Minor Change - Planning Report - Unit 3 - 5 Natasha Avenue · 51901.3746.02

5.   Planning Assessment

The proposed Minor Change can be supported on a number of grounds as detailed below:

     •   The proposal can be defined as a Minor Change to Approval in accordance with Schedule
         1 of the Planning Act 2016,

     •   The proposal has operated in its current configuration for approximately 42 years, with
         no identified adverse amenity or visual impacts arising from the three-unit configuration;

     •   The proposal complies with the 1973 Noosa Town Plan because –

               o   the original 4 unit development was approved under the 1973 Town Plan, the
                   same Town Plan in force at the time of the Building Approval (issued by Noosa
                   Shire Council). The Noosa Shire Council Certifiers would have referred the
                   amalgamated proposal to the DA planners who raised no concern, otherwise
                   Council would not have issued the BA, if it were not compliant;

               o   the 1973 Town Plan required ‘One (1) covered parking space for each flat or home
                   unit plus one (1) parking space on site per every four (4) flats or home units for the
                   accommodation of visitors’ cars or boats and trailer’. In this regard the proposal
                   fully complies providing 6 spaces, more than the 4 spaces that the 1973 Town Plan
                   requires for the amalgamated development.

               o   In terms of gross floor area, site cover and setbacks, no building works to unit 3
                   have occurred since 1984 (nor are any proposed). The development was assessed
                   by Noosa Council Certifiers, with the assessment process at the time understood
                   to have included referral to Council’s Development Assessment planners for
                   confirmation of compliance with the 1973 Town Plan. A lawful Building Approval
                   (186/84) was subsequently issued, establishing the approved built form that
                   exists today. If the proposal did not comply with the Town Plan no building
                   approval would have been issued. Given the above discussion, no further
                   assessment is provided.

     •   For completeness the development also fully complies with the car parking requirements
         of the current Noosa Plan 2020. Five spaces are required, and the development provides
         6 spaces on site.

     •   The proposal is consistent with the intent of the Decision Notice (TPC 293).




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