LGAPLA003 — Assess development applications and implement planning scheme
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What an assessment for LGAPLA003 must cover
47 assessable components: 3 elements (12 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 27 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 6 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare for development planning decision making.
- 1.1Read and interpret legislation, schemes and instruments to determine development planning requirements relevant to elected member decision making.
- 1.2Collaborate with other elected members to identify and prioritise development planning issues.
- 1.3Source, interpret, discuss, analyse and report on information that informs development planning decisions.
2 Make development planning decisions.
- 2.1Propose, evaluate and discuss alternative development planning solutions.
- 2.2Review proposed development planning decisions to determine implications for implementation.
- 2.3Support development planning decisions that represent and promote community interests.
- 2.4Collaborate with other elected members to make informed development planning decisions in the public interest.
- 2.5Set development planning policies to achieve council vision.
- 2.6Allocate resources to support development planning decisions.
3 Review high level strategic decisions.
- 3.1Monitor, discuss, analyse and report on implementation and outcomes of development planning decisions.
- 3.2Collaborate with other elected members to instigate reviews where development planning outcomes are not met.
- 3.3Reflect on own contribution to development planning decision making to identify and act on opportunities for improvement.
Performance evidence
- set one development planning policy
- make, allocate resources to and review one development planning decision
Knowledge evidence
- organisational policies and procedures applicable to assessing development applications and implementing the planning scheme
- federal, state and local government legislation applicable to assessing development applications and implementing the planning scheme
- land use planning and the planning scheme
- financial models and forecasts and implications for assessing development applications and implementing the planning scheme
- development planning requiring mandatory community consultation
- development application assessment and decision making
- requirements for implementation of development planning decisions
- requirements for and implications of statutory delegation of development planning decisions:
- vision, aspirations and direction of council and associated policy
- requirements for matters of privilege and confidentiality
- decision making criteria:
- community acceptance and support
- community values
- public interest
- conflict of interest
- cost
- council responsibilities
- ethics
- transparency
- efficiency
- fairness
- feasibility
- risk
- ecological sustainability
- political context relevant to development planning decisions
- environmental, social and development risks and ramifications of development planning decisions
- collaborative decision making
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: interpret legislation, instruments, organisational policies and procedures, planning records, titles, covenants and the local planning scheme.
- Oral communications skills: negotiate with and influence others; resolve conflict; respect and represent diversity.
- Numeracy skills: read, interpret and discuss financial information including financial models and forecasts; read, interpret and discuss statistical information; read, interpret and discuss geometric, geospatial and measurement information embedded in planning documentation.
- Problem-solving skills: solve problems in collaboration with others.
- Teamwork skills: work with other elected members and council staff to contribute to development planning decision making.
- Technology skills: access organisational documents relevant to development planning from electronic sources.
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What does an assessment tool for LGAPLA003 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for LGAPLA003 needs to address all 47 unit components: 3 elements with 12 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 27 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for LGAPLA003?
Auditori pulls the current release of LGAPLA003 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.
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