Development Application part 2 Planning Report MCU13/0051

        encouragement of home-based businesses and rural enterprises with access to
        high-speed broadband telecommunications provides additional economic and
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        employment growth opportunities outside the Urban Footprint.

6.7     Referral Agencies
There are no referral agencies applicable to this development.


6.8     Local Government Regulatory Framework

6.8.1   Planning Scheme use definition
The proposed     development is defined within the Noosa Plan 2009 (the Noosa Plan) as
follows:
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        Primary Use: ’Infrastructure Uses’
   .    Use Class: ’Service and ut ty’
   .    Use: ’Type 3 Tower’


Type 3 Tower is defined as: ’The use of premises for a tower, antennas or mast and
supporting shelter or equipment, in the provision or supply of electricity or
telecommunications. The use excludes facilities deemed to be "Low Impact Fac ties"
under the Telecommunication (Low Impact Facility) Determination Act 1997, and excludes
power poles. The use includes a telecommunication tower, wind turbine, high voltage
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transmission lines (11Okv or greater).


6.8.2   Zoning
This site is within the’Mary River Catchment Locality Rural Zone’ of the Noosa Plan
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2009. The   proposed      Material
                                 Change of Use for a ’Type 3 Tower’ will be Impact
Assessable (Inconsistent)within this zone according Table 8.1 of the Noosa Plan 2009.
Figure 6.3 below indicates the zoning of the site.




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