Town Planning Assessment Report

The proposal meets the definition of a Short-term accommodation as the buildings will be used to
accommodate tourists or travellers for periods less than 3 consecutive months.


        1.5.2. Level of Assessment and Assessment Requirements

The site is a located within the Rural Zone under the Noosa Plan 2020. Pursuant to Table 5.5.13 of the
planning scheme, the proposed Short-term accommodation is ‘code assessable’ as:
    a) The site has an area greater than 4ha;
    b) The use does not incorporate conference or function facilities;
    c) It is not located within a dwelling house containing more than 5 bedrooms; and
    d) It will not involve the use of more than four free standing cottages, cabins or permanent tents,
        accommodating more than eight guests.

In accordance with Section 45(3) of the Planning Act 2016 a code assessment is an assessment that
must be carried out only—

    (a) against the assessment benchmarks in a categorising instrument for the development; and
    (b) having regard to any matters prescribed by regulation for this paragraph.


        1.5.3. Assessment Benchmarks

Pursuant to Table 5.5.13 of the Noosa Plan 2020, the application is assessable against the following
codes:
    +   Rural Zone Code;
    +   Visitor Accommodation Code; and
    +   Works Codes

The following overlay codes are also applicable to the assessment of the application:
    +   Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code

An assessment against the abovementioned applicable codes has revealed that the development is
compliant with, or can be conditioned to comply with, each. The pertinent issues arising out of an
assessment against each of the codes are discussed below.

 Rural Zone Code
 Performance Outcomes              Acceptable Outcomes                Compliance
 PO1                               No acceptable outcome provided.    PO1 - Complies
 Land uses in the Rural zone are
 limited to those which are                                           The proposed short-term
 compatible with agriculture and                                      accommodation use is a
 the protection of environmental                                      consistent and appropriate use
 and landscape values.                                                in the rural area. There are no
                                                                      intensive animal husbandry or
                                                                      cropping uses occurring on
                                                                      adjoining premises that the
                                                                      proposed use would impact
                                                                      upon. The use will not impact on
                                                                      the environmental or landscape

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