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All Policies, Operating Procedures and Internal Work Instructions relating to the treatment of Conflict of Interest Declarations 2011 to present

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Dear ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate,

Further to the recent request for all Development Applications Conflict of Interest Declarations 2011 to present, I am seeking all documents that detail Policies, Operating Procedures and Internal Work Instructions relating to the treatment of Conflict of Interest Declarations 2011 to present

Yours faithfully,

R.Williams

EPSDFOI, ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

Good afternoon,

Documents related to policy and operational procedures as requested below have been included as a supplementary document to the informal release associated with request 21/114398. Documents can be found at this link https://www.environment.act.gov.au/__dat....

If this information satisfies your request could you please advise via reply email by 1 February 2022 whether your request can be considered withdrawn?

Kind regards,

Ruth Alvarenga (she/her)
Assistant Director | Information Governance
Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate | ACT Government

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EPSDFOI, ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

OFFICIAL

 

Good morning

 

I am writing to you to confirm the scope of your application below, please
confirm if you are seeking:

 

o Copies of policies, operating procedures and work instructions
relating to conflict of interest 2011 to current held by EPSDD or
o Copies of all policies, operating procedures and work instructions
relating to conflict of interest 2011 to current in relation to the
processing of Development Applications.

 

Please Note: Processing of your application will be suspended under
section 34(4) of the Freedom of Information Act 2016, and will resume once
we have received clarification from you to enable us to identify the
documents you are seeking.

 

Kind Regards

 

Information Governance Team

Information Governance

Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate | ACT
Government

Phone: 02 6207 1923 | Email: [1][email address]

Level 5, 480 Northbourne Avenue, Dickson | GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT 2601|
[2]www.environment.act.gov.au | [3]www.planning.act.gov.au

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Dear EPSDFOI,

Thank you for your email and apologies for the delayed reply.

We also understand the time pressurse that staffing constraints relating to covid can cause.

As such, while we are seeking all copies of policies, operating procedures and work instructions
relating to conflict of interest 2011 to current held by EPSDD as an entity, it may be that the the information we are seeking might be satisfied by the provision of "...all policies, operating procedures and work instructions
relating to conflict of interest 2011 to current in relation to the
processing of Development Applications".

Perhaps if we could be initially provided with those documents for review we can help limit the amount of work required to meet the request.

Thank you again for your efforts in this matter.

Yours sincerely,

R Williams

EPSDFOI, ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

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OFFICIAL

 

Good afternoon

 

Thank you for your response, please find attached the additional documents
provided by Statutory Planning.

 

Please advise if these documents in addition to those provided via
[1]https://www.environment.act.gov.au/about...

 

Statutory Planning would also like to provide a link to the Planning
Delivery Division Complaints Policy and additional information below
available via: [2]Planning Delivery Division Complaints Policy
(act.gov.au)

 

Complaints about planning processes and conduct

Complaints about the conduct, processes or actions of EPSDD staff who
manage development assessments, environmental impact assessments, the
leasehold system, deeds, or land surveying and mapping can be submitted
via email to [3][email address] or by calling 02 6205 2888.

 

Please Note: Processing of your application will be suspended under
section 34(4) of the Freedom of Information Act 2016, and will resume once
we have received clarification from you to enable us to identify the
documents you are seeking.

 

 

Kind Regards

 

Information Governance Team

Information Governance

Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate | ACT
Government

Phone: 02 6207 1923 | Email: [4][email address]

Level 5, 480 Northbourne Avenue, Dickson | GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT 2601|
[5]www.environment.act.gov.au | [6]www.planning.act.gov.au

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Dear EPSDFOI,

Thank for for the supplied material.

Unfortunately, after considerable efforts to avoid returning the matter to you as incomplete (noting the advice that the response was suspended pending consideration of the supplied documents) we have been unable to find any alternative way to access the documents linked to in the supplied material (often returning 404 or requiring government logins).

By way of example, while https://www.planning.act.gov.au/about-us... is available online, https://www.integrity.act.gov.au/reporti... ,

The Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD)
Governance Commitment Statement link does connect to a document, however even the link to the ACTPS Integrity Policy (https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/__data/ass...) seems incorrect.

Perhaps, if you could supply copies of all documents linked to in the material provided it would assist.

With thanks in advance

R Williams

Yours sincerely,

R Williams

EPSDFOI, ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

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OFFICIAL

 

Good morning

 

Please find below the updated links

 

ACT Integrity Commission [1]https://www.integrity.act.gov.au/home

 

[2]https://www.integrity.act.gov.au/reporti...

 

ACT Public Service Integrity Policy 2010

[3]https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/__data/ass...

 

Where possible we have included copies of the linked documents referenced
in the Planning Delivery Division Integrity Plan 2020-22.

 

Kind Regards

 

Information Governance Team

Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate | ACT
Government

Phone: 02 6207 1923 | Email: [4][ACT-EPD request email]

Level 5, 480 Northbourne Avenue, Dickson | GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT 2601|
[5]www.environment.act.gov.au | [6]www.planning.act.gov.au

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any other person.

 

 

 

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EPSDFOI, ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

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OFFICIAL

Dear R Williams

 

Please find attached a letter advising that EPSDD is no longer required to
process your application.

 

Kind Regards

 

Information Governance

Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate | ACT
Government

Phone: 02 6207 1923 | Email: [1][ACT-EPD request email]

Level 5, 480 Northbourne Avenue, Dickson | GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT 2601|
[2]www.environment.act.gov.au | [3]www.planning.act.gov.au

 

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