MCU23/0090.02 - APPLICATION FOR A MINOR CHANGE TO A DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE - HOTEL (EXTENSION TO EXISTING HOTEL) AND DBW23/0073.02 BUILDING WORK (DEMOLITION) AT 118 POINCIANA AVENUE AND 26 DIYAN STREET, TEWANTIN · ATTACHMENT 2 - (MCU23 0090.02 & DBW23 0073.02) - Coordinator Planning Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                 11 NOVEMBER 2025


3.      SITE DETAILS
3.1. Site History
The Royal Mail Hotel is identified in Council’s Heritage Register of the Noosa Plan 2020 as a Local
Heritage Place. This register is given effect under Part 11 of the Queensland Heritage Act 1992.
The Royal Mail Hotel was constructed from 1940-41 and replaced an earlier hotel on the same
site, which was a single storey timber building from the 1880s. With an ‘L’ shaped plan form and
of masonry construction, the new hotel was two storeys in height with bars and public areas on the
ground floor and accommodation rooms on the first floor, a typical arrangement for this building
type.
The original building has undergone some alterations and extensions since that time with the
applicant commencing work on the most recent approval including the demolition of the bottle shop,
renovation of the hotel and construction of the beer gardens.
3.2. Site Description
The site has a total area of 7,348m2 and comprises 2 lots including Lot 1 RP 845244 and Lot 3 RP
40197 with no easements registered over the lots.
The site is currently occupied by the Royal Mail Hotel and associated ground level parking areas.
3.3. Surrounding Land Uses
The subject site is, prominently located in the traditional town centre of Tewantin which includes a
wide range of business and community functions to service Tewantin and communities to the north
and west. Surrounding uses are varied and include:
     North – the site fronts Blakesly Street. Across from Blakesly Street is a mix of residential units
     and detached dwellings in the Medium Density Residential Zone. This includes ‘The Inlet’ and
     ‘Noosa River Quays’.
     East – the site fronts Diyan Street. Across from Diyan Street is RSL Memorial Park in the
     Recreation and Open Space Zone. The south-east corner of the site is adjoined by Parkyn’s
     Hut Heritage and Historical Society, a small-scale information centre in the Community Facilities
     Zone.
     South – the site fronts Poinciana Avenue. Across from Poinciana Avenue is a mix of low-scale
     retail and commercial uses in the District Centre Zone.
     West – The site is adjoined by a mix of low-scale retail and commercial uses in the District
     Centre Zone. This includes Woolworths, BWS and a mix of cafés.


4.     ASSESSMENT
4.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
      State Planning Policy;
      South East Queensland Regional Plan;
      Planning Regulation 2017;
      Superseded Noosa Plan 2020 (25 September 2020).
4.2. Statutory Process
The applicant has requested to make a minor change to a development approval under s78 of the
Planning Act 2016. An application for a minor change to a development approval can only be made
in circumstances where a change would constitute a ‘minor change’.


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