Meeting papers

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING                                                 11 JULY 2023


5.2     132001.210127.3 - CHANGE TO DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL - CHANGING SHARED
        ROOMS TO SINGLE ROOMS - OZCARE - 100 COOYAR STREET, NOOSA HEADS


Author             Development Planner , Tara Norley
                   Development & Regulation Department
Index              Application / 132001.210127.3
Attachments        1.   ATTACHMENT 1 – 132001.210127.3 – PROPOSED CONDITIONS
                   2.   ATTACHMENT 2 – 132001.210127.3 - PLANNER’S REPORT
                   3.   ATTACHMENT 3 - 132001.210127.3 - INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENT
                   4.   ATTACHMENT 4 - 132001.210127.3 - PROPOSAL PLANS




EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Council approved a rezoning application in 1996 to change the zoning of the subject site to Special
Facilities (Aged Persons Home, Retirement Community, Respite Centre, Hydrotherapy Pool and
Ancillary facilities). Subsequent approvals over the site have resulted in the current Ozcare Noosa
Heads Aged Care Facility development, comprising of a 130 bed Residential Care Facility.

The applicant has lodged a Minor Change application over the site seeking approval for alterations
and additions to the existing residential care facility, including the removal of all 24 shared rooms, to
be replaced with 48 single occupancy rooms, primarily as a response to the Covid-19 global
pandemic. The proposal includes demolition and reconstruction of the existing Banksia, Casuarina
and Administrative and Services wings and minor alterations of the Acacia building, predominately
within the existing building footprint. The Banksia wing is proposed to also include a second storey
and a minor extension to the building footprint in the south eastern corner of the subject site. Although
the proposal results in an increase in gross floor area over the site, the proposal does not increase
the number of persons accommodated on the site, being a maximum of 130 as per the existing
approval.

The minor change application is required to be decided by Council due to the proposed Infrastructure
Agreement regarding works required to be carried out on Council land for the purposes of stormwater
works, access and bushfire mitigation measures.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Development Planner to the General Committee Meeting dated
11 July 2023 regarding Application No. 132001.210127.3 to make a minor change to an existing
approval for a Development Permit for a Material Change or Use for Stage 3 – Aged Persons Home
(20 Beds) situated at 100 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads and:
A. Approve the change.
B. Amend the development description to read as follows:
   o Development Permit for a Material Change of Use - Residential Care Facility (130 beds)
C. Amend conditions 15 and 26 as outlined in Attachment 1 - Proposed amended and additional
   conditions
D. Delete conditions 1, 2, 23, 27 and 28.




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