Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation: Planning, Zoning

The Productivity Commission has released a draft Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation: Planning, Zoning, with comments due by 31 March 2011:

• Preliminaries (PDF - 418 Kb)
  Cover, Copyright, Opportunity for further comment, Terms of reference, Contents and Abbreviations and explanations
• Overview - including key points (PDF - 317 Kb)
• Chapter 1 About the study (PDF - 200 Kb)
  1.1 Objectives of planning and zoning systems
  1.2 Defining planning, zoning and development assessment
  1.3 What has the Commission been asked to do?
  1.4 Conduct of the study
  1.5 Outline of the report
• Chapter 2 The efficient and effective functioning of cities (PDF - 401 Kb)
  2.1 The functioning of cities
  2.2 Challenges to urban efficiency and effectiveness
  2.3 Broad indicators of the functioning of cities
  2.4 Partial indicators of city functioning
  2.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 3 Regulatory framework (PDF - 321 Kb)
  3.1 Planning and zoning systems
  3.2 Development assessment processes
  3.3 Appeal processes
  3.4 Recent and proposed reforms
• Chapter 4 Supply of land (PDF - 584 Kb)
  4.1 Why the 'supply of land' is important
  4.2 Planning for adequate supplies of land
  4.3 Delivering adequate supplies of land
  4.4 Land supply outcomes
  4.5 Leading practices and areas for improvement in land supply
• Chapter 5 Infrastructure (PDF - 388 Kb)
  5.1 Trends and emerging issues in infrastructure
  5.2 State and territory frameworks for infrastructure provision
  5.3 Developer contributions for local infrastructure
  5.4 Delivering infrastructure
• Chapter 6 Compliance costs (PDF - 388 Kb)
  6.1 Data sources
  6.2 Nature of compliance costs in planning systems
  6.3 Direct costs associated with planning approvals
  6.4 Planning approval times
  6.5 Alternative assessment pathways
  6.6 Leading practice in development assessment processes
• Chapter 7 Competition (PDF - 488 Kb)
  7.1 Competition and regulation
  7.2 Impacts of planning on competition and efficiency
  7.3 Barriers to business entry and operation imposed by planning and zoning
  7.4 Barriers and issues for particular retail groups
  7.5 Barriers presented through government implementation of plans
  7.6 Business gaming of planning systems
  7.7 Concluding remarks and leading practice approaches
• Chapter 8 Governance of the planning system (PDF - 1385 Kb)
  8.1 The importance of governance
  8.2 Consistency and certainty of planning instruments
  8.3 Resources, activity and performance
  8.4 Mediating national, state and local interests
• Chapter 9 Transparency, accountability and community involvement (PDF - 329 Kb)
  9.1 Transparency and accountability
  9.2 Government involvement with community and business
• Chapter 10 Referrals to state and territory government departments and agencies (PDF - 265 Kb)
  10.1 Involvement in the planning system of departments/agencies responsible for the environment, heritage, transport and fire fighting services
  10.2 Referral of development applications
  10.3 Leading practice approaches to address state and territory coordination issues
• Chapter 11 Impact of the Commonwealth on planning (PDF - 382 Kb)
  11.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
  11.2 Interaction of EPBC Act and state/territory environment legislation
  11.3 Commonwealth land
  11.4 Leading practice approaches to address Commonwealth coordination issues
• Chapter 12 Comments from jurisdictions (PDF - 179 Kb)
• Appendix A Conduct of the benchmarking study (PDF - 493 Kb)
• Appendix B Approach to gathering information (PDF - 298 Kb)
• Appendix C Indicators of the functioning of cities (PDF - 223 Kb)
• Appendix D Land supply — processes and outcomes (PDF - 1411 Kb)
• Appendix E Jurisdictional infrastructure contribution arrangements (PDF - 184 Kb)
• Appendix F Competitive aspects of retail markets (PDF - 215 Kb)
• Appendix G Involvement of the state and territory environment, heritage, transport and fire fighting services in planning (PDF - 145 Kb)
• References (PDF - 167 Kb)