Water connection appeals
You can appeal to the Development Tribunals under the Planning Act 2016 and South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 (SEQ Water Act) about a water connection decision, but only for certain buildings (defined under the National Construction Code).
What you can appeal
You can appeal to the Development Tribunals under the SEQ Water Act about:
- water connection decisions for land subject to a development application for a material change of use for a classified building or a material change of use involving a limited class 2 building (section 99BRBE) (see National Construction Code for definitions)
- specific charges for a water connection, including
- connection charge
- property service works charge
- trunk infrastructure charge (section 99BRBF)
- a refusal of a conversion application to convert non-trunk infrastructure to trunk infrastructure (section 99BRBFA).
See Chapter 4C, Part 4, Division 3 of the SEQ Water Act for details about water connection appeals to the tribunals.
What you can’t appeal
You can’t appeal to the Development Tribunals under of the SEQ Water Act (section 99BRBF) about:
- the charge itself (as opposed to an error relating to the charge calculation)
- an offset or refund for an infrastructure charges notice that includes either
- the establishment cost of infrastructure identified in the distributor-retailer’s water netserv plan
- the cost of infrastructure using the method in the distributor-retailer’s infrastructure charges schedule.