LGAPLA001 — Interpret and apply development planning legislation, schemes and instruments
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What an assessment for LGAPLA001 must cover
34 assessable components: 3 elements (12 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 13 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 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 Identify and interpret planning requirements.
- 1.1Read and interpret legislation, schemes and instruments to determine essential development planning requirements.
- 1.2Monitor development planning legislation, schemes and instruments to identify and interpret changes and impact on work activities.
- 1.3Research and interpret land tenure and covenant information.
- 1.4Negotiate development planning standards and rule outcomes where there are competing interests.
2 Analyse development planning conformance.
- 2.1Inspect sites to assess conformance with development planning legislation, schemes and instruments.
- 2.2Propose remedial action to resolve development planning non-conformance.
- 2.3Report on inspection outcomes according to organisational policies and procedures.
- 2.4Communicate inspection outcomes to property owner.
- 2.5Refer development planning compliance issues outside delegated authority to supervisor.
3 Provide development planning advice.
- 3.1Receive and interpret internal and external development planning enquiries.
- 3.2Provide prompt and correct pre-lodgement development planning advice within delegated authority.
- 3.3Refer development planning enquiries outside delegated authority to supervisor.
Performance evidence
- interpret and apply development planning legislation, schemes and instruments including:
- undertaking one inspection to determine and report on compliance including at least one non conformance
- responding to one external enquiry verbally and in writing
- responding to one internal enquiry verbally and in writing
Knowledge evidence
- organisational policies and procedures applicable to development planning
- regulations, schemes and instruments applicable to development planning:
- legislation
- local planning scheme
- land tenure and covenants
- techniques to monitor planning development compliance
- development planning non-compliances
- negotiation techniques
- basic principles of council planning processes
- types of enquiries:
- pre-lodgement
- during development application assessment
- post determination
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: interpret legislation, instruments, organisational policies and procedures, planning records, titles, covenants and the local planning scheme.
- Writing skills: correspond with owners, internal personnel and interested parties about development planning standards, rules and additional requirements.
- Oral communication skills: listen and respond to planning enquiries ask open and closed questions to gather and confirm planning information.
- Numeracy skills: read, interpret, use and discuss geometric, geospatial and measurement information embedded in planning documentation.
- Technology skills: use information systems relevant to development planning.
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Questions about assessing LGAPLA001
What does an assessment tool for LGAPLA001 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for LGAPLA001 needs to address all 34 unit components: 3 elements with 12 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 13 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 LGAPLA001?
Auditori pulls the current release of LGAPLA001 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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Yes — upload your existing assessment or learner guide and Auditori maps it against every element, performance criterion, PE and KE of LGAPLA001, showing exactly what's covered and what's missing. Mapping costs a quarter of a credit.
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