We initiated a review to improve our processes for assessing local infrastructure developer contributions and to update our benchmark costs for local infrastructure.
We understand that delays to our assessment of contributions plans can have a financial impact on councils and developers and are committed to making our assessments more efficient and effective and improve the experience for our stakeholders. Today we published a Final Report on our review of our approach to assessing contributions plans.
We have also published our Benchmark costs for local infrastructure which will help councils prepare cost estimates for infrastructure items, especially at the early stages of development.
Our new Information Paper provides guidance to councils about how we assess contributions plans and the supporting evidence needed from councils to assist us with our assessments. The Information Paper can be found here.
We are committed to continuous improvement and will continue to consult with stakeholders on further enhancements we can make.