Planning-report-12 Figbird Court 1 Dec 2021 Final

 Ref                       Planning provision                           Proposed variation and justification

                           3. protects the low density residential,         provide mutual support over the longer
                              rural residential or rural character of       term;
                              the zone;                                    Dwelling houses are expected and
                           4. does not occur on a property                  preferred in the Rural zone and
                              covered by a Building Unit Plan or            secondary dwellings are one recognised
                              any property already containing               way of meeting existing and future
                              more than one dwelling;                       housing needs in the shire without
                           5. is accompanied by sufficient car              compromising the broader
                              parking.                                      environmental outcomes sought in the
                                                                            planning scheme;
                           AO3                                             Although larger than 65 SQM, the
                           A secondary dwelling:                            building that would become the
                                                                            secondary dwelling (82.4 SQM) is
                           1.   has a maximum gross floor                   existing and lived in by the current
                                area of 65m²;                               owner/occupiers of the land;
                           2.   has no more than 2 bedrooms;               The existing dwelling is defined as a
                           3.   does not occur on any property              small dwelling (<100 SQM, two
                                covered by a Building Unit Plan;            bedrooms, single storey) and while
                                and                                         adequate for current needs the
                           4.   does not occur on a property that           proposed development will allow the
                                already contains a dual                     dwelling to be extended by way of a
                                occupancy or secondary dwelling             larger dwelling (146.74 SQM, three
                                                                            bedrooms, single storey) and for the
                                                                            existing dwelling to be used as a
                                                                            secondary dwelling;
                                                                           Given housing supply issues and rising
                                                                            housing costs, particularly in the Noosa
                                                                            area, and the fact that the owner/
                                                                            occupiers have been long term
                                                                            residents in the Lake Macdonald area
                                                                            permission to undertake the
                                                                            development would allow the owner/
                                                                            residents to continue living on their
                                                                            property with mutual family support from
                                                                            adult family members (who now have
                                                                            family of their own) as life
                                                                            circumstances change over time;
                                                                           The Noosa Shire Housing Needs
                                                                            Assessment noted that, in general,
                                                                            secondary dwelling size varied between
                                                                            45 SQM and 100 SQM across local
                                                                            government jurisdictions, use of an
                                                                            existing small dwelling 82.4 SQM) as a
                                                                            secondary dwelling is not considered an
                                                                            unreasonable request in the
                                                                            circumstances;
                                                                           The 65 SQM GFA specified in the
                                                                            scheme is an Acceptable outcome but
                                                                            neither the definition of a secondary
                                                                            dwelling nor the Performance outcome
                                                                            specifies that GFA be limited to 65 SQM
                                                                            thus giving some scope to agree to a
                                                                            larger GFA in the circumstances.
                           PO1                                          That notwithstanding its inclusion in a
                           Development is sited and designed to         mapped ecological linkage area the
 Biodiversity,
                           protect the physical and ecological          proposed development be approved.
 Waterways and
                           integrity and biodiversity
 Wetlands Overlay
                           of ecologically important areas…             The proposed development site is cleared and
 Code
                                                                        does not contain areas of vegetation. The
 PO1, AO1.1
                           AO1.1                                        proposal does not require the removal of
 PO6, AO6.1
                           Ecologically important areas are             vegetation other than disturbance of a
                           conserved or improved                        grassed area, nor does it provide valuable




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