2018-05-29 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA   29 MAY 2018




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SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                            29 MAY 2018

     Community Engagement Strategy

                                                                                                 ATTACHMENT 1
 Project Name               The New Noosa Plan
 Date                       21 May 2018
 Department                 Environment & Sustainable Development      Branch         Strategic Land Use Planning
 Contact                    Noosa Plan Project Support Officer
 Target start date    Mid September 2018                       Target finish date | Mid December 2018
                      (Subject to State review)                                    (Subject to State review)
 Project Description
 A planning scheme is a plan prepared by local government that sets out the long term planning intent for the local
 government area and regulates land use and development. It aims to provide certainty to the community about how the
 local government area will develop in the future and over the life of the plan.

 The Planning Act 2016 requires all Local Governments in Queensland to review a planning scheme every ten years and
 decide whether to make a new planning scheme. The current planning scheme (The Noosa Plan) which came into effect in
 2006 is now 12 years old and requires a comprehensive review. The New Noosa Plan will set out the strategic directions
 for Noosa’s development to 2041.

 The New Noosa Plan project has six stages as follows-
     1.  Prior preparation
     2.  Community consultation with a Discussion Paper
     3.  Drafting of New Noosa Plan
     4.  First State Interest Review
     5.  Community Consultation of draft plan
     6.  Second State Interest Review, Council adoption and commencement

     1.  Design - Project background
 The new Noosa Plan is required under state legislation as set out in the Planning Act 2016. |n addition it is desirable to
 re-engage the community about the future of development in Noosa as it is more than 12 years since Noosa Council has
 undertaken that process.

 Development of the New Noosa Plan is a significant project for Noosa Council and the Noosa community. It is a high
 profile multi-year project, with long-term implications. It is anticipated the project will be finalised by late 2019. As well
 as there being a statutory requirement to undertake consultation, there is an expectation by Council and the
 community for community engagement during the preparation of the New Noosa Plan. Input from the community is
 important to assist Council to develop a plan that appropriately captures the broad community’s values and their
 preferences towards development and new opportunities.

 The project includes community engagement at three stages of the project:
    Stage 2 - Discussion Paper (consult)
    Stage 5 - Draft Noosa Plan (consult)
    Stage 6 — Council adoption and commencement of New Noosa Plan (inform)

 The Discussion Paper stage was finalised in 2016. The Discussion Paper set out the key high-level policy approaches to
 guide the preparation of the New Noosa Plan and was made public for community consultation in late 2016. Feedback on
 the Discussion Paper was presented to Council in February 2017. Council resolved to consider the suggestions made by the

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