issue addressed here is how the levies set could apply to a wide range of non-residential uses in addition. The overarching principle adopted by the Committee is that non-residential development should be levied in proportion to the demand for infrastructure that the development generates a demand for. The current development contributions system provides for levies to be applied to some non-residential uses. The Development Contributions Guidelines 2007 applies levies to a unit’ where one dwelling is one demand unit. The Guidelines include a table to ‘demand convert a range of other uses to the common base of a demand unit. This equivalence table is reproduced as Table 25. Table Equivalence Table from the DCP Guidelines, 2007 Infrastructure Category Road Drainage Parkland Community Land Use Facilities Residential 1 dwelling = 1 1 dwelling = 1 1 dwelling = 1 1 dwelling = 1 demand unit demand unit demand unit demand unit Retail premises 19 m2 fl. space = 1 300 m2 site area = not applicable not applicable demand unit 1 demand unit Office/ service 121 m2 fl. space = 360 m2 site area = not applicable not applicable industry 1 demand unit 1 demand unit
Levies for Non-Residential Land Uses Overview The Terms of Reference require the Committee to provide: Advice on how development contributions should be applied to residential and non‐residential development, including retail, commercial and industrial development, in each of these Development Settings. The Committee determined not to deal with this issue as part of its Stage 1 process, as it was keen to consult more widely about a non-residential levy and receive specific submissions on this aspect. It is proposed by the Committee that residential levies be set as follows: Growth Areas: per net developable hectare; Strategic Development Areas: per net increase in dwellings; and Urban Areas: per net increase in dwellings. The issue addressed here is how the levies set could apply to a wide range of non-residential uses in addition. The overarching principle adopted by the Committee is that non-residential development should be levied in proportion to the demand for infrastructure that the development generates a demand for. The current development contributions system provides for levies to be applied to some non-residential uses. The Development Contributions Guidelines 2007 applies levies to a ‘demand unit’ where one dwelling is one demand unit. The Guidelines include a table to convert a range of other uses to the common base of a demand unit. This equivalence table is reproduced as Table 25. Table Equivalence Table from the DCP Guidelines, 2007 Land Use Infrastructure Category Road Drainage Parkland Community Facilities Residential 1 dwelling = 1 demand unit 1 dwelling = 1 demand unit 1 dwelling = 1 demand unit 1 dwelling = 1 demand unit Retail premises 19 m2 fl. space = 1 demand unit 300 m2 site area = 1 demand unit not applicable not applicable Office/ service industry 121 m2 fl. space = 1 demand unit 360 m2 site area = 1 demand unit not applicable not applicable
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