LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SHORT COURSESydney and other parts of NSW are experiencing high levels of new development and population growth. High growth is likely to continue under the housing and job targets contained in the recent regional and district plans.The State Government announced a $4 billion housing affordability strategy in June designed to speed up delivery of state and local infrastructure critical to deliver housing and give first home buyers more support to enter the housing market.

As part of this strategy the Government is making important changes to the development contributions system. These include:• Limits imposed on councils using VPAs to negotiate ad hoc value capturecontributions from developers.• Caps on residential section 94 contributions are being phased out, as is theLocal Infrastructure Growth Scheme that provides gap funding to councils.• New Special Infrastructure Contributions schemes to help fund stateinfrastructure are being prepared for existing and new Priority Growth Areas.

What will these changes mean for councils planning the infrastructure to support the anticipated growth?How can councils make best use of the development contributions framework?How can our growing communities be provided with the funding needed to provide necessary supporting infrastructure?How can development contributions be effectively used to help fund priority infrastructure identified in Community Strategic Plans?

This two-day course covers the NSW system for levying development contributions in detail, infrastructure funding more generally and how these strengthen financialand asset management for improved service delivery across local government.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERSGreg New has 30 years’ experience as a town planner, particularly in the areas of strategic land use planning, multi-disciplinary planning team management and development contributions advice.

Danny Wiggins has been a planning consultant for over 30 years, specialising in statutory planning systems and local planning controls. He has worked for all three levels of government, and a range of private sector clients.

Guest presenters will include Lindsay Taylor and Stuart Simington, Lindsay Taylor Lawyers

CONTENT WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Development contributions: the legal frame-work, recent developments, key players

OLG’s Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework: development contributions as an element of Council’s financial and asset management

Good practice examples of development contri-butions/local infrastructure funding

Planners

Community development officers

Community services and finance profes-sionals in councils

s94 development contribution officers

Infrastructure and subdivision engineers

Development engineers

DATES 12-13 March 2018

FEE $1,280.00 (GST free)

LOCATION UTS City Campus

MORE INFORMATIONUTS Centre for Local Government/UTS Institute for Public Policy & GovernanceUniversity of Technology SydneyPO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007

Register NowT: 02 9514 4738E: clg.shortcourses@uts.edu.au W: ippg.uts.edu.au

UTS CRICOS PROVIDER CODE: 00099F