6-8-3RuralZoneCode_102_08-Sep-2026 (4) · MCU26/0104

Noosa Plan 2020: Current - Amendment 3
Part 6 Zones \ 6.8 Other Zones Category \ 6.8.3 Rural Zone Code




Development does not result in the loss or diminished       Development that is incompatible with agricultural
productive capacity of Agricultural Land Conservation       activities is not located on Agricultural Land
Area.                                                       Conservation Area and an adequate separation area
Editor’s Note—Agricultural Land Conservation Areas are      between the development and the Agricultural Land
shown on the Agricultural Land Overlay Maps in Schedule 2   Conservation Area is provided.
                                                            AO2.2
                                                            Where there is an overriding need for incompatible
                                                            development to be located on Agricultural Land
                                                            Conservation Area, the development does not have an
                                                            irreversible impact on the productive capacity of
                                                            Agricultural Land Conservation Area.
                                                            Editor’s Notes—
                                                            An irreversible impact on agricultural land includes a
                                                            permanent reduction or decline in the agricultural land,
                                                            notwithstanding that the land may be used for agriculture
                                                            post-development, e.g. land that could support crops pre-
                                                            development that can only be used for improved pasture
                                                            post-development.
                                                            Aquaculture is specifically permissible on Agricultural Land
                                                            Conservation Area.
                                                            AO2.3
                                                            Where located in the Agricultural Land Conservation
                                                            Area accommodation is of a temporary or semi-
                                                            permanent nature (such as tents, yurts, relocatable
                                                            dwellings or recreational vehicles) or it adaptively
                                                            reuses well-established rural buildings.
                                                            AO2.4
                                                            With the exception of a dwelling house, no sensitive
                                                            land use is established closer than 200 metres from
                                                            land on an adjacent property included in the Rural
                                                            zone and mapped as Agricultural Land Conservation
                                                            Area as shown in Agricultural Land Overlap Maps in
                                                            Schedule 2.

PO3                                                         AO3.1                                                          N/a for a dwelling house.
With the exception of one dwelling house, caretaker's       Only the occupants of a dwelling house, compliant
accommodation or a community residence, any                 caretaker's residence or community residence reside
accommodation activity is limited to use by short-term      on the property for any period greater than three
                                                            consecutive months.


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