2018-05-29 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                            29 MAY 2018


Preparing the New Noosa Plan took into account a large range of inputs, including:
   The current Noosa Plan 2006 as a basis ;
   Queensland government interests as expressed in the State Planning Policy 2017 and the
     South East Queensland Regional Plan 2017;
   The Planning Act 2016 and the Planning Regulation 2017 ;
   Minister’s Guidelines and Rules 2017;
   Queensland government guidance material;
   Community feedback on the Discussion Paper;
   Feedback from a Professional Advisory Group and a Business Advisory Group;
   Feedback from a Social Forum and an Environment Forum;
   Council’s endorsed plans, strategies and principles –
     o     Social Strategy
     o     Local Economic Plan
     o     Noosa Design Principles
     o     Sustainability Principles
     o     Noosa Transport Strategy.
   Additional studies, including –
     o     Agriculture;
     o     Biodiversity including riparian areas;
     o     Centres Hierarchy;
     o     Extractive Resources;
     o     Natural hazards including flood management;
     o     Housing Needs Assessment ;
     o     On-site Effluent Disposal.
During preparation regular contact was made with officers of the Department of State
Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning (formerly the Department of Local
Government, Infrastructure and Planning).
The proposed New Noosa Plan has been prepared in an online Tech One module called Eplan
which will offer significant improvements in functionality when the plan is released.
A new Local Government Infrastructure Plan will form part of the New Noosa Plan. It is currently
under preparation and will follow a different process to obtain government approval for
consultation. It will be submitted to Council for endorsement in coming months.


The steps to finalise the New Noosa Plan
The Queensland government was advised of Council’s decision to prepare the New Noosa Plan
under the Planning Act. As required by the Act the Chief Executive of the Department provided
Council with a Notice pursuant to Section 18 of the Act in March. That Notice sets out the
procedural steps and timeframes for making the New Noosa Plan.
Following Council’s endorsement of the proposed New Noosa Plan, it will be sent to the
Queensland government for the first state interest review. The Notice from the Chief Executive
indicates that this phase may take 45 business days but there is a prospect of a longer period if
either the government or Council choose to pause the process. The government will advise of any
changes it requires to be made to the proposed plan as a consequence of this review and these
will need to be incorporated. Following that review process the New Noosa Plan will be presented
to Council for endorsement for community engagement.




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