2018-02-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   6 FEBRUARY 2018


Condition 23b
23.   Pedestrian and bicycle facilities must be provided for the development. The works must be
      undertaken in accordance with an Operational Works approval and must include in
      particular:
      a.    A 2 metre wide footpath within the road verge for the entire length shown on the
            approved plans.
      b.    A 1.5 metre wide footpath must be provided on the northern side of the bio-basin
            extending from Eagle Drive to Clarey Park and a pool fence must be provided
            between the footpath and the bio-basin
Applicant’s Representations
The applicant seeks that condition 23b be deleted as it is considered a footpath on the northern
side of the biobasin extending from Eagle Drive to Clarey Park is unnecessary given an existing
pathway is situated 2 lots to the south. If a pathway beside the basin is required a full revision of
the stormwater management plan is required and the requirement should have been identified
earlier for the applicant to avoid further costs. The basin area at 14 Eagle Drive is also tight and
the basin will need deepening to maintain required volume which is not desirable.
Assessment of Representations
While an additional connection to the path is desirable, it is not necessary and further stormwater
management advice indicates that this requirement does impact on the design of the basin and
would require it to be deepened, which is undesirable. It is therefore agreed to delete this
condition.

Infrastructure Charges Notice
This Development Permit will trigger an “Infrastructure Charge Notice” to be issued in
accordance with Council’s “Charges Resolution” made pursuant to the Sustainable Planning Act
2009 and in conjunction with the State Planning Regulatory Provision (Adopted Charges).
The total Infrastructure Charges Payable to Council are $306,027 which comprise $122,411 for
transport; $153,014 for public parks and land for community facilities; and $30,602 for stormwater
trunk networks.
Applicant’s Representations
The applicant submits that the acquisition of 14 Eagle Drive and dedication of this land as a
drainage basin greatly improves the drainage scheme of the surrounding area. The current
4.5ha catchment does not have an overland flow path and their proposal provides at significant
cost well above proposed stormwater charges for this overland flow. The applicant is providing
Council with improvements to overland flow capacity for 4.5ha of adjacent developed land when
only 1.5ha is their site being a 3ha catchment benefit to the Council and community.
The applicant also submits that 14 Eagle Drive provides a valuable community asset in the form
of parkland which will serve and improve the amenity of both the proposed development and
existing residential community. As such, the applicant submits that a full offset for the stormwater
component ($30,602) as well as a ‘reasonable offset’ for the public parks and land for community
facilities component be agreed.
Assessment of Representations
The acquisition of 14 Eagle Drive for the purpose of a stormwater drainage basin is required by
the development itself to satisfy drainage requirements for it to proceed. The stormwater
drainage basin is not identified as “future trunk” infrastructure in the current Priority Infrastructure
Plan (Local Government Infrastructure Plan) (PIP/LGIP) contained in the current Noosa planning
scheme and is also not identified in the Draft Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP)
currently with the State for review. The proposed stormwater infrastructure is therefore defined as
“non-trunk” infrastructure by legislation.

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