2021-03-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                       15 MARCH 2021


    Matters Raised                              Comments
    Subject site is an example of Cooroy’s
    hinterland beauty and will be damaged
    by high density residential development

    The application does not demonstrate an     Agreed – the potential financial benefit to the golf club
    overriding need for the development in      does not overcome the concerns with the proposals
    the public interest                         conflict with the planning scheme.

    Falling membership or financial
    membership is not an overriding need

    Land should be used for agriculture         Agreed – rural activities could be undertaken on the
                                                land and would be consistent with the planning
    Land could be used for market garden        schemes intent for the site.

    Land is outside Urban Growth boundary       Agreed - the land is located outside of the town
                                                boundary in both the current and new Noosa Plan and
                                                the proposed development is not consistent with the
                                                strategic intent for the site.

    This is an urban activity on land with an   The land is within the SEQRP’s Urban Footprint
    SEQRP designation of Regional               although outside of the planning schemes town
    Landscape and Rural Production              boundary

    Need is not in rural community with         Whilst acknowledging resident’s concerns regarding
    limited infrastructure in the town          the capacity of existing infrastructure within Cooroy to
                                                cope with the development it is noted that both DTMR
    Myall and Elm Street intersection will be   and Council’s consulting traffic engineer have
    further impacted                            accepted the proposal. However, it is noted that the
                                                proposal is outside of the Priority Infrastructure Area
    Increased population will overload          (PIA) and results in the development of 246 dwellings
    services and facilities                     on one site in Cooroy whereas the PIA was based on
                                                an assumption of an additional 280 dwellings per year
    Road network cannot cope with               across the entire shire for the years 2016 – 2021
    additional traffic

    Impact on Cooroy urban population

    Car parking in Cooroy will not cope

    Recent development is already placing a
    strain on infrastructure


    This is a permanent subdivision

    The houses are not relocatable              Whilst the development does have the appearance of
                                                a residential subdivision with permanent dwellings the
                                                applicant has:
                                                • Demonstrated that the dwellings will be certified
                                                    as relocatable;
                                                • Not applied for a subdivision;
                                                • Provided a site agreement which demonstrates
                                                    the mechanism by which home owners occupy
                                                    the site without the lease being defined as a
                                                    subdivision




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