Pre-Request Response application 132008.176.02

Our Reference: 00475 L26 NG
Council Reference: 2008/176

 

16" August 2012
town planners +
urban designers
Chief Executive Officer + surveyors
Sunshine Coast Regional Council
Locked Bag 72

SUNSHINE COAST MAIL CENTRE QLD 4560

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: PRE-REQUEST RESPONSE APPLICATION - REQUEST FOR EXTENSION TO CURRENCY
PERIOD AND CHANGE TO DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL

Development Application - Material Change of Use for an Accommodation Building and
Multiple Dwelling (109 Units) to be Assessed Against the Superseded Planning Scheme over
Land described as Lot 603 on SP188270 and situated at 1 Serenity Close, Noosa Heads.

| refer to the above development application for which a Decision Notice was issued on 8"" April 2010
by Sunshine Coast Council and advise that the applicant has recently submitted a request to extend
the currency period of the approval. Whilst assessing this extension request, Council has raised
issues in relation to changes to State Legislation concerning the SEQ Koala Conservation State
Planning Regulatory Provision (SPRP). In this regard, Council has advised that they will need to be
satisfied that the development is able to comply with requirements of the SPRP and have suggested
that this may be achieved through an application to change the existing approval to include additional
conditions relating to the SPRP.

As the original approval was issued by the Planning and Environment Court, any change to the approval will
be required to be referred back to Court and to aid this process Council has suggested that a pre-response
request application be lodged to ascertain Councils view.

To commence this process, the applicant therefore submits a pre-response request application to enable
Council to assess the applicant's proposal for offset planting and determine its compliance with the
provisions of the SPRP. In this regard the existing Development Approval for the Resort (2008/176) has
been reviewed against the relevant provisions of the SPRP and it is noted that current conditions
appropriately address the regulations as detailed below:

 

South East Queensland Koala Conservation SPRP.- Development Approval 2008/176

Assessment Criteria for Assessable Development

 

1. To the extent the premises is outside the Urban Footprint Not applicable

and not in an urban area under a planning scheme, site
design does not result in the clearing of non-juvenile koala
habitat trees in areas of bushland habitat.

 

 

2. To the extent the premises is inside the Urban Footprint,
site design must avoid clearing non-juvenile koala habitat
trees in areas of bushland habitat, with any unavoidable
clearing minimised and offset in accordance with the Offsets
for Net Gain of Koala Habitat in South East Queensland Policy
at a ratio of five new koala habitat trees for every one non-
juvenile koala habitat tree removed or an equivalent cash
contribution.

 

48 Koala habitat trees proposed to be removed from the site as
part of the development. Offset policy requires a ratio of 1:5 trees
to replanted therefore 240 trees to planted.

Applicant proposes to provide offset planting in Lots 605 and 606
on SP195871 and 602 on SP188268 with two options detailed by
RPS Australian (Comespondence attached and dated1308.2012).

 

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