Proposal Report - update

4. Site Description
The 3,665m2 site is located on a prominent corner site adjoining three roads, including Hilton Tce for 81m to
the north; Earl St to the west for 40m; and Ernest Street to the east for 40m. Adjoining the site to the south is
the United Synergies (not for profit support agency) and Tait’s House (Council owned community building).

The site currently includes three separate titles with 885m 2 of shops on Lot 2 RP152351, a veterinary practice
within an existing timber 200m 2 building on Lot 3 RP152351, and a caravan sales (500m2 TUA) and boat
repair workshop (360m2 TUA) on Lot 4 SP133160. All existing buildings and accesses are to be removed as
part of the application.

The site is relatively flat and is prone to flooding by the Noosa River. The northwestern corner of the site is
1.08m AHD and the highest point of the site has a finished floor level of 2.11m AHD in the north western
corner.

A sewer line traverses the southern boundary of the site with an invert level of 1.39m AHD. Existing power
poles are located within the Ernest Street and Earl Street frontages. Telecommunitcations and water are
available within the existing road frontages. Stormwater, parking, and kerb and channeling along the
frontages are variable at present, however are proposed to be upgraded as part of Council’s intersection and
frontage work upgrades expected within the next 12 months.


5. Assessment
The proposal requires a development application for Material Change of Use to Noosa Council as the
assessment manager under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. The application must be assessed against
each of the following statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:

            State Planning Regulatory Provisions;
            State Planning Policies; and
            The Noosa Plan.

The statutory planning instruments relevant to this application are discussed below.


State Regulatory Provisions

There are no State Planning Regulatory Provisions applicable to the assessment.


State Planning Policy

The Interim Development Assessment requirements under Part E of the State Planning Policy apply to the
assessment of development applications by a local government until a planning scheme that appropriately
integrates the state interests in the SPP.

The proposed change of use within meets all the self-assessable requirements under Part E – Interim
Development Assessment Requirements.


The Noosa Plan

The site is located within the Tewantin and Doonan Locality and zoned Neighbourhood Centre. The proposed
Retail Business Type 2 (Shop); and Entertainment & Dining Business Type 1 (Food & Beverage) uses are
Code assessable against the following codes:

       Natural Hazards Overlays Code (Flooding & Acid Sulfates Soils);
       Tewantin & Doonan Locality Code;
       Business Uses Code
       Landscaping Code;
       Engineering Works Codes