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Deputy Mayor councillor Gavin Jones (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 10, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council will crack down on residents living in unapproved dwellings who repeatedly ignore Council directions or put their own health and safety at risk.<\/p>\n

At Wednesday’s Community Standing Committee meeting, officers said where an approved Class 1a building (ie. a house) has not yet been established on a property, anyone living on that property was illegally occupying it.<\/p>\n

They said while some owners opt to live in temporary accommodation while their house was being built, this type of occupancy potentially breached public health and safety regulations.<\/p>\n

Where the health and safety of residents were not at risk and good progress was being made on putting up an approved permanent home, Council tended to take a soft approach towards enforcement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But where health and safety were at risk or owners had ignored previous warnings, a tougher approach was required.<\/p>\n

Officers recommended Council develop an Illegal Occupation Of Private Land Policy, along with a related procedure and enforcement strategy, to guide staff when they were called on to tackle problems in this area.<\/p>\n

Cr Gavin Jones said the problem was not new and had also been discussed by the previous Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, he warned any new policy could potentially affect “thousands” of people if it were poorly drafted.<\/p>\n

Cr Danita Potter said she wanted to see health and safety matters included in the new policy as these were the issues that caused most concern.<\/p>\n

Cr Kathy Duff said she agreed that health and safety were the key motivations.<\/p>\n

“We don’t want to be (seen as) a heavy-handed Council,” Cr Duff said.<\/p>\n

Cr Roz Frohloff\u00a0 said safety and welfare were very important but so was tackling a small group of “repeat offenders” who repeatedly ignored Council directions.<\/p>\n

Councillors agreed unanimously to develop the new policy and procedures.<\/p>\n

The policy will now be workshopped with relevant Council officers over the next few months before coming back to a future meeting for adoption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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